Go Sid! Finalists announced Australian Museum Eureka Prizes

[Phil Hart]

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

[DavidU (Dave)]

Haha ! Excellent result. He seemed a little dejected after no Marlin's this time.
Well done Mike AP Sidonio.

[Ric]

Congrats to Mike

I cannot imagine how awesome that must be, even just to be a finalist.

Top stuff

[astroron (Ron)]

Congratulations Mike, a fantastic image, I am in awe at your nomination

[renormalised (Carl)]

Go Mike!!!

If that image don't win, I'll eat this forum!!

(send me the 1's and 0's by parcel post)

[gary]

Congratulations Mike!

What a fabulous image!

Best Regards

Gary

[alan meehan (Alan)]

well Done Mike,a beautiful Image ,your great skills should be rewarded.
AL

[RB (Andrew)]

Now that deserves another Guinness !!!

Awesome mate.

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by renormalised

Go Mike!!!

If that image don't win, I'll eat this forum!!

(send me the 1's and 0's by parcel post)

LOL Carl, you willing to take a byte out of the forum.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by RB

LOL Carl, you willing to take a byte out of the forum.

Nah...not a byte....a MEGA byte!!!

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Top work Mike, well deserved.

Ive wondered how an Astropic would go in this comp, now I know .

That M42 was a good choice to enter, it has high impact and suits a non-astro audience, they wouldnt know its easy to capture and overprocessed to hell . Although its very deep and arty and therefore also impresses cinical ol me .

[jase (Jason)]

Go for gold Mike. Tough competition with the blown light bulb. On the bright side, you should get some moolah out of it Make sure you sent us all a pick of you in your black tie at the dinner

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Wow, thanks so much guys!!

It was a flabergasting notification I can tell you, it is very exciting and most gratifying. To have the passion, that so many on here share with me, recognised through one of my images and across all science photography, is quite an honour.

That young 17 yr old, that some of you may have seen in my recent M104 album at my web site, would never have imagined that he would one day be attending the Eureka Awards - the top night in Australian Science, for an image he took of the Universe. Being able to take the beauty of what we do to the World is one of the facets of our hobby that I like so much.

I am really excited about the awards night - the who's who of science, politics and entertainment will be there...I wonder if there is a red carpet for the paparazzi?

Thanks again for the well wishes, it is very exciting!

Mike

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Fantastic Mike, good luck to you! That is a very worthy image

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

For those who are interested

Twenty five of the best images entered in this year's New Scientist Eureka Prize for Science Photography are on display at Melbourne's Federation Square.

Here is a link to the top 25 images

Some amazing work there and even two other astropics

By thw way, anyone can come to the awards night, the tickets are $180

Mike

[TrevorW]

You'll have to wear a suit, do they make them in your size

well done

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

You'll have to wear a suit, do they make them in your size

well done

.. I have a nice sports jacket that rarely gets any use but I think it is the wrong shape now

[multiweb (Marc)]

Good on you mate. Hope you win that one! Looking forward to the red carpet picies.

[Higbyrichard (Richard)]

Breathtaking Mike. Just when one thinks you have seen the best you raise the bar again. It really is a captivating image. Exquisite.

Cheers
Richard.

[Tamtarn]

Congratulations Mike.

All the best for the final - hope you bring home the big one