March 2012 Astrophotography Contest Winners

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Greetings to everybody!

Thank you very much to everyone for participating in this edition of the 2012 PixInsight Monthly Astrophotography Contest. According to the points 8 and 10 of the contest rules, when the number of submitted images is seven or more, the monthly contest can have up to three winner images.

Congratulations to the three winners of this month! We hope to see everybody in further editions of the PixInsight Monthly Astrophotography Contest.


First Prize — M42 (Orion nebula) by Alejandro Tombolini.




Second Prize — LBN682 (blue reflection nebula) in Camelopardalis by talbotj.




Third Prize — M81 (Bode's galaxy) in Ursa Major by andyschlei.




Clear, dark and steady skies to everybody!