IceInSpace Compendium 2009 - On Sale Now!! (While Stocks Last!)

[iceman]

The IceInSpace Compendium 2009 is NOW ON SALE! (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/73-555-0-0-1-0.html)

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Put your orders in quickly! We've done a limited print run for our first year and it's first in best dressed - stock will run out!

Prices:
* AU$60 including postage within Australia
* AU$70 including postage outside Australia

Place your order from the following page:
IceInSpace Compendium 2009 - Info Page (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/73-555-0-0-1-0.html)

Orders for the IceInSpace Compendium 2009 close at the end of September 2009, and books are expected to be posted by the end of October 2009.

The IceInSpace Compendium 2009 will be a great conversation starter at home, and will make a brilliant christmas gift for family and friends! Order yours before stock runs out!

EDIT:
Great News!

The orders have been very strong so far, and with people ordering multiples, we've gone past the initial target order of 100 books - so now we're looking to hit 200!

So get those orders in!

Don't forget these will make a great christmas gift for your parents, children, brother or sister, work colleague, all those people who have no idea what astrophotography is and what it is you do outside on those clear nights every month :)

[iceman]

There was a slight error in the order form which showed OS prices on the second (confirmation) page even for Australian orders (the first page showed the correct sub-total).

This error on the second page has now been fixed. I'll contact those who have ordered already.

[iceman]

Also, please feel free to order as many as you like - if people are ordering multiple quantities, then the initial 100 will be pre-ordered quickly and it gives us a reason to go beyond the initial 100 and go to (for example) 200.

So that's a GOOD THING!

[h0ughy]

done have ordered 2, thanks Chris (oh and Mike)

[mithrandir]

Bother. h0ughy got in first. Mine ordered too. October delivery? A birthday pressie to myself.

[jjjnettie]

Yep, you've got my order. Thanks.
The ANZ site is down, but I'll make payment asap.

[erick]

Got my name on 2! Thanks Chris and Mike and everyone!

[RB]

Ordered my copy, thanks Mike, Chris and all the contributors.
Great job.

:)

[Darth Wader]

Ordered, paid and now sitting by letterbox;):D

[mill]

Ordered and paid :)
Looking forward to the book.
Great job and well done Chris :thumbsup:

[iceman]

Orders are coming in thick and fast considering it's only been 5 hours!

Great news - keep them coming in and we'll be able to extend the order past the original 100.

[turbo_pascale]

I've ordered 5......:P

[Davros]

I'm in.

[dugnsuz]

Done!

[Quark]

Yep, done.

[asterisk]

Also done!

Thanks Chris and IIS

[leon]

And done again, 2 ordered.

Leon

[sheeny]

I'm in. Looking forward to it.

Al.

[rogerg]

Got my order in for 2, might order more later, will see :)

[marki]

I am in :)

Mark

[ENVY]

order placed counting down days now for delivery now

:thanx:

[Liz]

done ... :)

[Dr Benway]

I'm in for one copy!

John

[DistroMan]

Ordered and awaiting delivery.

[StephenM]

I've got my order in for 2 :)

[Allan_L]

My order is in and paid too!

Thanks Mike :thumbsup:

[Lightbulb]

Payment made for one copy. Thank you for all your efforts Chris

[bloodhound31]

3 for me.

[Astrobserver99]

Ordered 1 for me:)

[alan meehan]

Order in ,Thanks Chris

[danielsun]

Hi Mike , put me down for 2 copys and I will arrange payment in the next day or two.


Cheers Daniel.

[Big Dave]

Order In, Thanks Cris / Mike

[xstream]

Done. :thumbsup:

:thanx: Chris and Mike!

[Octane]

Order placed yesterday. Will make payment soon!

Thanks, Chris. :)

Regards,
Humayun

[iceman]

Great to see so many orders coming in - keep them coming. It'll help us with the confidence to extend the order and ensure no-one misses out.

Please remember:
1) You need to SUBMIT on the second page of the order form. You will receive a confirmation email when it's been done correctly.
2) Put your name as the reference in the any bank transfers
3) The paypal button is not linked to the order form - you need to fill in AND submit an order form FIRST, then you need to fill in the correct amount in the paypal field (including paypal surcharge).

Thanks

[Matt Wastell]

Thanks - done and done for 3 - thanks!

[[1ponders]]

done with stuff up. :P See pm. :P

[spearo]

Image Submitted,
Image of my ugly mug submitted,
Compendia orderd (two of them)
Money transferred to your Cayman Island account (just kidding :lol: , I did the direct payment BSB thing)

can't wait to get them !
Thanks to Chris for all his efforts and to you Mike for especially for creating this great community
frank :thumbsup:

[peterl]

order in for two and paid for.

Thanks chris! :thumbsup:

[stephenb]

2nd order submitted. :thumbsup::thumbsup: (2 books in total)

[Omaroo]

Wow. How humbling!!! :thanx:

What a great uptake, and we thank you all very much for your trust in the production by pre-ordering as you have. This lets us gather the funds necessary to go to the printers, and pay for the numbers required beforehand. Otherwise, we would never have a hope of doing this at all - so again, thank you!

