APRIL ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION WINNER! (2006)

Anthony - any sign of the AP?

Mum's the word on the Progress ship - we can have a good old chat together on the way up

:lol:

Anthony - any sign of the AP?

Everything has been ready for the past two weeks with the exception of the 1200RPA rotating pier adapter and which has been out of stock. I sent a message a couple of days ago for a status update and they replied that they had just received the anodized parts and which they would be assembling immediately. It seems I am also one of the first in line for this backorder. I am hoping that the AP1200GTO will be shipped as early as Monday.

Mum's the word on the Progress ship - we can have a good old chat together on the way up

If my AP1200GTO is not available by launch time, I will just bring the AP160 and you can bring along your AP1200GTO for our proposed work. We can they have a joint-submission and split the time on 20" RCOS after it is awarded. One month for you, one month for me, one month for you, one month for me etc.

Anthony.

PS. If we can bribe Seanie to miscount the votes in our favour (just as a precautionary measure), I would be willing to donate 15 minutes of scope time each month for his supernova searches. :lol:

PPS2. If we can bribe Michael not to submit an entry next month, I would be willing to donate a further 15 minutes of scope time each month for him as well.

It is with great pleasure that I get to announce that Michael O'Connell from Monasterevin is the Winner of the IFAS Astrophotography Competition for April!

The best way to judge a deep sky image and irrespective of its content (ex. a nebula) is by how well shaped the stars are in the particular image. Just looking at Michael's image and the stars therein, I think one can easily draw his/her conclusions about the quality of the overall image given the perfect stellar circles!

Anthony.

Nah, it was originally but IFAS went down four inches in aperture but threw in a finger lakes proline with a fairchild thinned back illuminated CCD...

Right Seanie?

um, yeah!

Did I forget to mention that for overseas entrants that are not a member of any IFAS club that there is an entry fee of $80,000??

No?

Sorry! Must have forgotten!

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