2025 Astrophotography Prize Winners and Awards

Entrant Statement: A diving dolphin of light plunges through cosmic seas, gemstone-blue filaments trailing, waves of nebular currents carrying silent motion, beauty, tenderness, and contemplative wonder.
Location: Chile, DeepSkyChile

Equipment: Moravian G4-16000, Takahashi FSQ106EDX III, Astrodon LRGB Gen2 HaSIIOIII 5nm, TAK 0.72x Reducer 645RD
Exposure: Lum 40×900s=10h; R/G/B 20×900s each=5h; Ha 40×900s=10h; SII 40×900s=10h; OIII 200×900s=50h;
Total Integration Time: 95h

Entrant Statement: SL 17 and RCW 114: A 10° Deep Mosaic with Continuum-Subtracted Narrowband and LRGB Revealing New Structures and PN Candidates
Location: Swan Reach, South Australia
Total Integration Time: 93h25'

Exposure: L:151x300s, R:119x300s, G:108x300s, B:111x300s, Ha:61x1200s, SII:46x1200s, OIII:51x1200s
Equipment: PlayerOne Zeus-M Pro, FSQ-106EDX4 + 0.72× QE reducer @f/3.6, Antlia LRGB + 3nm SHO filters

Entrant Statement: The Rosette blooms like cosmic petals, radiant with rainbow light. Filaments form thorns, while starlight gems glisten, weaving romance and grandeur across the endless night.
Location: Chile, DeepSkyChile
Total Integration Time: 75h

Exposure: Lum: 40 × 900s = 10 h RGB: 20 × 900s each =15 h Hα: 60 × 900s = 15 h SII: 60 × 900s = 15 h OIII: 80 × 900s = 20 h
Equipment: Moravian G4-16000, Takahashi FSQ106EDX III, Astrodon LRGB Gen2 HaSIIOIII 5nm, TAK 0.72x Reducer 645RD

Entrant Statement: NGC 1097 and Its Mysterious Star Jets. This data was taken with my own equipment in Chile
Total Integration Time: 49h 50m

Equipment: ASA600, Moravian C1x61000, LRGB Chroma filters, IF! ONAG
Exposure: 598 x 300s subs split between LRGB
Location: Obstech, Chile

Entrant Statement: The highlight of this image of NGC 1097 is the dramatic capture of its faint optical jets, delicately revealed alongside its luminous spiral structure.
Total Integration Time: 67h 5m

Exposure: Blue 120X300s - Red 119x300s - Green 120x300s - Luminance 446x300s
Equipment: Moravian C3 61000EC Pro - Planewave CDK 17 - Chroma LRGB
Location: Obstech, El Sauce, Chile

Entrant Statement: Dicing for Pearls. An aquasmic mammal (Sh2-308) spies valuable jewels (M41) beneath the waves of the cosmic ocean.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Equipment: Moravian C3-61000 Pro, Takahashi FSQ106 with 645 reducer, Chroma fast filters
Exposure: 20x60s R, 20x60s G, 20x60s B, 226x300s Ha, 240x300s O3
Total Integration Time: 39.9 hours

Entrant Statement: Vela breathes in luminous ripples, a vast shell cradling embers of shattered stars; layered light drifts like sea foam, guiding travelers—tenderness, awe, and courage home.
Total Integration Time: Total Integration: 109h10m

Equipment: Moravian G4-16000, Takahashi FSQ106EDX III, Astrodon LRGB Gen2 HaSIIOIII 5nm, TAK 0.72x Reducer 645RD
Exposure: 4Panels Mosaic,L/R/G/B 80×300s each=6h40m; Ha 420×300s=35h; SII 289×300s=24h05m; OIII 281×300s=23h25m;
Location: Chile, DeepSkyChile

Entrant Statement: This is an image taken with two different telescopes remotely showing the impressive antitail of comet 12P/Pons-Brooks on June 1 2024
Total Integration Time: 0,93 min.

Equipment: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro, ASA Astrograph 12" f 3.6 and Moravian C3-61000 withTakahashi FSQ 106
Location: Farm Tivoli, Namibia and Farm Hakos, Namibia
Exposure: LRGB 20/12/12/12 min.

Entrant Statement: Breathing starlight, the Vela remnant whispers eternity—filaments dance, colors entwine, silence becomes motion, and cosmic ruins bloom into timeless poetry of the night.
Exposure: 2Panels Mosaic, 300s × [L:40 · R:40 · G:40 · B:40 · Ha:210 · SII:145 · OIII:141]

Equipment: Moravian G4-16000, Takahashi FSQ106EDX III, Astrodon LRGB Gen2 HaSIIOIII 5nm, TAK 0.72x Reducer 645RD
Total Integration Time: L 3h20m · R/G/B 3h20m each · Ha 17h30m · SII 12h · OIII 11h40m · Total 54h30m
Location: Chile, DeepSkyChile

Equipment: 24-inch RCOS Telescope, Chroma LRGB Filters, QHY600 CCD Camera
Total Integration Time: 23.1 Hours

Exposure: LRGB = 9.6 : 4.5 : 4.5: 4.5 : Hours
Location: ObsTech (El Sauce Observatories) Chile

Exposure: 900x180s L, 505x180s R, 501x180s G, 500x180s B, 1592x300s Ha, 442x1200s Ha
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Entrant Statement: My attempt at showing as much Ha detail as possible in and around the Eyes and M86.
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Takahashi TOA130, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 400.3 hours

Entrant Statement: NGC 5101 a lenticular galaxy with a central bar in the constellation Hydra taken with my own equipment in Chile.
Total Integration Time: 40h 40m

Equipment: ASA600, Moravian C1x61000, LRGB Chroma filters, IF! ONAG
Exposure: 488 x 300sec subs split between LRGB filters
Location: Obstech, Chile

Equipment: ZWO ASI 2600mm, TS ONTC 8" Newtonian, Astronomik LRGB
Location: Trevinca, Spain
Total Integration Time: 29.25h

Exposure: L:278x300s, R:27x300s, G:24x300s, B:24x300s
Entrant Statement: Deep Exposure of Messier 13 - with faint IF-Nebula

Exposure: R: 24x300s, G: 24x300s, B: 24x300s, Ha: 25x1200s, Oiii: 27x1200s
Location: SRO Auberry CA

Equipment: PlaneWave CDK600, Moravian C5A-100M, Chroma HaOiiiRGB
Total Integration Time: 23.33 hours

Exposure: L: 66x300s, R: 61x300s, G: 60x300s, B: 59x300s, Ha: 24x600s
Location: SRO Auberry CA

Equipment: PlaneWave CDK350, ZWO ASI6200MM, Chroma HaLRGB
Total Integration Time: 24.5 hours

Exposure: R (120x120") G (118x120") B (118x120") Ha (413x300") Oiii (197x600")
Location: Rodeo, New Mexico, US

