Dont know if anyone else saw this last week, noticed Martins pic of m31 on the front page, this i think is alittle more awesome
Well done Martin
From Martins site
I was absolutely delighted to have been named the
Astronomy Photographer of the Year last night (9 September) in a ceremony at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich in the UK.
The competition received 540 entries from 25 countries and were judged by a panel of 9 including Sir Patrick Moore. So I am very pleased with the result.
My image of the famous
Horsehead Nebula won both the deep-sky category and the overall competition.
Competition judge and BBC Sky at Night presenter, Chris Lintott said, ‘‘I think this is the perfect deep-sky image; perfectly composed, it grabs your attention straight away.The detail is absolutely stunning, whether it’s the fine structure in the curtain behind the horse or the subtle details on the edge of the dark nebula itself’.
My
5 panel mosaic of a region of space in the constellation of Corona Australis came in third
My congratulations also extend to the other winners.
was a good excuse to go to England but in the end we decided we didn't have enough notice and the timing was bad so just waited up to hear the results, felt like I was watching the Ashes 