Where we're at:

Proofs of random pages are being produced on the digital press during this week - to the actual final paper stock. A complete proof, end to end, is also being run off as a single proof sheet, allowing us to see the general look of the colour which will indicate whether the colour separation (RGB to CMYK) parameters are in the ball park. Typically, CMYK separation leaves colours a little flat if not tweaked accordingly. Please be aware that I've left most of your images basically as you supplied them to me, and for some I've upped the saturation level a few percent to compensate. A good thing is that for those who have not been published before, you'll have a good idea of how your images perform on press for next time.

I've yet to complete the covers, front/back and inside (intro and indexes), so they will go during this week as well.

Given that this is all OK, we're expecting to wait until the end of September (Thursday 1st October, 2009) to see what our final order numbers are - and this number will be used to create our official order quantity from.

Printing should take around 10-12 days, and the books should be ready for shipping during the third or last week of October depending on workload at the printers. It's approaching Christmas, so they're pretty busy.

All in all - you should have them in your hot little hands during that last week in October! Overseas buyers may have to wait an extra few days - sorry! (Shoe's on the other foot now that you're buying from us here in Oz! LOL!)

Once again - thanks so much for all the support and encouragement! Hopefully we'll be doing a much larger one next year (maybe 200 pages if we can negotiate a good price!), so for those that missed out this year - keep your best for the next one! The best part about doing this was talking to the contributors via plenty of both email and PM's, and I feel that I know all of you just a little better than before. I'm keen to meet you at IISAC or other great star parties coming up and say a very warm "Hi"!

:thumbsup:

[stephenb]

Fantastic Chris. You know something, I was thinking this week, that because this has been so popular, would a 2010 compendium be on the cards?? You've just answered my question.

The success of this inaugural compendium will give everyone the motivation to create their 2010 masterpiece! (oh no, it of course means another awkward self-image)

A big thanks also to the member who "planted the seed" of the idea, jjj ;)

[jjjnettie]

No way, I'll keep using the same one. Ten years down the track (assuming this will become and annual publication) I'll still be using the same image. ;)

[stephenb]

Phew, I'm glad I'm not the only one who was going to recycle the same self-image. ;)

[astroron]

Ordered mine:thanx::thumbsup:
PS and paid for:)

[danielsun]

Payment just went through for my 2 copys.;)

Thanks Chris for a taking on this huge task of getting all of this together. I think it's a great project and can't wait for them to arrive.


Cheers Daniel.

[Jen]

:D done just ordered mine ;)
Waits patiently for the postie now :lol:
:thanx:

[iceman]

Great News!

The orders have been very strong so far, and with people ordering multiples, we've gone past the initial target order of 100 books - so now we're looking to hit 200!

So get those orders in!

Don't forget these will make a great christmas gift for your parents, children, brother or sister, work colleague, all those people who have no idea what astrophotography is and what it is you do outside on those clear nights every month :)

And again I have to re-iterate, if you're paying by paypal, please please enter the correct total which includes the paypal surcharge (that's the total shown to you on the first page, the confirmation page, and your email confirmation).

[Quantum629]

Ready & waiting. This is going to be awsome, & an excellent demonstration of everyone's magnificent work.

[Benno85]

Ordered mine, thanks to Chris and Mike and all the contributors, as well as the awesome out of this world total champ of a printer ;)

[WarpSpider74]

Ordered! I'm drooling just looking at the thumbnails :P

[Jen]

I havnt looked at the thumbnails, i want it to be a suprise when it arrives :P

[jjjnettie]

Gee Jen, you've got super Will Power!!
I've been checking every new addition as it hits the forum.

[stephenb]

go orrrrn, Jen. Take a peek:lol:

[erick]

Blow them up and try to sharpen them? Yes, I've been there! :lol:

[Jen]

:lol::lol: yep its been hard i tell ya but im not looking :rolleyes:



No never im not peeking ;)

[iceman]

Just a heads-up for those that haven't ordered stuff through IceInSpace before:

I don't contact you to tell you I've received your payment. It's just not practical for me to do that. When I receive your payment, I mark it off in the database and that's it until you receive your book.

You'll only hear from me if there's a problem with your order, or if I haven't received your payment within a reasonable amount of time.

Of course if you're worried about whether your payment went through, feel free to contact me and ask - and I'll let you know. Please just remember to include your name in the reference field for any bank transfers - otherwise it's very difficult to find your payment. That is, don't use "book order" or "compendium payment" etc - just put your name and I'll know what it's for.

Please keep those orders coming in!

Cheers

[stephenb]

Payment sent for 2 books. :thanx:

[Alchemy]

ordered 2

cheque to be posted today

[gman]

I'm in

Proud, Passionate and Paid up - direct deposit

[toryglen-boy]

put me down for a copy to!

;)

[Lightbulb]

second compendium ordered and paid for. Thanks for all your help Mike

[Paramount]

Hi Mike
I ordered one and five minutes later changed my mind and ordered another one for my friend in London who supplies all my equipment, a pity a few other sites and forums don't do something like this, there is hell of a lot of talent out there far exceeding what the pros could do at Palomar 10 years ago and its only right their work should be put to print.
Best wishes
Gordon
:hi:

[iceman]

Hi Gordon - i've seen both of your orders (first with 1 and second with 2). Did you want a total of 2 or 3?

Cheers

[Paramount]

Hi Mike
Sorry but my computer was playing silly b*****s and I only meant to order 2 as per the paypal statement so if you could amend it I would be grateful
Thanks
Gordon
:thanx:

[bloodhound31]

Sent the cheque for three x today Mike. Let me know when you get it mate.

