Mike Salway features in US S&T's Ten Geat astrophotos of 2008

[strongmanmike]

US Sky & Telecope just released their 10 great astrophotos of 2008 aaaaand our very own Mike Salway took two of them! Can ya believe that? On ya Mike :thumbsup:

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/36973319.html

Mike Sidonio

[Kevnool]

Congatualtions Mike. Not to only have 1 but to have 2 images what a sterling achievement and another notch in your belt promoting astronomy...Cheers Kev.

[xstream]

Well done Mike, congratulations!

Don't forget my cut of the royalties! :P

[Rodstar]

Congratulations Mike. Not bad for a year when your motivation was so low!

[Lester]

Well done Mike, nice images.

[Omaroo]

Excellent effort Mike. :thumbsup: To be represented at all is fantastic, but to have two in that lot is just brill. Congrats!

[[1ponders]]

Just imagine what he could do if he had more clear nights. :eyepop:


Fantastic effort Mike. :thumbsup: Congrats. ;) Very impressive company!

[renormalised]

Great effort, Mike.....congratulations:D:D:D

[Dennis]

Well done Mike, you’re mixing it with some heavy hitters on that list, with gear inventory probably worth more than the value of our homes!

Cheers

Dennis

[renormalised]

Especially Rob Gendler's and Ken Crawford's setups!!.

[GrahamL]

great stuff mike .. :) 12" newts fight well above there weight:thumbsup:

[dugnsuz]

Top stuff!
Fantastic start to 2009.
Doug

[ngcles]

Hi Mike, Mike & All,

Wow, that is quite an achievement -- two out of ten!

Congratulations and well done.


Best,

Les D

[jungle11]

Congratulations Mike - you must be chuffed:thumbsup:

[mcross]

Congratulations, Mike! That is a great achievement!

Mark :)

[RB]

Congrats Mike !

Excellent achievement and well deserved.

:thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

You're in great company there Mike.
Congratulations!

[spacezebra]

Congrats Mike

Well done!

Cheers Petra

[h0ughy]

congratulations Mr Salway!! Stellar result mate

[xelasnave]

Congratulations Mike. I hope this serves as further encouragement to keep going... I certainly hope it makes you feel more excitement and passion.

alex

[gary]

Congratulations Mike!

Best Regards

Gary

[wavelandscott]

Atta Boy Mike, well done!

A tip of my hat goes out to you...

[erick]

Congratulations Mike!

[iceman]

Thanks for your wishes, guys. I appreciate it.

It was certainly a nice early xmas present when I received the email from Sean Walker just before xmas, asking to use two of my images for his upcoming article.

To be in the same article and featured amongst the legends such as Damian Peach, R. Jay GaBani, Ken Crawford and Robert Gendler is certainly an honour.

It's funny, because remembering back on 2008 part of me remembers it as a horrible year with terrible weather, limited imaging opportunities and generally bad seeing. My motivation for astronomy dropped to an all-time low and I didn't feel I achieved what I wanted to.

But then I remember some of the feature images I've been lucky enough to achieve (2 APOD's, as well as this S&T article), and I launched my personal site a few months ago, so I guess it has been a pretty good year. Interestingly, most of my best (or, what I consider my best) images in 2008 were the widefield type images with the Camera and lens, and not through the telescope.

Anyway it's inspired me to keep going in 2009 and do more photography and astrophotography.

Thanks again for your comments.

[Alchemy]

well done

[Quark]

Greetings Mike,

It is really great to see Aussie amateurs feature on the world stage, especially in the Year of Astronomy, congratulations, no doubt this will encourage you to even greater heights.

I think that it is a just reward for the effort that you obviously put in.

It may also inspire others to try and emulate what you have done, has to be good for amateur astronomy in this country.

Regards:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Trevor

[multiweb]

Well deserved. :thumbsup:

[Jen]

:clap::clap::clap::clap:
:party::party::party:
Yayyy thats our boy :D
:eyepop: those 10 shots are 2 die for very nice :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Matty P]

Excellent achievement Mike. Definitely well deserved. :)

Congrats. :thumbsup:

[Ric]

Well done Mike, lovely images and your certainly in amongst some big names.

Cheers

[toc]

Let me add my belated congratulations :2thumbs:

You do us all proud...:prey2:

[Octane]

Mike,

Congratulations. I hope that one day I can achieve similar success.

Regards,
Humayun

[garyp]

Congratulations. Very well done Mike:thumbsup:

They are nice shots too.

Cheers
Gary:)