On Saturday night, 18 July, during the CWAS AstroFest dinner, the winners of the 2009 "David Malin Awards" were announced and presented with their awards.

The Overall Winner this year was Gary Hill for his magnificent picture of the LMC (Wide-Field).

The other category winners were Phil Hart (Solar System), Terry Cuttle (Open Theme), Eddie Trimarchi (Semi-Pro) and Marcus Davies (Deep Sky).

Honorable Mentions were awarded to Michael Sidonio, Bill Christie, Paul Haese, Mike Salway, Russell Cockman, Fred Vanderhaven, Peter Ward, Doug Robertson, David Hough, Darrin Nitschke and Max Kilmister.

Congratulations to all the winners.

During the Parkes Observatory's Open Days weekend, nearly 7,000 people came through the Visitors Centre and viewed the exhibition.

Parkes is the home of "The Dish" the 64m Parkes Radio Telescope

For a full report and results of the 2009 David Malin Awards see:
http://www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au/news_events/astrofest/awards/