Baz.

[Jen]

:) i paid for mine today Mike through internet banking :thumbsup:

[Satchmo]

Is the book soft or hard cover ?

[Omaroo]

It's a burst-bound soft cover Mark - which means that it has a square spine like a proper book.

[Darth Wader]

I just hope the postie doesn't try to roll/jam/shove it into my letterbox!:eyepop:

[Omaroo]

We're looking into ways to ensure that doesn't happen Wade. :)

[Darth Wader]

Ah, good to hear! :D

[rogerg]

Not sure if you've ever ordered a book from Momento (momento.com.au) but they have quite a good minimalist designed but ample cardboard protective "box" for their books. Not sure if it's the kind of thing that can be bought off the shelf from packing companies somewhere.

Roger.

[Jen]

:eyepop: oh yeah my postie does that alot too :mad2:

[Matt Wastell]

I think 'do not bend' is a special challenge for some!

[stephenb]

What is a "burst-bound soft cover"? Is that how the Quasar's Astronomy 2009 is bound?

[leon]

Hi Mike, second order sent in, and paid for with direct deposit, many thanks.

Leon

[Davros]

Payment made via direct deposit tonight Mike

[bloodhound31]

Sorry if I have missed this, but what's our expected lead time on these Chris and Mike?

Baz.

[iceman]

Orders close at the end of September, and the print run will begin shortly after.

Delivery (at this stage) is expected before the end of October.

[iceman]

Thanks to everyone for the overwhelming support so far.

Only 3 days left to order! Once order close, there'll be no further chance to buy this years compendium. So be quick!

[MrB]

I'm in!
Cheers Chris, Mike and everyone that submitted images :thumbsup:

[Omaroo]

Last day for ordering your compendium everyone! :) Orders will not be taken after today.

[erick]

OK, so tell us - what's the print run.......................;)

[Omaroo]

Suffice to say, it's over 200 Eric :)

[jjjnettie]

Excellent news Chris.
Who would have thought it eh.

[leon]

200 plus you say, :eyepop: well that is a mighty fine effort indeed, can't wait to get my copies. ;)

Leon :thumbsup:

[spearo]

Anyone got their Compendium yet?
I just cant wait!
frank

[iceman]

They're going to print very soon. As we said before, we expect/hope to have them sent out by the end of October.

[[1ponders]]

My coffee table is dusted off and waiting. :D

[h0ughy]

with the bathroom renovations mine is full of dust and waiting:P

[RB]

I can't wait either.
Had to get a larger coffee table (lol) since I've got another book arriving on Tuesday from an overseas forum (photography) with two of my images in it as well.
It's a 200 page volume and all entries where voted on.
It'll make a nice set with the IIS book.

:)

[Jen]

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

[bloodhound31]

15 days to go!!!.........:P:cool: :nerd: :prey: :party2: :party: :jump2: :jump: :tasdevil: :clap:

[Big Dave]

I havn't got a coffee table, will my book still turn up :confused2:

[Omaroo]

OK - I was waiting for Mike to say something, but he hasn't yet - so I will. :)

Mike and myself went to the printers and signed off on the final proofs yesterday afternoon. They looked, quite frankly, beautiful. We were also shown a full book mock-up, and it was fantastic to be able to hold it in hand with pages in the order they'll be in.

Printing and binding should be finished, and books delivered to Mike for disbursement, on or around the 30th of October as promised. From there we pray to the AustPost gods for quick delivery! We may yet commission the printers to manage that for us - we'll keep you...uhmmm.. posted!

[toryglen-boy]

thanks for keeping us posted Chris, the tension is certainly building !!


:)

[iceman]

I kept meaning to, but forgot :)

The books do look great! I can't wait to be able to send them out to you guys!

[jjjnettie]

I shiver with antici............pation.

:P

[stephenb]

Look forward to them.

[TrevorW]

Whens the next print run

Cheers

[iceman]

If you haven't ordered yet but still want to, there's still time.

I've ordered extra because I assumed there'd be people who missed ordering at the time but still want one - or want extra.

Order here:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/73-555-0-0-1-0.html

[jjjnettie]

Hey, that's good to know.
Smart thinking Mike.

[h0ughy]

i saw a book that RB had some box brownie images in at IISAC, pretty ordinary ones at that ( LOL ducking in the trench now) but the book looked great, i can only wait to see the result of our forum's first book.

[iceman]

For those that have ordered, please check the email notification you received and ensure your address was entered correctly.

Please ensure you get back to me ASAP if you find your address was entered incorrectly, or if you need to update the address details to something else.

Cheers

[supernova1965]

Got my order in I wasn't going to get one only because I thought I would get it from my wife but I couldn't resist so I may need some first aid when she finds out any assistance with my recovery will be greatly appreciated and thankfully received.:lol::sadeyes::scared3:

[TrevorW]

Order placed

[Jen]

:thumbsup::thumbsup: awsome i cant wait for it to arrive :D

[iceman]

Things are still on track. Just got word that the books are being despatched (to me) tomorrow - so I should receive them on Monday or Tuesday next week.

So I'll be able to start posting them out towards the end of next week.

There's only 21 books remaining. If you want to put in your order (or increase your order), now's the time!

