Hehe, I bagged one.

[peeb61 (Paul)]

Many congrads Fred for an image well done!!

Paul

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

Top work Fred

[h0ughy (David)]

congratulations Fred!! well deserved reward

[iceman (Mike)]

What a ripper Fred, congrats indeed! When I saw the "tomorrow's image: Starless Lagoon" - I knew it was gonna be your image!

Congrats again.

[Jeffkop (Jeff)]

Now that my friend, is going ... STRAIGHT TO THE POOLROOM !!!

Senbloodysational !!!!

[Hagar (Doug)]

Top shot and well deserved Fred. Looks different without the stars!!
Great Image.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Mike, drink too much?, moire , too late .

Phil, thanks, and already have .

Thank you Mr Ward, yes I still have much to learn

Cheers Alex, dunno about the M20, that needs work

Ahh Leon, high praise, thank you

Yes Ric, if I can do it, anyone with an LX200R can, get into it

Narayan, it was a toss up, seemed to fall the right way

Thnks Paul, Doug, Dave, glad you liked it.

Cheers Mike, yeah, I was nail biting on the same thought too

Excellent Jeff, Im honoured

Thanks Doug.

I had 1000s of hits on my site and it crashed, I think it exceeded the bandwidth allowed, I really should get a real one .

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

It's a superb image, how could they not show the world.
Congratulations!

[rogerg (Roger)]

Congratulations! Well deserved

[Vermin (Tom)]

Ha! I had a feeling you might be a member here Fred.

Just saw your APOD image and logged in (long time IIS lurker) to congratulate you on this stunning image.

[iceman (Mike)]

Tom! Welcome back!

[AlexN]

Wow!! 1000 hits on the site in a day or so... Thats what I call a bit of coverage mate....

Yeah, If you plan on getting on APOD again you may want to invest in a site that can handle a bit of bandwidth.

[Tandum (Robin)]

Congrats Fred, good to see some recognition for the blood sweat and time spent.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Thanks Jeanette, Roger,Tom, Alex and Robin for your kind words.

Its about 4000 hits in 1.5 days, and the site was crook the whole time, still is, arrrg.

[skwinty (Steve)]

Very well done Fred, technically and artistically excellent.

[EzyStyles (Eric)]

congrats Fred. Welll done mate. Thats a fantastic acheivement.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Great work, Fred

[Zuts]

Whoo hooo, beats an Oscar hands down I bet!

Congratulations Fred

Paul

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Congratulations Fred - - well deserved! A nice example of how the "art" in astro-imaging (& processing) is on the rise and being more widely appreciated and accepted.

Cheers, Marcus

[sjastro]

Congratulations Fred.

This type of processing makes me shudder however. Maybe the next image you should submit for APOD are the stars without the nebula, at least it will form a complimentary set.

Regards

Steven
http://users.westconnect.com.au/~sjastro/small