Equipment: Astro-Physics 110GTX (QHY600PH M, Chroma RGBSHO Filters)
Entrant Statement: CTA 1 - SNR G119.5+10.2 - The Brain of Cepheus
Total Integration Time: 79h

Entrant Statement: I have nothing much to say about this Shark except that it was one that escaped me until I went remote.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Equipment: Moravian C3-61000 Pro, Takahashi FSQ106 with 645 reducer, Chroma fast filters
Exposure: 166x180s L, 125x180s R, 121x180s G, 116x180s B
Total Integration Time: 26.5 hours

Exposure: 66 x 120', comprising 11 x Blue, 15 x Green, 15 x Red & 25 x Luminance
Location: Deep Sky Chile, Rio Hurtado
Total Integration Time: 2.2 hours

Equipment: ASA N250 Newtonian Astrograph F3.8, ZWO ASI6200MM Camera, Chroma LRGB filters
Entrant Statement: Dark Wolf Nebula in Lupus (Barnard 228) - LRGB

Equipment: ZWO ASI 6200MM Pro, ASA 16" RC, LRGB
Total Integration Time: 11h25m
Entrant Statement: NGC 6744

Exposure: L 47x300s; R 31x300s; G 29x300s; B 30x300s
Location: Tivoli Southern Sky Guest Farm Namibia

Entrant Statement: I have photographed this part of the sky several times. I used a ha filter for this shot which makes faint objects visible
Total Integration Time: 19

Equipment: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro, ASA Astrograph 12" f 3.6
Exposure: HALRGB 200/219/240/240/240 min.
Location: Farm Tivoli, Namibia

Exposure: L: 122x300s, R: 85x300s, G: 76x300s, B: 76x300s, Ha: 61x600s, Oiii: 56x600s
Location: SRO Auberry CA

Equipment: PlaneWave CDK350, ZWO ASI6200MM, Chroma HaOiiiLRGB
Total Integration Time: 49.4 hours

Exposure: 168x180s L, 121x180s R, 119x180s G, 117x180s B, 135x300s Ha, 130x300s O3
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM
Total Integration Time: 48.3 hours

Entrant Statement: Wolf's Cave of wonders shows us both the birth, and also the death of stars.
Equipment: Moravian C3-61000 Pro, Takahashi FSQ106 with 645 reducer, Chroma fast filters

Entrant Statement: A quiet, dusty haven in Cepheus, this reflection nebula drifts through darkness, cradling young stars and whispering the secrets of early stellar formation.
Total Integration Time: 14h 10'

Exposure: Lum: 21x600"; R: 21x600"; G: 15x600"; B: 16x600"; Ha: 12x600"
Equipment: Takahashi FSQ-106ED, FLI PL 16083, Astrodon HaLRGB
Location: IC Astronomy Observatories

Entrant Statement: The Milky Way's twin. NGC 6744 is a large, galaxy in the constellation Pavo in the southern sky. Data gathered with my own equipment in Chile
Location: Obstech, Chile

Equipment: ASA600, Moravian C1x61000, LRGB Chroma filters, IF! ONAG
Exposure: 239 x 300s subs split between LRGB
Total Integration Time: 19h 55m

Exposure: L: 45x300s, L: 52x600s, R: 43x600s, G: 41x600s, B: 41x600s, Ha: 51x600s
Location: SRO Auberry CA

Equipment: PlaneWave CDK600, Moravian C5A-100M, Chroma HaLRGB
Total Integration Time: 41.75 hours

Exposure: L: 66x600s, R: 30x600s, G: 30x600s, B: 30x600s, Ha: 20x900s
Location: SRO Auberry CA

Equipment: PlaneWave CDK600, Moravian C5A-100M, Chroma HaLRGB
Total Integration Time: 31 hours

Exposure: RGB: 77x300s, Ha: 34x600s, Oiii: 48x600s, Sii: 43x600s
Location: SRO Auberry CA

Equipment: PlaneWave CDK600, ZWO ASI6200MM & 6200MC, Chroma SHO
Total Integration Time: 27.25 hours

Entrant Statement: Globular cluster NGC 4372 nestling in the tail of the Dark Doodad molecular cloud, imaged in LRGB.
Location: Deep Sky Chile, Rio Hurtado, Chile
Total Integration Time: 2.27 hours

Exposure: 68 x 120' exposures comprising, 14 x Red, 15 x Green, 15 x Blue and 24 x Luminance
Equipment: ASA N250 Newtonian Astrograph F3.8, ZWO ASI6200MM Camera, Chroma LRGB filters

Exposure: (R,G,B, Ha, Olll) x (17, 20, 20, 572, 398) x 300
Entrant Statement: NGC 6164 Dragons Egg

Equipment: CDK-24, Moravian C5A-100M, L600 mount, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 85 hours 35'
Location: Rio Hurtado, Chile

Equipment: TS-130 APO refractor, ASI294MM Pro camera, AM5 mount, Antlia filters
Total Integration Time: 26h 5m
Location: Nerpio, Spain

Exposure: Ha: 157x300 seconds, SII: 8x300 seconds, OIII: 148x300 seconds
Entrant Statement: NGC2264 - Christmas Tree Cluster

Entrant Statement: NGC 3169 undergoing a gravitational interaction with NGC 3166O. One captivating feature of NGC 3169 is its sweeping tidal tails, remnants of its ongoing interaction.
Total Integration Time: 62h 5s

Exposure: Red 118X300s - Green 117 x 300s - Blue 121X300s - Luminance 389x300s
Equipment: Moravian C3 61000EC Pro - Planewave CDK 17 - Chroma LRGB
Location: Obstech, El Sauce, Chile

Equipment: Astro-Physics 110GTX (QHY600 with Chroma RGBHO filters) and Takahashi FSQ106 (ASI6200MM with Antlia RGBHO filters)
Location: Rodeo, New Mexico and Namibia
Total Integration Time: 94h

Exposure: R (120x120") G (149x120") B (139x120") Ha (362x300") Oiii (306x600")
Entrant Statement: Blue Lightning Sprites in the Small Sagittarius Cloud (SNR G013.3-01.3)

Exposure: R (35x300") G (34x300") B (31x300") Ha (203x300") Oiii (99x300")
Location: Rodeo, New Mexico, US
Total Integration Time: 33.5h

Entrant Statement: Sh2-115, Sh2-116 with vdB 134 and PK086+05.1 in Cygnus
Equipment: Astro-Physics 110GTX (QHY600PH M, Chroma RGBHO Filters)

Entrant Statement: LDN 1251 - The Rotten Fish. My main project for July's 2025 moonless nights. Stars not artificially reduced.
Location: Nerpio, Spain, Europe
Total Integration Time: 22h 40m

Equipment: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED, ZWO ASI2600MM Pro, Antlia LRGB filters, Riccardi Reducer 0.75x
Exposure: 196x300sec for Lum, 25x300 seconds for RGB for each channel

