NRAO/AUI Radio Astronomy Image Contest

PRIZES AWARDED
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory and Associated Universities, Inc. are pleased to announce the winners of the First Annual Radio Astronomy Image Contest. A total of 41 images were submitted by 21 scientists and artists. NRAO/AUI wish to thank all of the participants in this Contest for their submissions.

The entries were printed at their natural size using 300 dpi and labelled with a number. The Panel of Judges included Claire Chandler (NRAO), Kelsey Johnson (University of Virginia), Mark Adams (NRAO), Tim Bastian (NRAO) and was chaired by Juan Uson (NRAO).

The Panel met on October 4, 2005 and awarded the prizes to the following Images (click on a thumbnail for a larger version, click on a title for the corresponding entry in the Image Gallery):



First Prize ($1000)


Virgo, a Laboratory for Studying Galaxy Evolution
Aeree Chung (Columbia University)


Second Prize ($500)


3C58
Michael Bietenholz (York University, Canada)


Honorable Mentions ($100)


The Radio Sun
Stephen White (University of Maryland)



The HI Disk of NGC2403
Tom Osterloo (Astron, The Netherlands)



Star Formation in NGC3596
Aaron Boley (Indiana University)



Star Birth triggered by a Jet from a Black Hole
Steve Croft (Lawrence Livermore)



Violent Milky Way's Halo HI
Yurii Pidopryhora (Ohio University & NRAO)



Fornax-A Polarization
Ron Ekers (Australia Telescope)




The Crab Nebula rising over the Alps
Michael Bietenholz (York University, Canada)



Modified on Friday, 26-Sep-2008 12:35:02 EDT by Juan Uson