cocobolo
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 10/27/07
Posts: 1550
Loc: british columbia, canada
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All I have to say is that I'm glad we only have to do this once a month. These guys are all so good it's nearly impossible to select just one winner.
Keith
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paul rapp
member
Reged: 02/19/07
Posts: 12
Loc: castaic, california, U.S.A.
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Oy! Choices. Choices. I find the angle on AstroBobos lunar eclipse sequence interesting and innovative. We night people rarely want the lights of the day people. I'm a sucker for Saturn. Especially such a detailed image; I do believe I see the Encke division. But THAT MOON! Too fine to pass up. My clear choice. I can feel it passing overhead this minute. Congrats to kraterkid!
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Red meat is not bad for you:
Fuzzy green meat is.
obsession 25" ƒ5 goto
celestron 9¼" ƒ10 sct or
TMB 130 ƒ7 apo
on: losmandy g-11
stellarvue 90mm ƒ7 apo
stellarvue 80 mm ƒ6 nighthawk
fujinon 16 x 70
celestron 8 x 56
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kenren10
member
Reged: 06/05/06
Posts: 17
Loc: Delaware, USA
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I must concur with several others - this is the toughest choice I have seen since I joined. Each entry could win any other month. I went with Igor partially because it was a new view to me, but they all were astonishing - and kraterkid truly captured a unique moment.
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Vixen ED80Sf
Vixen porta Alt-Az
Orion 127 Mak-Cass
Orion SVP EQ mount
Orion Paragon-Plus XHD Tripod
eBay special 6" f5 Newtonian (donated by a frustrated friend - used as a "decoy" to alert neighbors I will be observing that night)
Nikon 8x42 Binos
Garrett 8x45 Binos
Tasco 10x50 Binos
Baader Hyperion & TMB planetary eyepieces
Tele-vue 2.5x PowerMate
Mixed box o' Plossls, barlows etc.
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RobertC850
newbie
Reged: 01/22/08
Posts: 1
Loc: Tallahassee, Florida
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I am impressed with the crystal clarity of the Pleiades, each of the entries are impressive; however, I too must conclude the Eskimo is startling in brilliance and this photo won my vote. Yet Saturn, great photo only the Keck telescopes could top it, then again it would be splitting hairs. Well done all. Bob Carton
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nammoozz
newbie
Reged: 11/30/07
Posts: 1
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Kudo's to Mike @ Astronomics for encouraging such beautiful work!
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lagwagon555
journeyman
Reged: 04/05/07
Posts: 9
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Pleiades... is there anything more beautiful?
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Hoser
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 02/10/05
Posts: 1104
Loc: Boston, MA
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Great solar sketch, Mark. Wanna sell it? <g>
Well done, all. That's a magnificent M45 for a "beginner's shot"!
...Neil
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Brilliant diamonds in pea soup
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Dick Lipke
member
Reged: 02/20/07
Posts: 94
Loc: Marine City,Mich.
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Then all thses people must be a professional and don't even know it,because when someone offers me a compliment and smile for something I have done, I feel humble for accepting
such a reward as payment for something I love to do.
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LX90 8",Cornado Max 40,Miyauchi 20x100 Bino's,and way to many eyepieces and filters,
Thousand Oaks 8" Ha filter
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Yossi Hury
journeyman
Reged: 08/21/07
Posts: 8
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All are great, but i"ll go for ngc 2264.
thank"s ....YOSSI HURY
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Yossi Hury
journeyman
Reged: 08/21/07
Posts: 8
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All are great, but i"ll go for ngc 2264.
thank"s ....YOSSI HURY 
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Mark Costello
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 03/08/05
Posts: 951
Loc: Matthews, NC, USA
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This is the best bunch I've seen since first noticing these about a year ago. They all are glorious. Trying to pick from amoung is making my head hurt....
I came real close to plunking for the NGC2264 photo. Such detail taken with a little newt.
But I finally went for the sketch of the lunar eclipse. Kraterkid put a lot of detail into his picture based on "naked-eye" observation. Just wonderful.
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Mark Costello
Matthews, NC
Wife, son, three daughters, two dogs, ... and
Souped up & Tuned Burgess 102mm refractor on a CG5 & Celestron 7X35's
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lunar-tic
member
Reged: 06/28/07
Posts: 32
Loc: Louisiana
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Good for you!
We are so saturated. We have too much 'stuff'.
