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2007 AUI/NRAO Image Contest

Prizes Awarded

Associated Universities, Inc. and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory are pleased to announce and congratulate the prize recipients of the Third Annual Radio Astronomy Image Contest. A total of 14 images were submitted. AUI/NRAO wish to thank all of the participants in this Contest for their submissions.

First Prize ($1,000)

First Prize

Birth and Death in the Milky Way

Investigators:
D. Helfand (Columbia)
R. Becker (UC Davis)
R. White (STScI)

Image submitted by:
R. White (STScI)

Second Prize ($500)

Second Prize

Emerging Super Star Clusters in NGC 4449

Investigators:
A. Reines (UVA)
K. E. Johnson (UVA/NRAO)
M. Goss (NRAO)

Image submitted by:
A. Reines (UVA)

Third Prize ($250)

Third Prize

The Corpse of a Star

Investigators:
D. Helfand (Columbia)
R. Becker (UC Davis)
R. White (STScI)

Image submitted by:
S. Croft (UC & LLNL)

Honorable Mentions ($100)

Honorable Mention

VLA Family -- Cyg X-3

Investigators:
J. Sanchez-Sutil (U. Jaen, Spain)
J. Marti (U. Jaen, Spain)
J. A. Combi (U. Jaen, Spain)
P. Luque-Escamilla (U. Jaen, Spain)
A.J. Munoz-Arjonilla (U. Jaen, Spain)
J. M. Paredes (U. Barcelona, Spain)

Image submitted by:
J. Marti (U. Jaen, Spain)

Honorable Mention

The Crab Pulsar and Nebula

Investigators:
J. van Leeuwen (UC Berkeley)
S. Ransom (NRAO)
M. Bietenholz (HartRAO & York U.)

Image submitted by:
J. van Leeuwen (UC Berkeley)

Honorable Mention

The Inner Jet of the Radio
Galaxy M87

Investigators:
Y. Y. Kovalev (MPIfR & ASC Lebedev)
M. L. Lister (Purdue U.)
D. C. Homan (Denison U.)
K. I. Kellermann (NRAO)

Image submitted by:
Y. Y. Kovalev (MPIfR & ASC Lebedev)

Honorable Mention

A Supernova Explosion inside a Molecular Cloud

Investigators:
F. Yusef-Zadeh (Northwestern U.)
D. Roberts (Northwestern U.)
J. Hewitt (Northwestern U.)
M. Wardle (Macquarie U. Australia)

Image submitted by:
F. Yusef-Zadeh (Northwestern U.)

Honorable Mention

Superluminal Motions in the
Jet of 3C 111

Investigators:
M. Kadler (NASA-Goddard)
E. Ross (MPIfR, Germany)
M. Perucho (MPIfR, Germany)
Y. Y. Kovalev (MPIfR, Germany)
I. Agudo (MPIfR, Germany)
J. A. Zensus (MPIfR, Germany)
K. I. Kellermann (NRAO)
D. C. Homan (Denison U.)
M. F. Aller (Michigan U.)
H. D. Aller (Michigan U.)
M. L. Lister (Perdue U.)

Image submitted by:
C. Fromm (MPIfR, Germany)
Modified on Thursday, 13-Dec-2007 14:21:41 EST by Taylor Johnson