And the winners are...
ESO and EAAE are very pleased to announce the winners of the Catch a Star 2008 contest. We would like to congratulate everyone who took part in the competition. The standard of the entries was extremely impressive, which made it difficult for the jury to choose the winners! We enjoyed reading the projects and looking at the artworks, and the hard work that went into the entries was evident. Even if you did not receive a prize this year, we hope you had fun taking part, and learnt some exciting things about our Universe! Look out for the next "Catch a Star!" competition...
We also wish very much to thank Garry Harwood, the astronomical artist who very kindly volunteered his time to select the winners of special prizes in the Artists competition, and of course the members of the public who voted for their favourite Artists entries.
The winners listed below are subject to confirmation of eligibility (according to the rules given in "How to enter" and in the "Terms and Conditions"). We will be contacting winners shortly to confirm details, but if you have any questions please email us at cas2008@eso.org .
Researchers
Visit to the ESO Very Large Telescope on Paranal (Chile).
Roeland Heerema, Gerben Van Ranst, Liesbeth Schenkels with Ann Verstraelen (Belgium)
Visit to the Hispano-German Astronomical Observatory of Calar Alto in Almeria (Spain).
Marta Kotarba with Grzegorz Sęk (Poland)
Visit to Königsleiten Observatory (Austria).
Andreia Nascimento with Leonor Cabral (Portugal)
Pack containing "Starry Night Pro V6" DVD-ROM astronomy software, "Catch a Star" T-shirts, and attractive astronomy posters
Peter Andreas Bahnsen, Benedict Lehnhoff, Jakob Thormod with Henrik I. Andreasen (Denmark)
Anna Rieth, Dániel Veréb with Ákos Kereszturi (Hungary)
Alexander Kurtenkov, Pavel Sofroniev with Nikola Karavasilev (Bulgaria)
Aleksandra Sokołowska (Poland)
Kristian Flansmose Trelborg, Nikolaj Lykke Viborg with Peter Marcus Hansen (Denmark)
Mathilde Ruggiu, Laura Magana, Aglaé Jézéquel with Michel Faye (France)
RUBÉN MOYA TORRES, FRANCISCO MOYA TORRES with ANTONIO MOYA ANSÓN (Spain)
Maria-Diana Buzdea, Adnana-Oana Cucu, George-Cristian Potrivitu with Mihaela-Liliana Beca (Romania)
Hristina Kanalieva, Ioana Dimitrova with Yoanna Kokotanekova (Bulgaria)
Anna Milenkova, Diana Sofronieva, Dobryana Koleva with Veselka Radeva (Bulgaria)
Artists
These prizes were awarded by astronomical artist Garry Harwood, who is a Fellow and life member of the International Association of Astronomy Artists. Mr Harwood says:
"Art has always been a reflection of our culture and civility and the 2008 Catch a Star art competition is a great opportunity for us to reflect on the many talented young artists within our own communities. It was a real pleasure to discover such a varied and impressive collection of art from so many young people representing almost every corner of the globe. I was extremely impressed with the quality of art on display which made judging all the competition entries a difficult but thoroughly enjoyable task. For all of you who took part in the 2008 Catch a Star art competition I hope you will continue to find beauty and inspiration in the world around you and will seek to express this in your art. This will be a joy for life not only for you, the artist, but for all those around you. My warmest congratulation to you all."In fact, the standard of entries was so high that Mr Harwood also awarded, in addition to the special overall prize, an additional prize in each age group of a set of astronomical posters.
Special prize awarded by astronomical artist Garry Harwood
"Starry Night Pro V6" astronomy software DVD-ROM and a copy of the book "Space Art: How to Draw and Paint Planets, Moons, and Landscapes of Alien Worlds" by Michael Carroll
 | CAS2008-1156: A star Anna (Poland) |
Additional prizes awarded by astronomical artist Garry Harwood
A set of attractive ESO astronomy posters
 | CAS2008-1067: Nebulae Ashley (Ireland) |
 | CAS2008-1106: Galileo Paola (Spain) |
 | CAS2008-1174: Black Hole Ewa (Poland) |
 | CAS2008-1412: Mystery of stars Jana (Slovakia) |
 | CAS2008-1512: Spotted Sun Florian Daniel (Romania) |
Adventurers
Note: all non-winning entries from Catch a Star Researchers were automatically entered into the Catch a Star Adventurers lottery.
