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Title: July 2011 Astrophotography Contest Winners
Post by: Javio on 2011 August 01 04:52:57: Greetings to everybody!

In this second edition of the Monthly Astrophotography Contest, we want to thank all the contestants for their contributions and the high quality level of the contributions. We are proud to see a continuity in the high number of contestants and we strongly encourage everybody to keep on sending contributions in our monthly rendez-vous.

Congratulations to the winners! According to our updated contest rules (http://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?topic=3098.0), we have three winners because there have been seven or more participants. These have been the most voted images (click on the images to see the original versions):

First Prize — NGC7023 (Iris nebula), by Maxi

(http://pixinsight.org/images/forum/20110801/201107-contest-winners/01.jpg) (http://www.astromodelismo.es/Web%20Astronomia/Datos%20web/Tomas%20astronomicas%20propias%20web/Nebulosas/Reales/NGC%207023.jpg)

Second Prize — NGC2237-9, 46 (Rosette Nebula), by Philippe B.

(http://pixinsight.org/images/forum/20110801/201107-contest-winners/02.jpg) (http://www.astroccd.eu/images/rosette-LRVBpanel50.jpg)

Third Prize — IC4603 and IC4604, by OlivierG

(http://pixinsight.org/images/forum/20110801/201107-contest-winners/03.jpg) (http://i49.servimg.com/u/f49/11/59/52/68/ic460411.jpg)

The contest organizers also want to include a fourth image in this announcement. We think the next image deserves a special mention for its high quality and beauty.

Special Mention — The North America Nebula (NGC7000) and the nearby Pelican Nebula (IC5070), by xatamec

(http://pixinsight.org/images/forum/20110801/201107-contest-winners/04.jpg) (http://astrophoto-sv.com/web_images/Medres/NA_Pelican_med.jpg)

Clear, dark and steady skies to everybody!
Title: Re: July 2011 Astrophotography Contest Winners
Post by: gvanhau on 2011 August 01 09:05:30: Congratulations to the winners, excellent images.

Felicitaciones a los ganadores, las imagenes excelentes.
Title: Re: July 2011 Astrophotography Contest Winners
Post by: RBA on 2011 August 01 17:24:51: What's the "prize"? (besides the recognition by your peers and all that jazz)... :angel:
Title: Re: July 2011 Astrophotography Contest Winners
Post by: xatamec on 2011 August 04 00:47:21: Felicidades Maxi por esta gran imagen. Por cierto, hoy es APOD!

Congratulations to all the winners. Maxi's image is today's APOD (4th August)!

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