Charlie Hein
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Reged: 11/02/03
Posts: 5834
Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W
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I am pleased to announce the winner of the February 2008 Cloudy Nights Imaging and Sketching Contest - JSnuff1!
M45 The Pleiades 1/31/08
Imaging: WO FTL 110 TEC @ F/6.5, SBIG ST4000XCM
Mount: Losmandy GM-8 auto guided with internal SBIG guide camera
18x600s Reduced aligned and combined in CCDSoft, touches in PS2.
To all of you who took the time to stop by and vote for your favorite submission - thank you so much! Your participation really makes the contest!
To all the contestants - every one of your submissions is worthy of winning. Congratulations to all of you on a job done very well indeed!
JSnuff1, congratulations on your win! Please contact me via PM with your t-shirt size and also the address where you want us to send it!
Charlie
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Erix
Toad Lily
Reged: 12/25/04
Posts: 19106
Loc: Ohio, USA
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Congratulations on such an amazing image of M45! 
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Erika
Amateurs' Stories
10" LX200 Classic, ETX70-AT, DS Maxscope 60mm, 12" Truss Dob, Orion ED80, WO Binoviewers, 10x50's and 7x50's Binoculars, Rebel XT 350
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JSnuff1
super member
Reged: 12/29/04
Posts: 198
Loc: NY
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wow thank you for everyone that voted for me! I cant believe it since this picture was my first CCD image I took! Im quite honored to be chosen from all the other excellent and more experience imagers than I!
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William Optics 110 FLT (TEC version)
SBIG ST-4000XCM
Gemini GM-8
Digital Rebel
JGS Observatory Website
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Bart Declercq
super member
Reged: 01/21/07
Posts: 113
Loc: Zottegem, Belgium
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Congratulations! Tough competition this time, but you deserved to win!
Can't wait to see what else you'll produce.
Bart
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Jared
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 10/11/05
Posts: 1406
Loc: Piedmont, California, U.S.
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Congratulations! It's a wonderful image.
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- Jared Willson
- Fluorostar FLT-110 w/ TEC optics
- Astro-Physics Mach1 GTO
- Stellarvue SV80S
- Takahashi Teegul SP Mount
- STL-11000
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Mr. Bill
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 02/09/05
Posts: 2318
Loc: Just passing through.....
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Almost 3-D....
Best image of Pleiades I've seen recently.
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Mr. Bill
Oberwerk 100BT 45 degree + Hercules fork mount
15x70 AP binos + Paragon p-mount
120mm f/5 Orion achromat + Moonlite focuser
140mm f/5.7 Vixen NeoAchro Petzvel refractor
150mm f/6.5 Antares achromat
150mm f/8 "bent" homemade achromat
8 inch Orion newt with f/5 Swayze mirror
10 inch f/4.7 Orion newt + Paracorr
15 inch f/5 Discovery split tube
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F.Meiresonne
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/22/03
Posts: 2530
Loc: Eeklo,Belgium
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It's a great picture!
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Freddy Meiresonne
Obsession 18 inch #1638
Orion Optics 8 inch F/4.5 -1/8 wave optics -Vixen GP-E
20x80 Helios Stellar Binos
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jsmiller58
super member
Reged: 06/19/06
Posts: 125
Loc: Out there, Way out there
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Wow... Did you say "first CCD image"? Doubly amazing then!! Congratulations!
James
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- 11" SCT
- 90mm WO refractor
- Losmandy GM-8 mount
- MallinCam Hyper Color Plus video
- More filters and eyepieces than I will ever use
- A new AP 1200GTO about to be set up in...
- A newly completed Pro-Dome-15 that has yet to see first light (with a 12 inch steel pier wrapped in a 36 inch concrete pier - it'll stop a tank, but will it stop vibrations?)
- On my wish list - a CDK-17...!
- My wife insists Sagittarius A* is not at the center of the Milky Way. It is in my head!
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RichD
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Reged: 11/08/07
Posts: 98
Loc: Derbyshire, UK
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Amazing pic! i have never seen that much nebulosity around merope before.
Congratulations
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Clear skies
Rich
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