[Darth Wader]

The anticipation is killing me!:P

[[1ponders]]

Its almost like Christmas come early :cool:

[erick]

Take a photo of the pallet when it arrives!

[Jen]

:lol::lol: Yeah that will be like a big tease :P

[kinetic]

Only about 5 sleeps?.....that's if I can sleep...

<excited>

Steve

[iceman]

I received them yesterday (Tuesday arvo).

Thanks to the trains, I didn't get home until late and I'm off to Melbourne this morning and don't get home until tomorrow night.

To make sure I've found the right postage option, I put some together last night and I'll be sending about 18 packs out this morning - the lucky sods who were first to order and pay, and the generous sods who ordered 3 or more books.

So you guys should receive yours before the end of the week.

To everyone else, thanks for your patience. I'm sure you understand. I didn't start packing until 10pm last night and had to get up at 3:20am this morning for the 6am flight :(

I'll be sending more on Friday, and likely the bulk of them on Monday. I need to head back to the P.O to buy more of the padded bags.

This Melbourne trip was unexpected, and it actually takes quite a while to put all the orders into the bags, write the names and addresses etc.

Having said all that, Chris is right. They do look and feel BRILLIANT! :P

[Jen]

:eyepop: woohoooo :D
Cant wait for it to arrive ;)

[AlexN]

Yay! I ordered 5!! Tomorrow shall be a grand day (Hopefully tomorrow.. The postal system in my local area is hellishly slow.. :( )

[leon]

Well I think that may include me, :cool::cool::party::party: I ordered and paid for 4 copies, beauty, :P cant wait.;)

Leon :thumbsup:

[MrB]

Oh errr, ummm, yeah I ordered 3 or more too! :lol:

Haha, no.
I ordered very late so I'm quite happy to wait for my copy... getting excited though ;)

Cheers again Chris and Mike! :thumbsup:

[Quark]

Received my Issue of the IIS Compendium today, what a very tastefully put together resource. Love it, well worth waiting for.
Thanks again to all that played a part in bringing this to fruition.

Cheers
Trevor

[jjjnettie]

Only a few more sleeps to go.
The suspense is incredible. :lol:

[leon]

Well my 4 copies came today excellent, :eyepop: :eyepop: stuff i reckon, but i do have one complaint, :P why is Jens page the only one done in colour print, yep you guessed it Purple. :lol: on ya Jen


Leon :thumbsup:

[Omaroo]

Sorry Leon - that page of Jen's was a typo. ;)

Glad to see that your copies arrived. Your Rosette was great. :thumbsup:

[kinetic]

Guys, could you maybe at least tell people if it's on it's way?
I was a tad disappointed mine didn't show today.
I ordered 5 on Sept 12-ish....:shrug:
I know Adelaide is a backwater but the suspense is killing me! :)

Steve

[iceman]

Steve, yours was sent on Wednesday morning along with the others that ordered more than 3.

I can't control Australia Post - sorry.

[kinetic]

<phew> Thanks Mike!

[AdrianF]

I received my compendium today. Great stuff.
The ^%#%*^{ post office rolled it up and stuffed it in our small po box with 4 other magazines and mail and junk took 5 mins to get all the mail out. The compendium is now shaped like a banana and now under my EQ6 balance weights to try and straighten it out.
The more I say to the po the worse it gets.

Adrian

[jjjnettie]

Some people, instead of brains, have little bunnies jumping around inside their skulls.
Sorry to hear they ruined your book Adrian.

[TrevorW]

Adrian don't settle for it you should have taken a picture of it before straigthening and show how AP contractors laziness stuffed up a $60 item


No joke stick em rex

[Darth Wader]

Too right. You've paid good money for this and it shouldn't get to you in such poor condition. Let them have it, take it higher if you need to and don't back down.

As a frequent eBayer (and pedant) poor treatment of packages is a pet hate of mine:mad2:

[AlexN]

Got mine today! :)

I must say these are an absolute credit to everyone who submitted an image.. The book is fantastic! Its so great to see these images that we all post on the net in print for the first time..

Thanks to Mike and Chris for putting these together, and a big thanks to everyone who contributed.. Awesome stuff!

[leon]

Typo indeed Chris, :rolleyes: :rolleyes: but it did make for a humors moment, ;)I suppose we can forgive you this time.:P

Leon :thumbsup:

[Jen]

:lol::lol::lol: Ya gotta love those typos Leon :rofl::rofl::P
Hey even an emoticon managed to sneak in there if you look closely near my head pic LMAO

Ill pay ya later Chris hehehehe ;)

You lucky buggers that have yours already grrrrrrr
:thumbsup:

[Big Dave]

The book looks great. Page 7 would be my un-biased favourite! :whistle:

The only negative would be some pages with too many pictures submitted, maybe some should have been held over to the 2010 Compendium.........

:thanx:

[Omaroo]

Thanks Dave :)

The reason that some pages have many images placed on them is that the contributors only had very low resolution images that were already small in size and that would not otherwise scale for print at 300dpi. Given this, it was either place a single image at a tiny 1/6th page size in the middle of the page and have it drown...or do what I did. Creating mosaics with low-res images was the only option.

Thanks Alex - and Adrian, I hope yours recovers! What turkeys!

[toryglen-boy]

hope mine turns up soon ....

cant wait!

[iceman]

Duncan, yours, and the the majority of the books were sent this morning. I'm pretty sure I filled the red postbox thing :P

Most people should start receiving theirs in the next few days.