Entrant Statement: Stairway to Heaven, LDN 1295 to Gamma Cas. Nice mixture of dark dust and reflection regions.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Takahashi TOA130, Chroma filters
Exposure: 274x180s L, 190x180s R, 187x180s G, 186x180s B
Total Integration Time: 41.9 hours

Entrant Statement: "Please sir, may I have some more." ~ Oliver Twist. vdB 9 and LDN 1357, often called the "Helping Hand," may actually be wishing for something.
Total Integration Time: 42.6 hours

Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Takahashi TOA130, Chroma filters
Exposure: 258x180s L, 201x180s R, 200x180s G, 192x180s B
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Entrant Statement: The Triangulum galaxy (M33) in LRGB+HO. This deep field image has a highly resolved starfield, and enhanced Ha and Oiii nebulae.
Location: Sierra Remote Observatories near Auberry, California
Total Integration Time: Total of 75h 45m integration

Equipment: Planewave CDK14 with PW L350 mount, QHY600M camera, Astrodon generation 1 filters (LRGB, Ha, Oiii)
Exposure: Lum: 191 (300s); R: 79 (300s); G: 71 (300s); B: 84 (300s); Ha: 130 (600s); Oiii: 112 (600s);

Exposure: (R,G,B, Ha) x (117, 133, 130, 116) x 300 sec
Location: Rio Hurtado, Chile
Entrant Statement: SH2-278

Equipment: CDK-17, Moravian C4-16000, L500 mount, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 41 hours 20'

Entrant Statement: Sh2-132 Lion Nebula in Cepheus. I'm surprised by how much Hα signal there is - the whole frame is filled with it!
Total Integration Time: 34h 45m
Location: Nerpio, Spain

Equipment: Esprit 120 refractor, ASI2600MM Pro camera, AM5 mount, Antlia filters
Exposure: Ha: 188x300 seconds, SII: 115x300 seconds, OIII: 114x300 seconds

Equipment: AG Optical 12.5" iDK (Moravian C3-61000 Pro, Chroma LRGB Filters)
Location: Rodeo, New Mexico, US
Total Integration Time: 36.25h

Exposure: Lum (193x300") R (81x300") G (83x300") B (78x300")
Entrant Statement: The Helping Hand of God (LDN 1355)

Entrant Statement: A mixture of narrowband and broadband, this three-panel mosaic showcases emission and reflection regions as well as the supernova remnant Thor's Lightning and MarSai 1.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 720x180s L, 537x180s R, 546x180s G, 543x180s B, 535x300s Ha, 526x300s O3
Equipment: Moravian C3-61000 Pro, Takahashi FSQ106 with 645 reducer, Chroma fast filters
Total Integration Time: 205.7 hours

Entrant Statement: Here's one that always got away--until I placed a telescope under a dark sky at a remote observatory
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Equipment: Moravian C3-61000 Pro, Takahashi FSQ106 with 645 reducer, Chroma fast filters
Exposure: 166x180s L, 125x180s R, 121x180s G, 116x180s B
Total Integration Time: 26.5 hours

Entrant Statement: For this NGC 1398 image, I dedicated particular effort to achieving high-resolution detail across the galaxy’s structure. The aim was to reveal the galaxy’s complexities.
Total Integration Time: 73h

Exposure: Red 129X300s - Green 132 x 300s - Blue 128X300s - Luminance 487x300s
Equipment: Moravian C3 61000EC Pro - Planewave CDK 17 - Chroma LRGB
Location: Obstech, El Sauce, Chile

Entrant Statement: NGC 2442, a striking reminder of the complex dance of galaxies in the universe. Its distorted shape tells the story of gravitational forces at play.
Total Integration Time: 75h 10m

Exposure: Red 132X300s - Green 132 x 300s - Blue 132X300s - Luminance 506x300s
Equipment: Moravian C3 61000EC Pro - Planewave CDK 17 - Chroma LRGB
Location: Obstech, El Sauce, Chile

Equipment: ZWO ASI 6200 mm pro, Takahashi Epsilon 160ed, Ha, Oiii, RGB filters

Exposure: Ha (600x146) Oiii (600x120) RGB(180x302)
Location: El Sauce Obs, Chili
Total Integration Time: 59

Entrant Statement: This two-panel mosaic attempts to capture the entirety of the Witch Head with its illuminating star Rigel.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM
Total Integration Time: 71 hours

Equipment: Moravian C3-61000 Pro, Takahashi FSQ106 with 645 reducer, Chroma fast filters
Exposure: 319x180s L, 236x180s R, 233x180s G, 231x180s B, 240x300s Ha

Entrant Statement: This wide field broadband image of the Seagull attempts to showcase the many vdB and other reflection regions in the context of the larger formation.
Total Integration Time: 35.2 hours

Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Takahashi TOA130, Chroma filters
Exposure: 244x180s L, 150x180s R, 150x180s G, 158x180s B
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Entrant Statement: {Insert Lord of the Rings joke here.} M57 in LRGBHOO using the Foraxx palette to reveal the hidden chemistry.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 171x180s L, 142x180s R, 141x180s G, 141x180s B, 320x300s Ha, 314x300s O3
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Planewave CDK12.5, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 82.6 hours

Entrant Statement: This object, a beautiful part of the Vela SNR
Location: Tivoli Southern Sky Guest Farm Namibia
Total Integration Time: 13h00m

Equipment: ZWO ASI 6200MM Pro, ASA 16" RC, HaOIIIRGB
Exposure: HaOIIIRGB 300 300 60 60 60 min (1800 & 300 sec subs)

Entrant Statement: Done in a custom palette that combines and leverages all the LRGBSHO filter data to elucidate unique detail in the gaseous structures.
Total Integration Time: 30.33 hours
Location: SRO Auberry CA

Exposure: L: 65x300s, R: 57x300s, G: 43x300s, B: 49x300s, Ha: 24x600s, Oiii: 25x600s, Sii: 26x600s
Equipment: PlaneWave CDK350, ZWO ASI6200MM, Chroma LRGBSHO

Entrant Statement: NGC 3169 is a spiral galaxy with tightly wound arms and an unusual halo, located 75 million light years away in the constellation of Sextans
Exposure: 900 secs * 90

Equipment: Telescopes: Planewave CDK1000, Chroma 2" LRGB
Location: Observatorio El Sauce, Chile
Total Integration Time: 22h 30′

Exposure: R (64x180") G (60x180") B (59x180") Ha (196x300") Oiii (100x600")
Location: Rodeo, New Mexico, US
Total Integration Time: 42h

Entrant Statement: Strottner-Drechsler 13, IC448 and the Monoceros Loop
Equipment: Astro-Physics 110GTX (QHY600PH M, Chroma RGBSHO Filters)

Entrant Statement: What better way to catch a Fly (NGC 1931) than to trap it with a Pinwheel Cluster (M36) and Spider (IC 417)?
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 99x60s R, 97x60s G, 98x60s B, 94x300s Ha, 89x300s O3
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Takahashi TOA130, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 20.2 hours

