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Contest Results: What is it?

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Ended 08/25/17 7:15 AM GMT
Winner: Lightpainter (See the full results)

1st place
Mystery Machine by Lightpainter

GomekFlorida: Whatever it is, nice capture none the less.

jerseygurl: Congratulations Ted on taking 1st place in the contest - Well Deserved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jerseygurl: A telescope of some kind perhaps - Good Luck in the contest!!!!!!!!

Lightpainter:
questjester (Lisa Hickman) has suggested to the contestants that we reveal our subject after the entries are closed. I think this is a good idea because it sheds some light on the photographer's thinking which may be as important as the subject itself.

So here is my revelation:

This is indeed a telescope as some of you have guessed. But it is an unusual one. It is a 1.8 meter diameter mirror telescope with a focal length similar to the diameter. This gives it an f number of 1.0 (something we photographers seldom use). Hence it is short and squat, rather than long and slender. You can also see it is inside a typical observatory building with a hemispherical roof.

Another interesting fact is that it belongs to the Vatican. It is located on Mt. Graham near Safford, AZ.

Mt. Graham is also the site of two other telescopes. One is a radio telescope, the other is a really enormous optical one (the Large Binocular Telescope, two mirrors 9m diameter each).

Lightpainter received a 2 month membership in the Caedes Cadre.

2nd place
What Is It? by corngrowth

Dunstickin: It's a Dutch Ice Cream cone with a extra special 'Feline' topping!...that tastes of Marshmallow!...☺ ☺ ☺

Great find and a doozie for the contest!

icedancer: I see a cat sitting on top of a warriors helmet with a huge nose - Marvelous entry and good luck

corngrowth received a 1 month membership in the Caedes Cadre.

3rd place
Gosh, I Bet This Is... by braces

GomekFlorida: Great entry. I think it is framework of some sort.

corngrowth: Steve,

Congratulations for your 3rd price in the 'What is it?' contest.
Well done!

Best regards, Cornelius.

bfrank: Hi Steve and congrats on your placement in the contest. Just wondering if this was a different angle of this image Listening To The Skies. Anyway it was good one.

4th place
What is this? by Ramad

jerseygurl: I'm with Cornelius and Tic on this one Raj - first look, I immediately thought it was some sort of remote controller - Good one - Good Luck in the current contest!!!!!!!!!!

Lightpainter: Looks like a manual controller for something. It could be a robot, a drone, a Mars lander, a ceiling fan, a computer game. The only problem is if you search for these, none of them look right. We'll just have to wait for the answer.

5th place
What Could It Be by jerseygurl

tigger3: Congrats my friend! tigs=^..^=

LynEve: I really don't know but it looks like a close up of the side of one of those 'slinky' spring toys. Although I also think it may be something in the innards of a car engine about which I know noting, It seems to have oil on it.
It a great entry whatever it is :)