[sheeny]

Cool!:D

Thanks Mike and Chris! I'm like everyone else... hanging out for this!

:)

Al.

[gel]

Is sydney in the boondocks,i live in manly 2095 ,maybe its a spit bridge thing. i suspect it might be political posties ????

[kinetic]

Chris and Mike ,

well, where does one start....

Thank you both of you guys. From the bottom of my heart.
It turned out even better than I had imagined.
I still have trouble believing it came off.
How you organised 80 contributors is commendable to both of you.
The printer has done a fantastic job. Thanks to them, whoever they are!:thumbsup:
It's real, and I now have one!

And as for which page stands out .....they all do!
Thank you the 80 people for making this go from an idea
to a real thing. Tickled pink....or is it purple :)
Steve

[Omaroo]

Great stuff Steve! Glad you like it :)

[Octane]

I just picked my Compendium out of my letterbox! Will open it in front of the guys at work shortly!

Thank you Chris, printers and Mike!

Regards,
Humayun

[AlexN]

you'll love it H. Its awesome.. Its inspired me to get off my backside and get some of my images printed, i've been thinking about it for a while now, but never knew how they would come out in print.. Now i know! :)

[AdrianF]

After 3-4 days under about 40 kgs of weights my book came out almost perfect nice and straight with only one crease evident and I would probably done that opening the book anyway.
Its a credit to the people who put this book together, keep up the good work (maybe next year I'll be taking photos as good as the one's in the book :D)

Adrian

[jjjnettie]

The Postman is due any time now.
Will it be arriving today??

[Matt Wastell]

Thanks guys
I just picked up my copies up from the post office - you have put together a very nice book - congratulations!
Now can you send some clear skies my way?

[Benno85]

Mine arrived today, thankfully the postman was kind and kept the book flat! Looks bloody awesome, could use a sealer or laminate on the covers but that's just the nit-picky printer coming out in me :P

Once again, a huge thanks to Chris, Mike and all contributors, I hope to have my own image in the next edition!!!

Ben.

[Darth Wader]

I've just been informed by SWMBO that my copy has arrived! Now I just have to get through this reverse time dilation that seems to be affecting my office, making this the slowest day ever, so I can finally see it:D

[Omaroo]

Cheers everyone :) :thumbsup:



I agree Ben - I'm going to apply some Contact clear book covering to the cover to keep it in good nick.

[toryglen-boy]

is there one planned for next year?


;)

[erick]

What's that sound? Oh, it's Mike and Chris running screaming into the distance! :D

[Omaroo]

I'm in. Anyone else?

[jjjnettie]

mwahh, I just wanna get to see this years copy first

[Omaroo]

Are you right out in the postal run boonies Jeanette?

[jjjnettie]

No, I live in town.
I get mail 5 times a week now.
Maybe tomorrow.....

[AlexN]

chris, if you want a hand putting together next years edition, i'm up for it. Will definitely be putting in a shot :)

[jase]

I'm in for the next if it does eventuate. I missed the boat this year due to work commitments, but purchased a copy to support the endeavour. Nothing like finding inspiration and ideas from others.

[iceman]

It'll definitely happen again next year.

It was a lot of work, especially for Chris, but the results speak for themselves.

Next years is planned to be bigger and better - more contributors, more pages..

We'll start talking about that one in a few months I guess.

[AdrianF]

Good idea ... now where did Margaret hide?

Adrian

[Allan_L]

Just finished my first look through mine, arrived today.

Unbelievable. ! :)

Great work Chris (et al)
Great work contributors.
I will proudly be showing this off to all I know :)
WOW!

[madwayne]

Many thanks to Chris and Mike for putting in so much time and effort on this project. My copy arrived today and the efforts of all the contributors in the book should make you justifiably proud of your efforts and achievements. Congratulations one and all on such a professional work of art.

Wayne

[BerrieK]

Okay, I have no self control and didn't wrap my copy for myself for Christmas :D :D - rippped (carefully) open as soon as it was retreived from my post box.

Thankyou Chris, Mike, the printers and all the contributors - what a beautifully put together book. Congratulations to all.

Jeanette just keep breathing in and out (and in and out) until yours arrives. It's breathtaking, so you will need all that extra respiration in preparation!

Kerrie :)

[iceman]

Wished you'd ordered one?
Want to see what all the fuss is about?
Want to order more?

I got extras printed, so you can still order a 2009 Compendium.

Follow the links to the order form:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/73-555-0-0-1-0.html

[jjjnettie]

Ommmmmm Ommmmmm Ommmmm
:rofl:

[RB]

My copy arrived today.

Wow that turned out beautifully, excellent work Chris, Mike, the printers and contributers.
Everyone deserves a big pat on the back.

The images certainly look terrific in print and I'm already looking forward to next year's edition.

Can't wait to share this with family and friends.

Congratulation to all involved !!

[multiweb]

Just got my two copies today in good order. :thumbsup: It looks great. I'll have to have a good browse at it after work but it's really well done and so colorful. I like the attention to details such as the purple font on Jen's page ;). So many wonderful shots across the board. So colorful. While quickly flicking through one that particularly drew my attention was the Total Eclipse shot over the great wall of China by Terry Cuttle. That's a great frame with a wow factor :thumbsup:

[[1ponders]]

:sad: I want mine :sad:

Living in hicksville out past the black stump just past the boonies under dark skies does have its disadvantages at times. I'm sure the mail courier stocks up on a weeks supply of mail before he decides to drive out my way.