Entrant Statement: This image highlights free hydrogen the intra-cluster medium ram-pressure stripped from M90 and ionized as M90 speeds through it--marking M90 for an earlier grave.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 341x180s L, 141x180s R, 141x180s G, 141x180s B, 513x300s Ha, 273x600s Ha
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Planewave CDK12.5, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 126.5 hours

Entrant Statement: Starcatcher - Sh2-1. The first entry in Stewart Sharpless's catalogue appears to show a dusty figure bending forward to forestall a sinking light.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 103x180s L, 61x180s R, 63x180s G, 62x180s B, 21x1200s Ha
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Takahashi TOA130, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 21.5 hours

Entrant Statement: You are the Moon in My Sun, Sh2 133 & 6 Cep - a beautiful juxtaposition of fiery red emissions with searing blue reflections.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 158x180s L, 130x180s R, 118x180s G, 124x180s B, 235x300s Ha, 225x300s O3
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Takahashi TOA130, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 64.8 hours

Entrant Statement: 2 panel mosaic from my personal observatory
Total Integration Time: 12 hours
Exposure: 144x300"

Equipment: Celestron RASA8, ZWO ASI2600mc Duo
Location: Pearce, Arizona, USA
Celestron Only: Celestron RASA8

Entrant Statement: 6 panel mosaic from my personal remote observatory
Total Integration Time: 12 hours
Exposure: 240x180"

Equipment: Celestron RASA8, ZWO ASI2600mc Duo
Location: Pearce, Arizona, USA
Celestron Only: Celestron RASA8

Entrant Statement: The classic Helix Nebula imaged in LRGB+Ha. Data gathered with my own equipment in Chile
Total Integration Time: 40hr 20m

Equipment: ASA600, Moravian C1x61000, LRGB+Ha Chroma filters, IF! ONAG
Exposure: 270x300s RGB + 107x600s Ha
Location: Obstech, Chile

Entrant Statement: Classic framing evokes victory sign, goat’s head, even LV logo. Deep contrasts and rich colors intensify emotion, creating a strong sense of mystery and drama.
Location: Chile, DeepSkyChile

Equipment: Moravian G4-16000, Takahashi FSQ106EDX III, Astrodon LRGB Gen2, TAK 0.72x Reducer 645RD
Exposure: Lum/Clear 120×300″ 10h R 60×300″ 5h G 60×300″ 5h B 60×300″ 5h
Total Integration Time: 25h

Exposure: L: 307x300s, R: 69x300s, G: 48x300s, B: 48x300s
Location: SRO Auberry CA

Equipment: PlaneWave CDK350, ZWO ASI6200MM, Chroma LRGB
Total Integration Time: 39.33 hours

Entrant Statement: IC 447. With the skies this good (even for Spain), I think I collected plenty of detailed, nuanced data of this region.
Location: Nerpio, Spain, Europe
Total Integration Time: 18h 14m

Equipment: TS 130mm f/7 FPL53 Triplet Apo, ZWO ASI294MM Pro, Antlia LRGB filters and Antlia Ha 3nm filter
Exposure: 109x300 seconds for Lum, R: 36x180sec, G: 40x180sec, B: 72x180sec, 21x300sec for Ha

Entrant Statement: Before I photographed NGC 2170 (the Angel Nebula), I had no idea how beautiful and rich in colors this region really is.
Total Integration Time: 16h 41m
Location: Nerpio, Spain

Exposure: Lum: 118x300 seconds, R: 55x180 seconds, G: 40x180 seconds, B: 42x180 seconds
Equipment: TS-130 APO refractor, ASI294MM Pro camera, AM5 mount, Antlia filters

Entrant Statement: A popular area in Cepheus, this four-panel narrowband mosaic is an attempt to place the Elephant Trunk, Flying Bat, and Squid in context.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 82x60s R, 93x60s G, 92x60s B, 576x300s Ha, 553x300s S2, 797x300s O3
Equipment: Moravian C3-61000 Pro, Takahashi FSQ106 with 645 reducer, Chroma fast filters
Total Integration Time: 165.1 hours

Entrant Statement: Three of a perfect pair: M81, M82, and Holmberg IX. I hope Robert Fripp would like this one.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 358x180s L, 247x180s R, 247x180s G, 248x180s B, 215x300s Ha
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Planewave CDK12.5, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 72.9 hours

Entrant Statement: This image attempts to place the famous Eagle Nebula and lesser-known Swan (or Omega) Nebula in context across parts of Sagittarius, Scutum, and Serpens
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 93x60s R, 89x60s G, 84x60s B, 178x300 Ha, 167x300s O3, 167x300s S2
Equipment: Moravian C3-61000 Pro, Takahashi FSQ106 with 645 reducer, Chroma fast filters
Total Integration Time: 47.1 hours

Entrant Statement: The Cygnus Loop unfurls armored banners, scarlet and azure threads weaving stormlight; a reaper’s visage emerges when inverted, beauty and dread entwined in starlight forever.
Total Integration Time: Lum 10h; R 3h55m; G 4h; B 3h10m; Ha 51h30m; SII 27h15m; OIII 26h Total ≈ 125h50m

Exposure: Lum: 300s×120 R: 300s×47 G: 300s×48 B: 300s×38 Ha: 900s×202, 1800s×2 SII: 900s×105, 1800s×2 OIII: 900s×96, 1800s×4
Equipment: Moravian G4-16000, Takahashi FSQ106EDX III, Astrodon LRGB Gen2 HaSIIOIII 5nm, TAK 0.72x Reducer 645RD
Location: Chile, DeepSkyChile

Equipment: CDK-17, Moravian C4-16000, L500 mount, Chroma SHO 3nm
Total Integration Time: 37 hrs 40'

Exposure: (Ha, Sll, Olll) x (193, 113, 146) x 300
Entrant Statement: The Prawn Nebula IC 4628
Location: Rio Hurtado, Chile

Entrant Statement: This is a mosaic of 16 panels, taken using Askar ACL200 and QHY367C High resolution 373MP
Equipment: Askar ACL200 QHY367C Astronomik L2 UV/IR-block

Exposure: 48x600s, mosaic of 16 panels with 3x600s for each panel
Location: Heaven Mirror Observatory, Yass, NSW
Total Integration Time: 8 hours

Entrant Statement: Combined Ha and LRGB image of the Stinging Scorpion open cluster in Puppis, with the bright spectroscopic binary star c Puppis at its centre.
Location: Deep Sky Chile, Rio Hurtado, Chile

Equipment: ASA N250 Newtonian Astrograph F3.8, ZWO ASI6200MM Camera, Chroma LRGB filters & 3 nm Ha
Exposure: 30 x 120' LRGB subs, 8 x 300' Ha subs
Total Integration Time: 1.67 hours

Entrant Statement: From my personal remote observatory
Total Integration Time: 5 hours
Celestron Only: Celestron RASA8

