Sorry the very late delay on this announcement. A few things had happen and I personally drop the ball on this after the holiday season on top of my leave of absence this last week and half. As you may have noticed there was a few issues with both winning packages when it came time to implement them on our site. First issue is we are no longer carrying the "The Year-Round Messier Marathon Field Guide". We have discontinued ordering any more Willmann-Bell books for the time being, so we decided to remove it from both packages. The second issues is both packages possess items that are currently out of stock after the holiday season and will be for another month or so.

With out further delay the winners are

@jgroub with his $500 Package

• Meade Infinity 102mm f/5.9 refractor
• David Chandler's First Light Astro Kit
• Agena LED Dual Beam Astronomy Flashlight
• BST Variable Transmission Polarizing Moon Filter
• 32mm GSO Plossl
• Agena Starguider 18mm
• Agena Starguider 8mm

View Under $500 Package Here

@Diogenes with his $1000 Package

• Celestron NexStar 6 SE Telescope # 11068
• David Chandler's First Light Astronomy Kit (Large)
• Celestron Lens Shade / Dew Shield for C6 and C8 # 94009
• Celestron Vibration Suppression Pads # 93503
• GSO Plossl - 32mm
• Celestron 1.25" 2x Omni Barlow Lens # 93326
• BST 1.25" 58-deg UWA Planetary Eyepiece - 9mm

View Under $1000 Package Here

From the AstronomyConnect.com Staff we appreciate all that have taken the time to participate in our first ever content. As you have experienced first hand we ran into some problems and logistical kinks on the way, but we hope to take what we learn and apply any future contests we hold. If anybody has any feedback, suggestions or complaints please let us know as it will help us better prepare next time around.

 

FYI the missing components have come back in stock and the bundles are now available for sale.

http://agenaastro.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=astronomy+connect