Chuck- Thanks for your appreciation and recognition of my entry. I can only hope that everyone reading it had even half the fun that I did writing it. I DO enjoy tickling my own funny bone, and that picture provided nice, long feathers. Regarding the prize, tho, I don't even know who Harlow Shapley is or was, so please bestow it upon someone who would appreciate it - perhaps with the next caption contest. Bob Grant ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hards" <chuckhards@yahoo.com> To: "Utah-Astro" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 4:53 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Photo Caption Contest winners

First let me thank all the participants; some of the entries had me in stitches. There is one winner, and two runners-up. All three win a prize.

And now, a drum roll, please....

The Grand Prize, Harlow Shapley's autograph on an index card, is awarded to Bob Grant for his entry:

"Late Breaking News! (UPI Wire Service) Somewhere in France, March 1916. Outrage against noise pollution leads to arguments, and the banning of clothes pins and playing cards at inaugural Messier Marathon. Discord seen as an ill omen, foretelling of continued factiousness for future generations of amateur stargazers."

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First Runner-Up, winning a keychain laser pointer (less batteries) is awarded to Michael Carnes, for his entry:

"I'd rather star-hop, so I took off the training wheels."

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Second Runner-Up, also winning a keychain laser pointer (less batteries) is awarded to Brent Watson, for his entry:

"Wait 'till you see the version for Alvan Clark's Yerkes refractor."

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The laser pointers take standard LR-44 button batteries. The same ones used in your reticle illuminators.

I'd like to commend Brent also for sheer quantity of entries, he really outdid himself and threw himself into the spirit of the competition.

I'll post the winning captions on the Gallery page in coming days.

Will the winners please send me their mailing addresses off-list. I will mail out prizes within a few days of receipt of your address. This way no-one has to wait until we are all at the same place at the same time.

Thanks again to all who submitted entries, I'll post another photo in the not-to-distant future, as soon as I can scrape up more prizes worthy of such a grand affair.

C.

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