Equipment: Celestron RASA8, ZWO ASI2600mc Duo
Location: Pearce, Arizona, USA
Exposure: 100x180"

Exposure: L: 96x300s, R: 24x600s, G: 24x600s, B: 23x600s, Ha: 43x1200s
Location: SRO Auberry CA

Equipment: PlaneWave CDK600, Moravian C5A-100M, Chroma HaLRGB
Total Integration Time: 34.16 hours

Entrant Statement: Southern Beehive (NGC 2516) open cluster imaged in LRGB from the Deep Sky Chile remote observatory.
Location: Deep Sky Chile, Rio Hurtado, Chile
Total Integration Time: 1.3 hours

Exposure: 39 x 120' subs, comprising 10 x Red, 10 x Green, 10 x Blue & 9 x Luminance
Equipment: ASA N250 Newtonian Astrograph F3.8, ZWO ASI6200MM Camera, Chroma LRGB filters

Entrant Statement: SH2-27 - The bird of Zeta Ophiuchi. The bird-like shape forms as Zeta Ophiuchi’s powerful stellar wind interacts with the surrounding dust and gas.
Total Integration Time: 20h 10m

Equipment: Esprit 120 refractor, ASI2600MM Pro camera, AM5 mount, Antlia filters
Exposure: Ha: 133x300 seconds, OIII: 109x300 seconds
Location: Nerpio, Spain

Entrant Statement: An amazing face-on barred spiral galaxy in Virgo, M58 doesn't get nearly enough love from the amateur community.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 160x180s L, 113x180s R, 113x180s G, 111x180s B, 98x300s Ha
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Planewave CDK12.5, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 33 hours

Entrant Statement: A rare polar-ring galaxy, NGC 2685 displays dust rings orbiting perpendicular to the main galaxy body. Those rings also display a subtle presence of Ha.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 280x180s L, 172x180s R, 172x180s G, 172x180s B, 89x300s Ha
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Planewave CDK12.5, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 47.2 hours

Equipment: 0.6m RC Opticals System Telescope, LRGB Chroma Filters, QHY600 camera
Total Integration Time: 19.5 Hours

Location: ObsTech (El Sauce Observatories) Chile
Exposure: LRGB = 7.5 : 4 : 4 : 4 Hours
Entrant Statement: IC 5174

Entrant Statement: A unique rendition of M31, with significant emphasis on bringing out the Ha nebular structures, and the Oiii-flower, within a galaxy 2.537 million light-years away.
Location: SRO Auberry CA

Exposure: R: 84x300s, G: 83x300s, B: 73x300s, Ha: 204x600s, Oiii: 204x600s
Equipment: PlaneWave CDK350, ZWO ASI6200MM, Chroma HaOiiiRGB
Total Integration Time: 88 hours

Entrant Statement: The Dark Tower(GN 16.43.7.01) The Dark Tower is a large cometary globule which is situated around 5000 light years away in the constellation of Scorpius.
Total Integration Time: 28h 20′

Equipment: Telescopes: Planewave CDK700, Chroma LRHBHa 2"
Location: Observatorio El Sauce, Chile
Exposure: 600 secs * 42 and 235 * 300

Entrant Statement: Title: The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy. A deep view shot with a mixture of an 8 inch and 16 inch scope.
Exposure: 3 min Lx71 on RC8. 5 min on all other shots .

Equipment: RC8 and RCOS16 telescopes, ZWO 294MM and 2600MM cameras, LRGB and Ha filters
Location: Bendleby Ranges and Swan Reach, South Australia
Total Integration Time: 45 hours

Entrant Statement: The intent here was to bring out the emission regions in Coddington's Nebula along with the foreground integrated flux nebula.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 182x180s L, 134x180s R, 129x180s G, 128x180s B, 91x600s Ha, 91x600s O3
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Planewave CDK12.5, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 59.5 hours

Entrant Statement: The Nautilus Galaxy, NCG 772, is a misshapen but colorful and dusty affair.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 175x180s L, 118x180s R, 120x180s G, 115x180s B, 70x300s Ha
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Planewave CDK12.5, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 32.2 hours

Exposure: 225x180s L, 158x180s R, 158x180s G, 156x180s B, 158x300s Ha, 158x300s O3
Entrant Statement: Fire and ice in Camelopardalis - Sh2-204

Equipment: Moravian C3-61000 Pro, Takahashi FSQ106 with 645 reducer, Chroma fast filters
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM
Total Integration Time: 61.2 hours

Entrant Statement: Space amoeba - vdB 1 Beta Cass, and, inter alia, Burwell 1 (discovered by amateur Andrew Burwell in 2023)
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 253x180s L, 176x180s R, 175x180s G, 172x180s B, 146x300s Ha
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Takahashi TOA130, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 59 hours

Entrant Statement: Fornax A, result of the 11th ShaRA project, the most powerfull galaxy in the radio domain.
Location: Rio Hurtado Chile

Exposure: 94x600s L + 42x600s R + 28x600s G + 5x600s B
Equipment: RC1000 f/6.8 + FLI16803 + Astrodon filters
Total Integration Time: 31.5 hours

Entrant Statement: The Angel nebula (NGC 2170) in LRGB+Ha. I hoped to highlight the broadband dust and detail while enhancing the image with Hydrogen alpha.
Location: Sierra Remote Observatories near Auberry, California

Equipment: Planewave CDK14 with PW L350 mount, QHY600M camera, Astrodon generation 1 filters (LRGBHa)
Exposure: Lum: 126 (300s); R: 102 (300s); G: 85 (300s); B: 103 (300s); Ha: 95 (600s);
Total Integration Time: Total of 50h 30m integration

Equipment: ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro, Skywatcher Esprit 100ED, Astronomik maxFR 6nm Ha and Oiii filters, Antlia V-pro RGB filter

Entrant Statement: Cosmic Sandworm of WR-134
Total Integration Time: 31
Exposure: 365x300seconds
Location: Rockwood TX

Entrant Statement: The Dumbbell Nebula spreads vast crimson and turquoise wings, whispering the last breath of a dying star, where cosmic winds sculpt beauty, fragility, eternal remembrance.
Location: Chile, DeepSkyChile

Equipment: Moravian C3-61000, CFF Telescope RC500, Astrodon HaSIIOIII 5nm Chroma HeII 4nm, APM 0.75x Reducer
Exposure: Ha – 34 × 900s = 8h30m HeII – 16 × 900s = 4h00m OIII – 34 × 900s = 8h30m SII – 24 × 900s = 6h00m
Total Integration Time: 27h00m

Entrant Statement: A purposefully high-contrast rendition of the reddish h-alpha structures that elucidate the foreground horse-head dark-nebula, with colors skewed to cooler bluish tones with NGC 2023.
Location: SRO Auberry CA

Exposure: L: 91x300s, R: 55x300s, G: 41x300s, B: 40x300s, Ha: 93x600s
Equipment: PlaneWave CDK600, ZWO ASI6200MM, Chroma HaLRGB
Total Integration Time: 34.4 hours