I hope its there when I get home. :prey:

[Bassnut]

Got mine, so professional, the pics look so much better in print, and its nice to see the ppl/gear too.

Excellent work chaps, a most enjoyable brouse.

[h0ughy]

LOL well mate i got mine and i am sure that yours will come by next year:rofl:

[gel]

political posties decided to ram it thru into my meagre mail box resulting in a CREASE- how dare the post office political posties do such a thing,of course I have the answer, i'll winge ,i'll thro a tantrum,i'll stamp my feet,i'll,i'll have another BEER.regards and wowsa-gra gra

[Quantum629]

Arrived this afternoon. Supremely impressed. Will order another for my grandfather.

[sheeny]

I got mine today.:D

What can I say? You make my work look good!:P (Everyone else's looks good anyway!;))

Thanks Chris and Mike, and all the contributors... well done!

Al.

[peterl]

2 recieved today

Thanks to everybody who did the hard work to put this together.
Great job ..
All the images are excellent and pats on back for everybody.:thanx:

Peter Langdown
peterl

[mithrandir]

Mine arrived today too. (That's the colour of my face.) :thumbsup:

[Omaroo]

Wow! That's quite a few who received them today. Fantastic! :) Thanks for all the positive comments. :thumbsup:

I'm really sorry to hear about the odd one or two which were delivered by postmen who just plain don't care. I guess that they are under contract to deliver mail, whatever it is, into whatever receptacle is provided at the front of your driveway. Does anyone know if they are under instruction to make judgement calls and refuse to damage whatever they're delivering and leave a note asking you to collect from the PO?

[kustard]

A beautiful piece of work, I'm very happy with my copy.

[Darth Wader]

Finally go to look at mine. Fantastic! To grace the same pages as the well-seasoned astroimagers is truly an honor. My favourite page has to be PeterL's - those comet images are great.

Thanks again to Chris, Mike and all involved. A mammoth effort which has been well rewarded.:thumbsup:

[mithrandir]

There must be some judgement call. Astronomy 2010 arrived yesterday and was stuffed in the letterbox. It has nearly flattened out now.

The compendium was on the front door mat and completely flat.

[mill]

Still waiting for mine :shrug:

[WarpSpider74]

w00t! Excellent service, mine arrived (in Perth!) today. Beautiful book, truly outstanding talent on display. I can only WISH I was as good as this. Two thumbs up!

[Blue Skies]

I was wondering if anyone in Perth had them yet - my letterbox is still empty :sadeyes:

[jjjnettie]

:sadeyes:
It'll be here soon I'm sure.

[Jen]

I jumped up and down and had a temper tantrum at my letterbox today it was empty :doh::doh:

:tasdevil::tasdevil::tasdevil::tasd evil:

The suspense is killing me :rolleyes:

Im sure its well worth its wait woohooo....... Hurry up Mr Postie
:D

[supernova1965]

If AUST POST knew Jen as we do they would hurry up I remember what you said to me when I joked about LIFE ON MARS:lol::rofl::lol::scared:

[DavidU]

Big.........deep.........breaths there Jen. Tried Yoga?:D

[Jen]

:rofl::rofl:

[Omaroo]

Jen, I can't remember whether or not your image made it into the book... :shrug: Did you supply one?








:P Oh! That's right - it was purple... :)

[Jen]

:lol::lol: Purple thats just so cool :thumbsup:

Did the emoticon stay there too :lol:

[Omaroo]

Youbetcha. :) Standing on your right shoulder.... :thumbsup:

[stephenb]

Received them today, thanks to all who contributed.

Lucky I bought two copies, one copy to get oily greasy fingerprints all over and the other will go untouched in the bookcase.

[Michael V]

Received mine yesterday.

Congratulations to Chris and Mike, and all the contributors, this is something really special. Yes, i also have fingerprints all over it already.

I especially like no 63 plus all the odd and even numbered images between 1 and 80.

[jjjnettie]

:rockband: Sung to the Beatles, "Mr Postman",
Wait, oh yes wait a minute mister postman
Wait, wait mister postman

Mister postman look and see
If there's a Compendium in your bag for me
I been waiting such a long time
Since I heard from that Mr Iceman of ours

There must be some word today
From Mr Iceman so far away
Please mister postman look and see
If there's a Compendium, a Compendium for me
I been standing here waiting mister postman
So patiently
For just a card or just a Compendium
Saying it's returning home to me

So many days you passed me by
See the tear standing in my eye
You didn't stop to make me feel better
By leaving me a card or a Compendium

Please let it be today.:prey:

[multiweb]

Don't worry Martin . Soon. You're just next to me across the page. We're page buddies :lol: so you should receive it soon :thumbsup:

[multiweb]

:lol: Yeah I noticed that. nice touch. :thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

And they have arrived.:D :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
You've done good Chris. It's turned out a real treat.
I'm very very proud to have a page in this Compendium
and thank you to each and every contributor for making this possible.

