at Corbasca (Bacau, 15-26 July 2003), Cindrel Mountains (Sibiu, 2-13 August) and Varful Piatra Goala (Maramures, Sighetu Marmatiei, 5-12 August). For best viewing it is recommended to set the brightness and contrast at the same level and the colors also equally balanced. Enjoy! The Corbasca Camp A BIG thanks to Mitrut family, the School and the Mayoralty of Corbasca for their hosting! Telescopes! Back to Classes :( Astronomy Contests Prizes! The following prizes were awarded for the 10-th edition of the Astronomy Contest for Youth organized by SARM at Perseids 2003. The main sponsor this year was Alin Tolea (worthing more than 500$)! Lucian Curelaru, Ovidiu Vaduvescu and Damien Simon also donated some prizes. So the big winners are... Virgil Chiriac - First Prize the advanced section "Deep Sky and Telescope Making" Eduard Breaban - First Prize the beginners section "Deep Sky and Telescope Making" Pavel Tica - First Prize the advanced section "General Astronomy" Virgil Chiriac - Second Prize the advanced section of "General Astronomy" Raul Truta - Third Prize the advanced section of "General Astronomy" Catalin Paduraru - Honorable Mention the advanced section of "General Astronomy" Catalin Bunofschi - Honorable Mention the advanced section of "General Astronomy" Alina Istrate - First Prize the beginners section of "General Astronomy" Ruxandra Toma - Second Prize the beginners section of "General Astronomy" Alexandru Tudorica - Third Prize the beginners section "General Astronomy" Florin Frigioiu - Honorable Mention the beginners section of "General Astronomy" Robert Wainblat - Honorable Mention the beginners section of "General Astronomy" Andreea Calugaru - First Prize co-winner the essay section of the "Astronomical Essay" Tania Tilici - First Prize co-winner the essay section of the "Astronomical Essay" The Camp Fire! People... Expeditions, Trips: Palanca Cindrel Mountains... many thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Turcu for their great hospitality! Their challet is located on the Blaga Brook near Valea Frumoasei, Sibiu county. Others Photo Credits: Ovidiu Vaduvescu (Nikon F60 SLR 50mm camera, Kodak 200 film & paper, HP 3970 scanner), Alin Tolea using a Sony DSC P71 digital camera, Valentin Grigore using a SLR 50mm Pentax camera. A few other pictures by Dan Mitrut, Alex Conu (using a SLR 50mm Praktica) and Virgil Chiriac. | Groups & best shots at 200 dpi | | "Varful Piatra Goala" Camp by Mihail Sarb & Sorin Hotea | | SARM website | | My website | |