Equipment: TS-130 APO refractor, ASI294MM Pro camera, AM5 mount, Antlia filters
Total Integration Time: 21h 15m
Location: Nerpio, Spain

Exposure: Lum: 133x300 seconds, RGB: 40x180 for each filter, Ha: 50x300 seconds
Entrant Statement: Cederblad 51 / LDN 1584

Entrant Statement: LDN 1622. Finding the right balance between Ha and LRGB wasn’t easy—this was one of the hardest images I’ve ever had to process.
Total Integration Time: 22h 37m
Location: Nerpio, Spain

Equipment: TS-130 APO refractor, ASI294MM Pro camera, AM5 mount, Antlia filters
Exposure: 130x300 seconds LUM, 44x300 seconds RGB for each filter, 61x300 seconds Ha

Exposure: 336x180s L, 230x180s R, 229x180s G, 222x180s B, 213x300s Ha, 218x300s O3
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Entrant Statement: A dusty rose (Sh2-174) patiently awaits Valentine's Day in Cepheus.
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Planewave CDK12.5, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 86.8 hours

Equipment: Williams Optics RedCat 61mm, ZWO 6200MM, Chroma RGB Filters
Location: ObsTech (El Sauce Observatories) Chile

Entrant Statement: 2 Frame Mosaic. Shows extent of dust in area.
Exposure: RGB = 2 : 2 : 2 hours in each of two panels
Total Integration Time: 12 Hours

Exposure: L: 65x600s, R: 39x600s, G: 38x600s, B: 37x600s, Ha: 18x1200s
Location: SRO Auberry CA

Equipment: PlaneWave CDK600, Moravian C5A-100M, Chroma HaLRGB
Total Integration Time: 35.83 hours

Entrant Statement: Highlight: The ongoing merger of NGC 2292 and NGC 2293. These two galaxies are likely forming a giant elliptical galaxy with an unusual dust disk.
Total Integration Time: 63h 45m

Exposure: Red 120X300s - Green 120x300s -Blue 121x300s - Luminance 404x300s
Equipment: Moravian C3 61000EC Pro - Planewave CDK 17 - Chroma LRGB
Location: Obstech, El Sauce, Chile

Exposure: Lum (95x300") R (47x300") G (23x300") B (48x300") Ha (96x300")
Location: Rodeo, New Mexico, US

Equipment: AG Optical 12.5" iDK (Moravian C3-61000 Pro, Chroma LRGBHa Filters)
Entrant Statement: Sailboat of the Stars (NGC 225)
Total Integration Time: 25.75h

Entrant Statement: Here, I hoped to bring out the full range of color and chemistry Thor's Helmet is capable of delivering.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 34x60s R, 34x60s G, 34x60s B, 180x300s Ha, 178x300s O3, 178x300s S2
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Planewave CDK12.5, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 46.4 hours

Entrant Statement: A very deep exposure of the Perseus Supercluster. One of the first images showing faint Ha-Emission
Location: Trevinca, Spain
Total Integration Time: 85h

Equipment: ZWO ASI 2600mm, TS ONTC 8" Newtonian, Astronomik LRGB, Ha 6nm
Exposure: L:370x300s, R: 174x300s, G: 96x300s, B: 91x300s, Ha: 285x300s

Entrant Statement: Messier 85, a rarely photographed galaxy in LRGB. Minimal noise reduction and sharpening, most processing with stars left on image.
Exposure: Lum: 168 (300s); R: 80 (300s); G: 79 (300s); B: 78 (300s);

Equipment: Planewave CDK14 with PW L350 mount, QHY600M camera, Astrodon generation 1 filters (LRGB)
Location: Sierra Remote Observatories near Auberry, California
Total Integration Time: Total of 33h 45m integration

Entrant Statement: Crimson tides surge through the stars, waves of fire whispering of passion and rebirth, painting the night with echoes of mystery and longing.
Location: Chile, DeepSkyChile
Total Integration Time: 54h 45′

Exposure: 6 Panels Mosaic, Lum/Clear 118×300″ 9h 50′ R 60×300″ 5h G 60×300″ 5h B 59×300″ 4h 55′ Hα 360×300″ 30h
Equipment: Moravian G4-16000, Takahashi FSQ106EDX III, Astrodon LRGB Gen2 Ha 5nm, TAK 0.72x Reducer 645RD

Entrant Statement: The Rosette is a jewel of the winter sky. Though bright and often imaged, this version pushes faint detail while preserving subtlety in its structure.
Location: Utah Desert Remote Observatories
Total Integration Time: 52h 10′

Equipment: ZWO ASI6200MM Pro, Esprit 100 ED APO, EQ6-R Pro, Antlia RGB V Pro, Antlia 3nm HaOiii
Exposure: HA: 159 by 600s, OIII: 136 by 600s, R: 60 by 60s, G: 60 by 60s, B: 60 by 60s

Equipment: TS-130 APO refractor, ASI294MM Pro camera, AM5 mount, Antlia filters
Total Integration Time: 22h 15m
Location: Nerpio, Spain

Exposure: Ha: 114x300 seconds, SII: 66x300 seconds, OIII: 93x300 seconds
Entrant Statement: The Seagull Nebula - IC2177

Equipment: TS-130 APO refractor, ASI294MM Pro camera, AM5 mount, Antlia filters
Location: Nerpio, Spain

Exposure: L: 211x120 seconds, RGB 73x120 seconds for each channel
Total Integration Time: 14h 22m
Entrant Statement: LDN 673

Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Planewave CDK12.5, Chroma filters
Entrant Statement: Strawberry fields forever - Sh2-238 and vdB 38
Total Integration Time: 33.1 hours

Exposure: 207x180s L, 155x180s R, 151x180s G, 148x180s B
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Entrant Statement: Soaring across Ophiuchus, this dark nebula spreads its wings in silhouette - its dusty form a haven for infant stars hidden within molecular shadows.
Total Integration Time: 10h 30'

Equipment: Planewave CDK24, QHYCCD QHY600 Pro M, Astrodon LRGB filters
Exposure: Lum: 32x 300"; R: 31x300"; G: 30x300"; B: 33x300"
Location: Observatorio El Sauce

Equipment: Teleskop Service ONTC 250mm f3.8 Newtonian, ASI2600MM, Astrodon 3nm Ha,SII,OIII

Exposure: 600s, 57 Ha, 62 SII, 67 OIII
Location: e-EyE Observatory, Spain
Total Integration Time: 32

Equipment: Teleskop Service ONTC 250mm f3.8 Newtonian, ASI2600MM, Astrodon 3nm Ha,SII,OIII

Exposure: 300s, Ha 73, SII 70, OIII 70
Location: e-EyE Observatory, Spain
Total Integration Time: 17

Equipment: ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro, Skywatcher Esprit 100ED, Antlia V-pro LRGB filters
Exposure: 403x300s

