Jean-Claude Briand has sent in one of his first images of Saturn, which he captured with the camera that he won in the recent Ciel & Espace competition. He was awarded one DMK 21AU04.AS as the runners up prize (third place).

The image was captured in the night between February 23, 2008 and February 24, 2008 from his observatory, located in Montlhéry, France:

We send out a great thanks to Jean-Claude for sharing this first light image with us! Well done for the great image.

We are delighted to announce that Oldfield So has just won one DMK 21AU04.AS.

Congratulations!

We have just sent him an e-mail confirming his win and asking his to send us his full postal address, so that we can dispatch his prize as soon as possible!

Oldfield So is already a member of The Imaging Source cameras community. Indeed, we have blogged about this work several times. As far as I know, he currently deploys FireWire cameras - the prize is his first USB 2.0 model!

The Astronomy Cameras Competition is a monthly event, meaning that you can now enter again for this month’s prize. Even if you participated in last month’s competition, you may enter again this month. This month, we are offering one of our new USB 2.0 astronomy cameras - DMK 21AU04.AS.

We are delighted to announce that Fabrice Dulaurent has just won one DMK 21AU04.AS.

Congratulations!

We have just sent him an e-mail confirming his win and asking his to send us his full postal address, so that we can dispatch his prize as soon as possible!

Judging by his e-mail address, I would guess that this month, the winner is based in France.

The Astronomy Cameras Competition is a monthly event, meaning that you can now enter again for this month’s prize. Even if you participated in last month’s competition, you may enter again this month. This month, we are offering one of our new USB 2.0 astronomy cameras - DMK 21AU04.AS.

The jury over at Ciel & Espace magazine in France have now chosen the winners of their competition. We have blogged previously about this competition here and here.

You can see all entries online at:
http://astrophotography.fr/concours/

Below are the winners and winning photos:

First Prize

1x DMK 41AF02.AS FireWire astronomy camera with a resolution of 1280×960 pixels. The prize goes to Christian Viladrich of Jongieux, France who submitted the following photo:

Second Prize

1x DMK 31AU03.AS USB 2.0 astronomy camera with a resolution of 1024×768 pixels. The prize goes to Richard Bosman of Enschede, Holland who submitted the following photo:

Third Prize

1x DMK 21AU04.AS USB 2.0 astronomy camera with a resolution of 640×480 pixels. The prize goes to Jean-Claude Briand of Montlhéry, France who submitted the following photo:

Fourth to Seventh Prizes

1x special edition Ciel & Espace Photographier le ciel (photograph the night sky)

Our sincerest congratulations go out to all three winners!

We would be delighted to hear from you when your camera arrives. Tell us what you think of The Imaging Source astronomy cameras! Send us some sample images that you have captured with The Imaging Source astronomy cameras!

We are delighted to announce that Silvia Kowollik has just won one DMK 21AF04.AS.

Congratulations!

We have just sent her an e-mail confirming her win and asking her to send us her full postal address, so that we can dispatch her prize as soon as possible!

Judging by his e-mail address, I would guess that this month, the winner is based here in Germany.

The Astronomy Cameras Competition is a monthly event, meaning that you can now enter again for this month’s prize. Even if you participated in last month’s competition, you may enter again this month. This month, we are offering one of our new USB 2.0 astronomy cameras - DMK 21AU04.AS.