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Nearly 200 000 visitors – small present for the last five of you

Original publication date
1 September 2011
Original section
Astronomy and observation
Original slug / legacy ID
nearly-200-000-visitors-small-present-for-the-last-five-of-you / 250
Restored on current site
martinpeniak.com/archive/writing/nearly-200-000-visitors-small-present-for-the-last-five-of-you/
Editing scope
Period voice retained; spelling and formatting lightly cleaned.

Originally published 1 September 2011 on the earlier martinpeniak.com site.

Preserved as part of the astronomy and observation thread around cameras, optics, and the sky. The article keeps its period voice, with light formatting cleanup.

This website was setup couple of years ago so that I could share my research, videos, astrophotography and ideas. It all started slowly with only a few daily visitors. As time went by the website became widely known thanks to people like you. These days the site is getting around 500 visits a day and slowly approaching a total number of 200 000 visitors. The increase of visits grows exponentially so I am very much looking forward to being able to reach even more people in the future.

I very much appreciate that you pop over every now and then and that you find some of the stuff interesting and perhaps inspiring. To say 'thank you', I would like to offer a small price to the last five visitors before the site reaches 200 000 visits. If you visit next time, have a look at the counter at the bottom part of the sidebar and if it is somewhere between 199 995 and 200 000 then take a screenshot of the counter, drop me an email with your address and you favorite astrophotography or picture quote. I will then send you that photograph printed out and nicely presented on a foamboard. Also if you want to give it to someone as a present and want to have some text printed on the bottom let me know.

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