Charlie Hein
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I am pleased to announce the winner of the March 2009 Cloudy Nights Imaging and Sketching Contest - hewholooks!

M51 "Whirlpool Galaxy" in Canes Venatici Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader Mod 94x180sec at iso 1600 30 Darks/Flats/Bias Celestron 9.25 reduced 0.63 Astro-Physics Mach1GTO Mount 60% Crop
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!
hewholooks, 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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Doug6952
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Congratulations! Fantastic image of M51!
-------------------- Doug
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Al-Wateen
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WOW - Thats Very Beutiful Photography. Congratulations on winning the contest.
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hewholooks
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Thanks Guys!
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ovgjr
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Very nice.
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northwolfwu
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Amazing photo!
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Uraniborg
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I am in awe.
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chgomonitor
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All of these contest winners are so great, I'm in awe. Many of the "amateur" shot rival what I see coming out of the major observatories. They deserve higher resolution posting - they certainly make nice desktop images.
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Big Steve
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that is truly stunning quality.
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