Ben Waranowitz
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Glasses, OS cataract, OD Off-center lens implant
BARSKA 15x70
Celestron C5 CG3 mount
Celestron C6 Newt f/5 slide focuser on Polaris mount short wooden legs
Meade 80mm f/11 Altaz manual mount
Coulter 10" f/5.35 mirror being refigured
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nitrohepcat
member
Reged: 12/04/07
Posts: 41
Loc: Milwaukee, WI
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OMG - these are the best images ever!!! AWESOME!!
But I had to vote for the Crater Kid! Awesome sketch!
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TheDude
member
Reged: 09/16/07
Posts: 15
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Wow! Once again a superb set of entries, every one! Both of the nebulae are targets rarely shot by astrophotogrophers, the pleiades is absolutely fantastic and the sketching is just superb. I found it a very close call between the saturn picture and the film photo of the lunar eclipse... in the end I went for the eclipse, not only because it is an amazing piece of astronomy but also it is so unusual to see such a contrast between earth and space on the same picture.
But really, I think one of the best lineups yet!
Keep up the good work!!!
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Tanny
newbie
Reged: 04/07/06
Posts: 3
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Sketching Forum's Finalist - kraterkid, got my vote. I like to vote for whatever entry strikes me as most original. This time, it was the artist that caught my attention most.
Very fine set of entries.
Carl
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PureHeaven
member
Reged: 01/20/08
Posts: 43
Loc: Los Angeles, CA
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wow............... these are all amazing.
The images of the Pleiades and 2264 both took my breath away- incredible. But I went for the Eskimo Nebula. It's such a beautiful, wondrous phenomenon, that I feel lucky given the chance to enjoy it as never before.
What an exceptional photo, thanks for sharing it with us.
... and thanks for my new desktop!
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A hot-rodded 10" Orion Dob,
Denk Binos w/ 24mm Panoptics,
31mm Nag T5
13mm Ethos
6mm Radian
2x & 3x Barlows
Paracor
a stack of charts and atlases
and a comfy chair.
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Jim Lafferty
professor emeritus
Reged: 06/30/07
Posts: 563
Loc: Southern California
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I went for the Eskimo--that sucker was shot with a BARLOW!!!!!
Great job Dietmar!!!!!
Jim
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Jim Lafferty
Southern California
TOA130
FSQ106N
FS60c
C9.25
AT66
NJP Temma II
EM200 Temma II
ST2000XM/CFW-10 with Astrodon TruBalance LRGBHaSIIOIII filters
E-finder/SBIG Remote Guide Head for guiding
DF-2 Autofocuser
OPTEC TCF-S
POD XL-5
www.scopetrader.com/shogun
http://www.cloudynights.com/photopost/showgallery.php?ppuser=28405&cat=500
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stkoepke
sage
Reged: 01/11/08
Posts: 222
Loc: Abilene, Texas
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WOW, they are all so good...
So hard to decide...
Went with M45 but they all deserve an award.
GREAT JOB EVERYONE!!
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Tim
God's Guidance
An Undestanding Wife - PRICELESS!!
C6R - Thanks Astronomics!!
Meade ETX 60AT-BB
(GOTO Backpack Observatory)
Meade 70AZ-A
Meade Starfinder 8" Dob.
Criterion RV-6 Dynascope - 6" f8 Newtonian
"Brother's" old Jason 60mm AZ
Lots of help from reading "Cloudy Nights" posts,
and Lots of Patience learned over time...
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wrather1
AstroBear
Reged: 10/25/05
Posts: 2792
Loc: Dallas, Texas
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The contest entries all exhibit the incredible level of talent and ability featured by the CN membership. What is truly astounding is to compare these with the photos published by the world's premier observatories 10-20 years ago. Kudos to all contestants; they are all superb images.
Dave W.
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"Don't worry about what telescope you own, or its quality. Just get out under the night sky, and enjoy God's wondrous universe." - T. M. Back
Meade RCX400-12 on JMI trolley "Ursa Major"
TMB 130SS on EQ6 PRO "Ursus Polaris"
Orion ED80 "Ursa Minor", WO ZS66ED "grab-'n'-go"
Canon EOS 30D (Hutech), Meade DSI, Philips ToUcam Pro
North Texas Clear Sky Chart
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Charlie Hein
Postmaster
Reged: 11/02/03
Posts: 6405
Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W
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I think that these "Finalists" need to be renamed "WINNERS" in their respective category as they are ALL truly fantastic displays of the heavens!!!
There is still room for a "Overall Monthly Winner" but these entries deserve to be called something better than "finalists"!!!!
just my opnion.... 
Actually each one *is* the winner of the individual polls taken in each forum represented. The prize for winning is that they become a finalist in the site-wide contest.
Charlie
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