Entrant Statement: vDB-152 and friends
Location: Rockwood, TX
Total Integration Time: 33.5

Entrant Statement: The Angel Nebula, a faint dust and emission region, is notoriously difficult to capture and process. The geostationary satellite belt appears in every sub-exposure.
Location: Utah Desert Remote Observatories

Equipment: ZWO ASI6200MM Pro, Esprit 100 ED APO, EQ6-R Pro, Antlia LRGB V Pro, Antlia 3nm Ha
Exposure: HA: 155 by 300s, L: 622 by 180s, R: 200 by 180s, G: 200 by 180s, B: 200 by 180s
Total Integration Time: 74h 1′

Exposure: R (60x120") G (60x120") B (60x120") Ha (45x1200") Oiii (42x1200")
Entrant Statement: Sh2-200 - The Bearclaw

Equipment: AG Optical 12.5" iDK (Moravian C3-61000 Pro, Chroma RGBHaOiii Filters)
Location: Rodeo, New Mexico, US
Total Integration Time: 35h

Entrant Statement: Rarely shot, this area north of the Seagull containing LBN 1022 and Thommes's Nebula exposes an intriguing and underappreciated are of the sky.
Total Integration Time: 32.1 hours

Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Takahashi TOA130, Chroma filters
Exposure: 203x180s L, 146x180s R, 146x180s G, 146x180s B
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Entrant Statement: I used a sunset-flavored SHO palette: warm ember and cool teal. Highlighting the delicate dust lanes and faint filaments that hide in the glow.
Location: Starfront Remote Observatories

Equipment: TSOptics 80ED, 0.8 reducer, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro, SVBony SV220, Askar D2
Exposure: HO: 100*300s, SO: 100*300s, L: 5*30s
Total Integration Time: 16.87

Entrant Statement: Very rarely imaged, NGC 2316 (R) and 2313 (L) in Monoceros are part of a hub-filamentary system that has formed some very massive stars.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 203x180s L, 146x180s R, 146x180s G, 146x180s B, 82x300s Ha, 80x300s O3, 79x300s S2
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Takahashi TOA130, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 52.2 hours

Entrant Statement: From my personal remote observatory
Location: Pearce, Arizona, USA
Celestron Only: Celestron RASA8

Equipment: Celestron RASA8, ZWO ASI2600mc Duo
Total Integration Time: 6 hours, 40 minutes
Exposure: 80x300"

Exposure: Lum (630x60") R (299x60") G (263x60") B (299x60")
Location: Rodeo, New Mexico, US

Equipment: Astro-Physics 110GTX (QHY600PH M, Chroma LRGB Filters)
Entrant Statement: Heart of the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud
Total Integration Time: 25h

Entrant Statement: LDN 1278 - Dragon Breath. I ran across this shooting a wide field of CTB 1 and found it irresistible. Rendered in HSS.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 23x60s R, 21X60s G, 21x60s B, 463x300s Ha, 447x300s S2
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Takahashi TOA130, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 76.6 hours

Entrant Statement: "Something there is more immortal even than the stars...[o]r the radiant sisters the Pleiades." ~Walt Whitman, regarding a father's enduring love for his daughter.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Equipment: Moravian C3-61000 Pro, Takahashi FSQ106 with 645 reducer, Chroma fast filters
Exposure: 156x180s L, 110x180s R, 107x180 G, 105x180 B, 87x300s Ha
Total Integration Time: 31.2 hours

Entrant Statement: Highlighting dark brown dust and blue reflection regions in Persus, this three-panel mosaic includes IC348 (L), NGC 1333 (R) and five vdB objects.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 687x180s L, 453x180s R, 447x180s G, 448x180s B, 407x300s Ha
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Takahashi TOA130, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 135.7 hours

Exposure: R (24x300") G (24x300") B (24x300") Ha (79x600") Oiii (69x600")
Location: Rodeo, New Mexico, US

Equipment: AG Optical 12.5" iDK (Moravian C3-61000 Pro, Chroma RGBHaOiii Filters)
Entrant Statement: Hartl-Dengel-Weinberger 3
Total Integration Time: 30.75h

Entrant Statement: One More Light - My tribute to Chester Bennington and Atilla Danko, vdB 87's rarely photographed ethereal beauty will always remind me of them both.
Total Integration Time: 32,1 hours

Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Takahashi TOA130, Chroma filters
Exposure: 203x180s L, 146x180s R, 146x180s G, 146x180s B
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: L: 51x300s, R: 30x300s, G: 34x300s, B: 30x300s, Ha: 15x600s
Location: SRO Auberry CA

Equipment: PlaneWave CDK350, ZWO ASI6200MM, Chroma HaLRGB
Total Integration Time: 14.59 hours

Exposure: L: 61x600s, R: 32x600s, G: 30x600s, B: 40x600s, Ha: 4x1200s
Location: SRO Auberry CA

Equipment: PlaneWave CDK600, Moravian C5A-100M, Chroma HaLRGB
Total Integration Time: 28.5 hours

Entrant Statement: NGC6888 Crescent Nebula glowing against a background of endless hydrogen showing textures and ripples
Total Integration Time: 10

Equipment: TSOptics 80ED, 0.8 reducer, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro, SVBony SV220
Location: Starfront Remote Observatories
Exposure: HO: 120*300s

Entrant Statement: An edge-on masterpiece 31 million light-years away, M104’s brilliant core and shadowed dust lane form a celestial hat suspended in the dark.
Total Integration Time: 11h 25'

Equipment: Planewave CDK24, QHYCCD QHY600 Pro M, Astrodon LRGB filters
Exposure: Lum: 37x300"; R: 33x300"; G: 37x300"; B: 30x300"
Location: Observatorio El Sauce

Entrant Statement: The Cocoon Nebula sits enshrouded in faint dust and dense star fields, making it one of the most challenging objects to process cleanly and naturally.
Location: Utah Desert Remote Observatories
Total Integration Time: 82h 55′

Equipment: ZWO ASI6200MM Pro, Esprit 100 ED APO, EQ6-R Pro, Antlia LRGB V Pro, Antlia 3nm Ha
Exposure: HA: 182 by 600s, L: 361 by 300s, R: 150 by 180s, G: 150 by 180s, B: 150 by 180s

Entrant Statement: Title: NGC 1808. Shot on a rented RCOS16 at Swan Reach Imaging.
Total Integration Time: 32 hours
Exposure: 5 min subs

Equipment: RCOS16 telescope, ZWO 2600MM camera, LRGB and Ha filters
Location: Swan Reach, South Australia

Entrant Statement: Often neglected because of its proximity to the Cave Nebula, vdB 155 and its neighbors shower the sky with color.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 168x180s L, 121x180s R, 119x180s G, 117x180s B, 135x300s Ha, 130x300s O3
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Takahashi TOA130, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 48.3 hours