"Starry Night Pro V6" astronomy software DVD-ROM
Janet Yde Nissen, Nadia Dahl Svendsen, Mette Nymann Pedersen with Henrik Iversen Andreasen (Denmark)
Anca Costea, Bianca Murariu with Lidia Liliana Minza (Romania)
PRISCILA OÑAS, NATALIA GUADALUPE TELLO VERA, ANA BELÉN STORNIOLO VERA with VERÓNICA BEATRIZ MUT CABELLO (Argentina)
The Blundell's Astronomy Club with Jeremy Thomas (United Kingdom)
Svetlana Njaradi, Miloš Krivokuća, Robert Džudžar (Serbia)
Juán Ángel de Paz Sánchez, Efraín Morales Díaz, Omar Luis Alonso with Celina Morán (Spain)
Stan Aelterman, Freya Van Alboom with Rinne De Bont (Belgium)
Rosita Kokotanekova, Tsvetan Tsvetkov with Yoanna Kokotanekova (Bulgaria)
Tomáš Semko, Dávid Danočko with Jana Kučeravcová (Slovakia)
N. Nadeem Yusuff, Roshan Joshua (India)
ESO astronomy posters
Loredana Oprea, Ana Partene with Lidia Minza (Romania)
MARTÍN EMANUEL MUÑOZ with VERÓNICA BEATRIZ MUT CABELLO (Argentina)
Haoran Kang, Jingyue Wei, Kaifeng Zhang (China)
Vesela Georgieva, Konstantin Georgiev with Nadya Kiskinova (Bulgaria)
Harsh Kishor Bharucha with Alay Pankaj Jhaveri (India)
Javier Vaquero Martínez, Javier Pascual Vinagre with Javier Monserrat Sierra (Spain)
Mihaela Nastase, Iuliana Boca, Ana Gavanescu with Florin Serbu (Romania)
Sindre Langhelle, Shayan Persad with Bjørn Erik Hjellset (Norway)
Adelina Gabriela Capraru, Roxana Mihaela Curteanu, Nicusor Catalin Marin with Anamaria Corina Golumbeanu (Romania)
Anouk Thill, Julie De Cillia, Jessica Gengler with Marc Zimer (Luxembourg)
"Catch a Star" T-shirts
Louise Greenwood, Kat Newell, Carly Strange with Lyndsay Hemphill (United Kingdom)
Imrose Khilji, Liam Nelson with Derek Bowen (United Kingdom)
Dušan Adamec with Gabriela Kapjorová (Slovakia)
Viktoras Gomaras, Vaidotas Marcinkevicius with Aurelija Visockiene (Lithuania)
Ella Dreiher with Olga Shusterman (Israel)
Veronika Turiková, Veronika Čubáková, Veronika Bačovčinová with Rastislav Čief (Slovakia)
Raphael Errani with Hans-Otto Carmesin (Germany)
Arlinda Rezhdo with Valentina Mindoljevic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Berta Costa, Adrià Ramos, Marta Matas with Núria Puigsasllosas (Spain)
Sezen Saygı, Yağmur Aydoğdu with Canan İzgi Yıldız (Turkey)
Artists
The following prizes were awarded with the help of a public web-based vote in the Catch a Star Artists gallery.
ESO astronomy posters
 | CAS2008-754: Across The Universe Guillermo José (Chile) |
 | CAS2008-816: Výskum mojej hviezdy-The research of my star Lukáš (Slovakia) |
 | CAS2008-830: Rings of Saturn Alexey (Russia) |
 | CAS2008-897: Space colony : The ANDROIDS Nadeem Ahmed (India) |
 | CAS2008-947: Saturn&Cassini–Huygens Dimitar (Bulgaria) |
 | CAS2008-1022: Traveling to Moon Stefan (Romania) |
 | CAS2008-1158: The Earth and a big asteroid crash Agnieszka (Poland) |
 | CAS2008-1230: Arte Cosmico Club (Colombia) |
 | CAS2008-1240: The Milky way Daniel Fernando (Colombia) |
 | CAS2008-1338: The Dream Maria (Poland) |
 | CAS2008-1549: Solar Eclipse Dawid (Poland) |
 | CAS2008-1597: Lunar eclipse Pawel (Poland) |
"Catch a Star" T-shirts
Catch a Star 2008 winners
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