[erick]

I have my two! Impressing everyone at work at the moment! :thumbsup:

Thanks all! Thanks Mike and Chris. :thanx:

[rogerg]

Nope, no sign of them. I expect tomorrow or Friday for us :(

[WarpSpider74]

Must be an odd postal anomaly because mine arrived yesterday, and I'm way the hell up in South Geraldton (well, Wanneroo anyway :D)

Once again, I'm floored by the quality of the photos within.

[Jen]

:rofl::rofl::rofl:
Hahahaha very cool :thumbsup:

[erick]

Lucky he's not standing in a crater in your Moon shot!

[sheeny]

Now there's an idea for the next one... some easter eggs through the book... find all 27 emoticons (hidden somewhere through the book):P

:)

Al.

[Jen]

:rofl::rofl::rofl: That a great idea LMAO :thumbsup:

[mill]

Whoohoooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Got it in the mail today and it looks very good.
My wife had the first look and left some fingerprints on it :P

Page 8 and 9 look excellent :rofl::rofl::rofl:

[dpastern]

Got mine today as well - thanks Mike and everyone for both contributing images to this fine community event, and also organising it. Book looks a treat - well worth the money!

Dave

[StephenM]

Got mine as well. Thanks again to Chris, Mike and all who submitted images! It's a great record of astrophotography in 2009. Some spectacular images is there, and a very professional-looking product!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Omaroo]

Thanks for the kind comments Stephen, Michael, Jeanette, Eric, Martin & Stephen. Glad you like the result. :thumbsup: Yes, it was lots of work, but spread over a few weeks it really wasn't a difficult thing to put together - because of the loose deadline. Next year's will be started a little earlier as it will, hopefully, be around 230 pages.

Get you images ready folks! :)

[jjjnettie]

I'm working on it now Chris.

[AlexN]

chris, may i suggest both a bigger format and 2 pages per imager. :) would love to see it about the size of magazine..

Jjj, i too am workin on it! :)

[jjjnettie]

:lol: Magazine size would be great Chris. Hop to it. ;)

[Omaroo]

I'd like to stay with the 8" x 8" form factor Alex. There are numerous reasons why it terms of how it's printed, and this also gives the choice of printing it on a web-offset press or digital if required. Larger formats lock you to the long-run process. Besides, the first one is done, and it'd be nice to stack them in year order next to each other on a bookshelf as the years go by...

2 pages per imager - that's a distinct possibility. :thumbsup:

[AlexN]

Fair enough about the size.. :) i reckon i'll struggle to pic two images this time around.. I've got 2 in mind already.. We'll have to wait and see how i go

[erick]

2 good images in a year from me?! :rolleyes:

[MrB]

Jacquie and Roger, I'm still waiting too, I reckon today is the day ;)

[rogerg]

Yeah, agreed. I'm hoping to return home and find mine at the door tonight. We'll see!

[MrB]

Mine is getting delivered to work... I won't be there 'till midday... it better be there!

[h0ughy]

Did you realise RB that there are two people in that compendium that are the same age on opposite pages....................

[rogerg]

Still nothing here for me today :(

[iceman]

That's pretty sad, Roger :( W.A isn't that far away!

[spacezebra]

Mine arrived today. Excellent Chris what a massive task - thankyou so much - really enjoying it.

Cheers Petra d.

[Blue Skies]

And still nothing for me either. Finding out someone else doesn't have theirs either makes it a bit easier but you've still got to wonder whats happening. :sadeyes: I did wonder if the posties had nicked them for themselves because they were such good books....

[erick]

"Good things come to those who wait"




So says someone who has had his two copies for over a day now! :scared3:

[WadeH]

Waiting, waiting, waiting!!:confuse3:The suspence is killing me. Only one postal day this week. Pleease let it be tomorrow. :prey2:

[jjjnettie]

I feel for you Wade, I really do.

[danielsun]

Got mine yesterday and have to say it looks fantastic!! I may have made a mistake with my image sending the wrong copy at 72dpi instead of the 300dpi, but overall all the images look incredible and the whole finished product was better than i expected.
Excellent work Chris and Mike.:thumbsup: Can't wait for the next one.


Cheers Daniel.

[Jen]

:party::party::party: :party::party::party:

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyy i got mine today :D:D

The nice postie left it on my doorstep :thumbsup::thumbsup:

The book is amazing guys i looooveee it

:love::love::love:

Thanks to all of you, and the amazing work that was put into it to make it so beautiful.
I cant wait to show it off to all my family & friends ;)

Cant wait to see what the next book will be like now i really wanna get into taking some more pics i dont wanna miss out on not being a part of it :P

:thanx::thanx::thanx:

[MrB]

Same same :(

[Omaroo]

Petra, Daniel & Jen - Cheers. Glad you like it. :)

Hopefully the posties will deliver the stragglers today. :thumbsup:

[Omaroo]

Geez - I just had a message from John Bozeman (Dr Benway on IIS) from the USA that his copy has arrived there already. Incredible! :)

[Quantum629]

Wow! My second copy just arrived and I only ordered it Tuesday night! What speed! (Sorry to those who haven't got it yet...:shrug:)

Thanks again. :thumbsup:

[iceman]

You were lucky, Will :)

I was sending out the last remaining batch of 13 or so yesterday arvo, and I saw your payment came through yesterday so I included yours in it.

They were put in the red post box yesterday arvo, so to receive it today, that's pretty cool.

[MrB]

Woohoo!
Got my copy today :D
Myself and 3 other staff flicked thru it on and off for a couple of hours, even a couple of customers had a look.
Looking forward to next years effort!

