Mr Sidonio has trumped all of us with our Malin awards and gone straight to the big time.. he is one of three finalists for the New Scientist Eureka Prize for Science Photography at the Australian Museum Awards:
http://eureka.australianmuseum.net.a...e-photography3
Mr Malin might have seen enough Orion Nebula's to last him a lifetime, but for the more public outreach oriented Eureka Prizes Sid's worthy M42 is going to take him to a prize night in Sydney which dwarfs Parkes!
http://australianmuseum.net.au/image...d-gas-in-Orion
There used to be six finalists (I was one a couple of years ago) but now there are only three finalists for three very nice prizes so he has to go home with something!
Well done Sid! That should have you feeling a little better (I know you will have had to keep this under your hat for a few weeks too).
Phil