I am very pleased to announce the winner of the April 2007 Cloudy Nights Imaging and Sketching Contest - Nick Cook!
M63 taken on the 19 & 20 April 07 from Somerset, UK. 48 light frames x 300 seconds, + 25 Darks, + 25 Bias + 15 Flats. Taken through the primary of my RCX with an AstroPhyiscs 0.75 adapter. Guided with 80mm APO, using PHD for guiding. All processing done with ImagesPlus and CS2.
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 - as you can see by the responses in the poll thread, every one of your submissions is worthy to be a winner. Congratulations to you on a job done very well indeed!
Nick, 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!