Thanks again Chris and Mike, and also to every contributor... excellent stuff!

[rogerg]

Got my two copies today :thumbsup:

Quite damaged unfortunately :( Several creases through all pages and some damage to the spine. Doesn't surprise me for not having cardboard all the way around them - I've had worse damage done by our posties :(

But good to have them all the same, just now need to sit down at look though it all :)

[Blue Skies]

Mine arrived today too. :party: I'm going to enjoy looking through this at leisure, and hopefully learn a few new things. :D Noticed a couple of ink/print errors but they don't detract too much from the overall quality.

Well done, everyone!

[peter_4059]

Mine arrived this week. Thankfully the postie left it on the door step rather than trying to jam it into the letterbox.

I'm really impressed with how it turned out. Thanks Chris for all the effort that you put into this project.

Peter

[sjastro]

Ignoring the negative comments from that other thread...

Congratulations Chris on a fine production and to all those who have had their images featured.

Steven

[Enchilada]

Sorry mate, I totally disagree with you.

I think some of the negative comments in that closed thread might be useful towards the next 2010 one - if there is a next one.

It sound like there needs to be more contributions to the next one. For example, an expanded written text on the objects imaged with even associated visual observations and perhaps how to find it visually. Another useful idea would be small insert maps of the region the objects are placed aka. like South African Vandenberg - Blank of the 1980s.

Might give us non-imagers something to contribute instead of feeling rather excluded from commenting or add to the discusssion...

[h0ughy]

Unless you have not been reading this and the other threads very carefully - the intent of this COFFEE TABLE BOOK was to showcase the images from contributors from IIS forum members. it was never to be a book of the type you are pushing for and that was stated very early in the development of it. :thanx:

[jjjnettie]

We didn't want to go into competition with Astronomy 2009 nor Sky and Tel.

[Enchilada]

Yes I have been reading the other threads very carefully.

As for suggesting "pushing for", sorry I am not pushing for anything. I'm stating my opinion.

Really. In the end, I am getting the uneasy feeling of exclusion - either because I am not an imager, I did not contribute (even though I offered), so that any comment made by me is not appreciated.

By putting people down is certainly one way of achieving that…

[Rodstar]

As Iceinspace is a shared community of all of us who are interested in astronomy, not just imagers, it seems strange to me that there would be such a defensive response to the suggestion that we consider expanding upon the great achievement of the Compendium to produce something next year that can accommodate contributions from visual observers as well. I want to be involved too, beyond my contribution this year which was limited to writing the copyright statement!

I have no gripe that the Compendium was intended as a coffee table book by those who conceived and executed it this year. I fail to see how that origin should bind the IIS community when considering what it might produce next year.

If those interested in imaging want to take the same approach next year, and produce a volume which is a compilation of images only, it is important that those people understand that this has the effect of excluding those of us who do not image. I am not saying there was such an agenda this year, far from it.

Making suggestions about developing concepts is a healthy part of being a growing functioning community. Let's try to listen to each other rather than defend our own beachheads.

[jjjnettie]

I've no problem with any of what you said Rod.
Constructive criticism is always welcome. :) :hi:

[WadeH]

Please people, we have already had one thread closed because of the way this is starting to turn. Enough!

Look at this book for what it is. A collection of works from IIs'ers good and bad (I definately class myself amongst the later).

Maybe not everyone can contribute but we can all enjoy. Lets do so.

BTW, got mine today. Chris, Mike et al, you should be proud for what you have achieved here, the book and everyones efforts look amazing!!

[taminga16]

Perhaps we could consider a montage of members with their gear as end-plates for next years addition.

Greg.

I still haven't had the opportunity to get to town for the mail, but would like to thank everybody involved.

"There is unity in community"

[Enchilada]

….and me?

[Enchilada]

Can we?

[supernova1965]

Come on guys I am not an Imager I am just an enthusiast who just stuck his camera into the small end of my scope and snapped some shots and was thrilled that the results were included it something so great. It seems to me that if imagers started the idea then great but I don't see it as an US and Them situation. IIS members did the hard work to put this thing together and print it. Why don't the people causing all this discussion get together and do the work and produce an astronomer's Diary for each year instead of trying to make everything that someone does into a slight against one group over another and even though I am hopeless at putting any thoughts together on what I can see when I am observing I for one would be thrilled to see what you can all come up with and would not feel left out.:thumbsup::thanx:

[Dragonrose]

:question: Hi all.... my first solo posting, altho' I've been keeping up with IIS for the last couple of years via my better half who kept telling me I should join up instead of reading his stuff! Congratulations on your publication. Being a new member, and also a Box Brownie Chic, I hope you'll continue to give opportunities for rookies like myself next year. We're not all Isaac Newtons with a Nikon, but we do all share a common passion for astronomy and that's what's important guys.

[iceman]

This thread is not for the discussion of next years compendium. I'm sure there'll be another opportunity (with cooler heads) to discuss next years compendium.

What the compendium was never intended to be, was an almanac, an ephemeris etc. There's already a very good publication called "Astronomy 2010 Yearbook" with enough ephemera that anyone could ever want.

It was also never (and will never) be a competition. All images will always be accepted.

:welcome: Marg!

[erick]

Hi there Marg! :thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

:D It's all good. :thumbsup: