The 2024 photo competition has closed. The winners were chosen at the end of December. Below are the competition entries for each category. There were a total of 72 entries.

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The Moon

8 photo(s)

30/11/2024
Hope Parkinson
The Moon (Superbluemoon)
Celestron Travelscope & iPhone 11

28/11/2024
Georgiana Popescu
The Moon
iPhone 13 Pro

28/11/2024
Darren Austin
The Moon
Skywatcher 72ED with modified Canon 60D

22/11/2024
Ethan Rose
Finding the Man on the Moon (photo taken by a 5 year old)
iPhone 13

12/11/2024
Suraj Garg
The Moon
Nikon Z6 - 85mm - f/6.3 - 1/160s - ISO250

08/11/2024
Dawid Glawdzin
Mineral Moon. Composite image created from four different exposures.
Nikon D850, Sigma 150-600mm

03/11/2024
Duane Evans
Fly me to the moon
Nikon - D5600 - Sigma Telephoto Lens

02/11/2024
Charlie Bruce
The Moon
Google Pixel 6a

Nebula

13 photo(s)

29/11/2024
Konstantin Dziuin
The Veil Nebula Complex
WO RedCat51 Telescope + ZWO ASI533MC Camera + Optolong L-Extreme filter, 7h15m

29/11/2024
Andy Clark
Tadpole Nebula (IC 410)
ZWO ASI6200mm, ZWO ASI2600mm, Askar 130PHQ, Esprit 100ED

29/11/2024
Simon Davis
North American Nebula
Sharpstar HNT15028, f2.8, ZWO ASI1600mm

28/11/2024
Peter Coates
The Witch's Broom (Veil Nebula)
Altair 269C

23/11/2024
Gheorghe Astalus
The Easter Veil Nebula NGC 6992
Seestar S50 smart telescope

15/11/2024
Jim Owen
Western Veil Nebula
William Optics GT81, Altair 26m, Ha and Oiii filters, Skywatcher EQ6R Pro

12/11/2024
Colin Thomas
Heart Nebula
William Optics 71 / Atik 460

11/11/2024
Matt Osborne
Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC 6992)
ZWO 294MC Pro - Skywatcher 100 Esprit - HEQ 5 pro mount

11/11/2024
Christopher Hornby
The Elephants Trunk Nebula
RVO Horizon 60 ED / ASI 533 / Guidescope with ASI120 mini / HEQ5 PRO / ASI AIR / ASI Autofocuser / different filters

09/11/2024
Nicola Hughes
The Elephants Trunk Nebula (IC 1396)
Redcat51 - EQ6R Pro - ASI 533mc Pro cooled - ASI Air.

08/11/2024
Jason Blount
Fish Head Nebula
Seestar S50

04/11/2024
David Fowler
The Horsehead Nebula
Modified Canon 60D - Sky Watcher 150pds

04/11/2024
Aidan Kingshott
The Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146)
Altair 533M - Altair 70 EDQ-R - iOptron CEM26 - Optolong 1.25" LRGB + 7nm Ha - 15hrs HaLRGB - NINA + PixInsight

Free 4 All

7 photo(s)

30/11/2024
Dean Pearcy
M33
ZWO Seestar S50

28/11/2024
Adam Groves
Noctilucent clouds
Canon EOS 200d, f2.8, ISO800

28/11/2024
Ryan Small
The Milky Way and general night sky
iPhone 14 Pro Max

22/11/2024
Rob McGinley
Crowds awaiting the Northern lights at Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear 10th May 2024
Samsung A52

19/11/2024
Nik Emery
The North American Nebula
ASI 294 MC Pro

13/11/2024
Paul Smith
Lunar Rainbow (Moonbow)
iPhone 14 Pro Max

09/11/2024
John Scales
The Milky Way and Rollright Stones
Canon EOS R, EF 17-40mm f/4L

Clusters and Stars

2 photo(s)

22/11/2024
Nick Williams
Great Globular Cluster in Hercules (M13)
StellaMira 90EDT & ZWO 533MC-Pro, on HEQ5-Pro

02/11/2024
Aimee Barry
M11 Wild Duck Cluster
Seestar S50

The Sun

7 photo(s)

29/11/2024
Lyn Dempsey
Texas Eclipse
Canon R5 RF 100-500

28/11/2024
Zoe Mowatt
Sunrise over Northamptonshire
iPhone 12 Pro

28/11/2024
Carl Green
Solar Fillys
Player One Neptune M

26/11/2024
Steve Harwood
Total Solar Eclipse montage
Dwarf II

13/11/2024
Mike Rose
Sunset over Oxfordshire
iPhone 13

09/11/2024
Dipa Patel
Sunset
iPhone 12 Pro

09/11/2024
Selina Bhambra-Bland
The Sun at Sunrise (100x zoom)
Samsung S21 Ultra

Constellations

2 photo(s)

28/11/2024
Mark Andrews
Ursa Major in the Aurora Borealis
Canon EOS 2000D - Canon 24mm - ISO1600

19/11/2024
Matt Cooper
Ursa Major
Canon EOS R8a - Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art - 5sec - f/2 - ISO800

Aurora

12 photo(s)

30/11/2024
Jim Knight
Aurora Corona
Cannon 1300D

30/11/2024
Alison Nicholls
Aurora
iPhone 12 mini

30/11/2024
Joanne Griffin
Aurora, Skálholt, Iceland 4th October 2024
Canon EOS 1300D 50mm f2.8 ISO6400 4.0s

30/11/2024
Dave Shepperson
Aurora
Samsung A20

28/11/2024
Lisa Piercy
Aurora
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra

20/11/2024
Sarah Smith
Aurora
iPhone 15

13/11/2024
Chloe Laventure
Aurora
Canon 80D

11/11/2024
Victoria McQueen
Aurora
iPhone 14 Pro

10/11/2024
Lee Hore
Aurora at Green Lane, Delabole, North Cornwall
Canon 600D and Samyang, 14mm f2.8 lens, ISO3200, 7 secs

09/11/2024
Lauren Fowler
Aurora
iPhone 13

05/11/2024
Becky Hill
Aurora
iPhone 13

03/11/2024
Mark Taylor
Aurora Borealis 10/10/2024
Google Pixel 7

Comets & Meteors

3 photo(s)

28/11/2024
Liam Rustill
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank
Canon 600d, 50mm F1.8 - 4”, ISO400

28/11/2024
Chris Eccles
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)
Sony A6300, Sigma 56mm lens, Omegon LX3 tracker, Neewer video tripod

11/11/2024
Peter Hall
Seven Sisters and The Milky Way ruined by a comet
Canon EOS 200d

Planets

3 photo(s)

30/11/2024
Ascanio Palumbo
Jupiter with GRS, Europa and Io
Skywatcher 200PDS F5- HEQ5- ZWO 290MC, Explore Scientific, 3x Barlow

29/11/2024
Paul Williamson
Saturn
Celestron C11, ZWO ASI 462MC

28/11/2024
Stuart Rowan
Jupiter
Skywatcher 150P Classic Dobsonian, ASI224 MC Planetary Camera, 2x Barlow, UV/IR Cut filter

The Milky Way

4 photo(s)

16/11/2024
Toby Sinkinson
The Milky Way behind Lords Island
Canon 6D 17-40f4L 7 * 30" ISO3200

12/11/2024
James Burrill
The Milky Way core rising over Old Brook farm in the Devonshire valleys that border Dartmoor
Canon R6 mk ii / Moveshootmove Tracker / Manfrotto tripod

11/11/2024
Katy Baldock
The Milky Way
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

09/11/2024
Zixuan Li
The Milky Way
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

Smart Phones Only

9 photo(s)

30/11/2024
Pat Knight
Aurora
iPhone 15 Pro

30/11/2024
Helen Fleming
Aurora over Wigan
Samsung Galexy S22

29/11/2024
Christian Cooper
StarLink over Antony Gormley's 'Another Time' in Margate
iPhone 15 Pro Max

28/11/2024
Rowan Shwenn-Poole
The Milky Way
Samsung S21, Pro Mode, ISO3200, 20 second exposure

28/11/2024
Guru Raghavendhran
Moon
Pixel 8 Pro

12/11/2024
Faye Arnold
Winter's night
IPhone 14 Pro

11/11/2024
Billy Millward
Aurora
Samsung S23 ultra

09/11/2024
Sophia Chan
Aurora
iPhone 13 Pro - 32mm - f1.5 - ISO4000

09/11/2024
Paul James
One Starry Night
iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion Camera 24mm - f1.78 - 3.4" - ISO5000

International Space Station (ISS)

2 photo(s)

30/11/2024
Banger (Martin) Lowde
ISS
250P GOTO Dobsonian and Player One Uranus-C

09/11/2024
Carl Everitt
Transit of ISS passing the Sun
Canon R5 - rf 100-500mm - f/16 - 1/8000 - ISO100 - 10 stop nd filter