Astrophotography Prize: 2024 Category Winners! Other · Andy 01 · ... · 7 · 1767 · 11

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Congratulations to the Category Winners of the Astrophotography Prize! 

Deep Space
  1. @Yann Sainty  (France)
  2. @Yann Sainty  (France)
  3. @Kevin Morefield  (USA)


Astro Landscape
  1. Kavan Chay (NZ)
  2. Troy Casswell (Australia)
  3. Will Hudson (Australia)


Solar System
  1. Phil Hart (Australia)
  2. Gerald Rhemann (Austria)
  3. Phil Hart (Australia)


Remote Imaging
  1. @Julian Shapiro  (USA)
  2. @Logan Carpenter  (NZ)
  3. @Herbert Walter  (Austria)


Click HERE to view the Winners and Runners-up prizes.

All the podium placegetters received hard-won Gold Awards for their winning entries, with scores of 90+ for these images.
Dare I say the standard was Astronomically high! 
In addition to the $15,000 USD prize Pool, each Category winner will also receive a coveted 'AstroPrize Star" trophy. 
Our esteemed international panel, which included world-class astrophotographers, award-winning master landscape photographers, and astrophysicist Dr. Tanya Hill, deserves special thanks! The team's extraordinary dedication was evident as they connected globally via Zoom, overcoming significant time zone challenges.
For the Deep Space judging, Wolfgang Promper joined us at 1:00 AM from Vienna, and Lloyd Smith participated at 5:00 AM from Atlanta, USA.

Deep Space Judges ...


Solar System Judges ...
  1. Christopher Go (Phillipines)
  2. @Marco Lorenzi  (Singapore)
  3. Jean-Luc Dauvergne (France)
  4. Peter Eastway (Australia)
  5. Dr. Tanya Hill (Australia)


Astro Landscape Judges ...
  • Alison Carlino (USA)
  • @Rogelio Bernal Andreo  (USA)
  • Peter Eastway (Australia)
  • Ari Rex (Australia)
  • David Glazebrook (Australia)


Remote Imaging judges ...
  1. Lloyd Smith (USA - Deep Sky West)
  2. @Wolfgang Promper  (Austria)
  3. @Michael Sidonio  (Australia)


Robyn Campbell was the Astrophotography Prize Event MC and Astroprize competition co-ordinator, and @Andy 01  was the Panel Mentor/Chair and competition director.
The team included Daniel Bingham, who provided incredible technical and software support by coding bulletproof and lightning-fast competition software, and Laurent Lamberty, who professionally directed the livestream.

There were 497 entries, and the top 25 in each category were judged live via Zoom and simultaneously broadcast to participants on YouTube. The judges could view the images in high resolution @ 100% to pixel peep entries as required. This allowed entrants to receive real-time comments and feedback on their images.

All 497 entries were initially pre-judged by a panel of three experts from the above lists, including @Marcel Drechsler (Germany, Deep Space) and Anthony Wesley (Australia, Solar System). For a small additional fee, all entrants could receive written feedback on their entries, as unlike others, the Astrophotography Prize competition ethos is based on education, helping entrants improve their astrophotography skills.

The competition would not exist without the generous support of our sponsors.
  • NEAIC - Americas' Premier Astro-Imaging Conference
  • Stellarvue Telescopes
  • Sidereal Trading & CFF TElescopes
  • QSI/Atik
  • Deep Sky West
  • Chroma Technology
  • Astrography
  • LTRimelapse
  • Astrobin!


All judges are now voting to choose the overall winner, who will be announced on Tuesday 17 Sept.
The Overall winner will receive a Stellarvue SVX102T Telescope valued at over $3300 USD.

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Big thanks to Andy and everyone involved, and Congrats to all the winners! 

There were some truly spectacular finalists and I'm sure picking winners wasn't easy.


Also, will there be a gallery to view all of the submitted entries, similar to last year?
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Ryan Benbow:
Also, will there be a gallery to view all of the submitted entries, similar to last year?


Hi Ryan, thanks for your positive feedback. You are most welcome! 
We'll give the team a break for now; they 've been putting long hours in to make everything happen - but a gallery of all the award winners will follow soon.
Watch this space!

Cheers
Andy
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Andy 01:
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  Also, will there be a gallery to view all of the submitted entries, similar to last year?


Hi Ryan, thanks for your positive feedback. You are most welcome! 
We'll give the team a break for now; they 've been putting long hours in to make everything happen - but a gallery of all the award winners will follow soon.
Watch this space!

Cheers
Andy

Congratulations to the winners of the Astrophotography Awards! The dedication and talent of the photographers are admirable! 🌟📸
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And the Overall Winner is ... Phil Hart from Australia! 

The international judging team voted from the category winners, and Phil's incredible High-Resolution solar Eclipse image was chosen as the overall winner of the Astrophotography Prize!
Phil states that this is the highest-resolution (white light) image of the solar corona ever captured by anyone, anywhere! 

Phil won a beautiful Stellarvue SVX 102T from Stellarvue Telescopes valued at $3344 USD. Congratulations, Phil! 

Check out his work HERE and watch Phil's announcement video.

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All the Gold, Silver & Highly Commended images can now be seen here - https://astrophotographyprize.com/app-comp-gallery
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I’d love to know if there will be a gallery to showcase all the entries like last year. It would be great to see everyone's hard work and creativity on display!
Temple Run 2 (Benbow)Big thanks to Andy and everyone involved, and Congrats to all the winners! 

There were some truly spectacular finalists and I'm sure picking winners wasn't easy.


Also, will there be a gallery to view all of the submitted entries, similar to last year?

I’d love to know if there will be a gallery to showcase all the entries like last year. It would be great to see everyone's hard work and creativity on display!
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