Entrant Statement: M1,the Crab Nebula in LRGB taken with my own equipment in Chile during a period of extraodinary seeing
Total Integration Time: 20h 30m

Equipment: ASA600, Moravian C1x61000, LRGB Chroma filters, IF! ONAG
Exposure: 246x300s, 246 total subs split between LRGB
Location: Obstech, Chile

Entrant Statement: An ultra deep Ha image of M82 taken with a RASA36.The small spiral galaxies and colorful stars showcase the astro neighborhood.
Total Integration Time: 28 hours
Location: Luna New Mexico USA

Exposure: Ha=133x600", R=22x300", G=22x300", B=22x30"
Equipment: RASA36, PlayerOne Artemis M Pro, Baader Ultra HighSpeed filters
Celestron Only: Celestron RASA36

Entrant Statement: This image is roughly an HOO image. However some of the SII data was folded into to the Red channel. Uses RGB Stars.
Location: ObsTech (El Sauce Observatories) Chile
Total Integration Time: 28 Hours

Equipment: 0.6m RC Optical Systems Telescope, Chroma SIIHaOIIIRGB Filters, QHY 600 camera
Exposure: SII, Ha, OIII (RGB Stars) = 3 : 11 : 13 and 1 Hour in each of RGB

Exposure: L 40x60s; R 35x60s & 12x120s; G 35x60s &12x120s; B 35x60s &12x120s
Entrant Statement: Center of M42

Equipment: ZWO ASI 6200MM Pro, ASA 16" RC, LRGB
Location: Tivoli Southern Sky Guest Farm Namibia
Total Integration Time: 3h37m

Entrant Statement: NGC7635 Taken using remote telescope hosted at Trevinca Skies, SpainBy: Robin Lim
Location: Trevinca Skies, Spain

Equipment: Planewave CDK17, Moravian C3-26000M, Antlia 3nm Narrowband
Exposure: Ha: 25x600s, Oiii: 33x600s
Total Integration Time: 9.5 hours

Entrant Statement: The Salt & Pepper Cluster (M37), with internal PN IPHASX J055226.2+323724, and the Buckeyball SNR (G179.0+2.6) make unlikely companions against a backdrop of Ha.
Total Integration Time: 53.2 hours

Exposure: 75x180s R, 75x180s G, 75x180s B, 168x300s Ha, 334x300s O3
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Takahashi TOA130, Chroma filters
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Entrant Statement: This is Caldwell 3 (NGC 4236) captured in LRGB+Ha. I wanted to highlight the faint IFN, and Ha cloud. Minimum noise reduction and sharpening.
Location: Sierra Remote Observatories near Auberry, California

Equipment: Planewave CDK14 with PW L350 mount, QHY600M camera, Astrodon generation 1 filters (LRGBHa)
Exposure: Lum: 130 (300s); R: 75 (300s); G: 76 (300s); B: 76 (300s); Ha: 230 (600s);
Total Integration Time: Total of 68h 5m integration

Equipment: Teleskop Service ONTC 250mm f3.8 Newtonian, ASI2600MM, Baader LRGB
Total Integration Time: 37

Exposure: 300s, L 198, R 81, G 82, B 81
Location: e-EyE Observatory, Spain

Entrant Statement: NGC6888Taken using our own telescope hosted at Trevinca Skies, Spain
Location: Trevinca Skies, Spain

Equipment: Planewave CDK17, Moravian C3-26000M, Antlia 3nm Narrowband
Exposure: Ha: 37x600s, Oiii: 20x600s
Total Integration Time: 9.5 hours

Entrant Statement: A colorful cosmic crustacean with its crusty carapace crawls through the cavernous corners of Cepheus.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 20x180s R, 20x180s G, 20x180s B, 244x300s Ha, 243x300s O3, 242x300s S2
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Takahashi TOA130, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 63.8 hours

Entrant Statement: At the heart of the Running Chicken - narrowband image of the Lambda Centauri Nebula (IC 2948) & Thackeray's Globules. SHO palette.
Location: Deep Sky Chile, Rio Hurtado, Chile

Exposure: 27 x 200' subs (SHO), 10 x 300' Ha, 8 x 300' SII & 9 x 300' OIII
Equipment: Planewave CDK14, ZWO ASI2600MM Pro camera & Chroma 3 nm narrowband (SHO) filters
Total Integration Time: 2.25 hours

Entrant Statement: This close-up of the Bubble reveals its unique structure in SHO. Captured with my Esprit 100 it highlights the remarkable resolving power of modern refractors.
Location: Utah Desert Remote Observatories
Total Integration Time: 49h 50′

Exposure: HA: 75 by 600s, SII: 84 by 600s, OIII: 122 by 600s, R: 20 by 180s, G: 20 by 180s, B: 20 by 180s
Equipment: ZWO ASI6200MM Pro, Esprit 100 ED APO, EQ6-R Pro, Antlia RGB V Pro, Antlia 3nm HaSiiOiii

Exposure: R (30x120") G (30x120") B (30x120") Ha (109x600") Oiii (72x600)
Entrant Statement: Strottner-Drechsler 137
Total Integration Time: 33h

Equipment: AG Optical 12.5" iDK (Moravian C3-61000 Pro, Chroma RGBHaOiii Filters)
Location: Rodeo, New Mexico, US

Entrant Statement: I processed this rendition of Jones-Emberson 1 in the Foraxx palette in an attempt to reveal more of the varied chemistry of this planetary nebula.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 64x60s R, 63x60s G, 65x60s B, 497x300s Ha, 509x300s O3
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Planewave CDK12.5, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 87 hours

Exposure: Lum (93x300") R (48x300") G (47x300") B (50x300") Ha (106x300")
Total Integration Time: 28.75h
Entrant Statement: Barnard 3

Equipment: AG Optical 12.5" iDK (Moravian C3-61000 Pro, Chroma LRGBHa Filters)
Location: Rodeo, New Mexico, US

Equipment: ASA N250 Newtonian Astrograph F3.8, ZWO ASI6200MM Camera, Chroma LRGB & 3 nm Ha filters
Location: Deep Sky Chile, Rio Hurtado, Chile

Entrant Statement: Dark Tower in Scorpius (VdBH 73) imaged with a combination of RGB and H-alpha.
Exposure: 20 x 180' subs (RGB), 7 x 300' subs (Ha)
Total Integration Time: 1.58 hours

Entrant Statement: Title: The Sombrero Under Moonlight. An image shot on a rented 16" scope whilst waiting for other targets because the Moon was up.
Exposure: 5 min subs

Equipment: RCOS16 telescope, ZWO 2600MM camera, LRGB filters
Location: Swan Reach, South Australia
Total Integration Time: 9 hours

Entrant Statement: Elephant Trunk Nebula in SHO palette, reimagined as a glowing sun between cosmic clouds, with warm yellow-orange hues emphasizing its radiant presence.
Total Integration Time: 20

Equipment: TSOptics 80ED, 0.8 reducer, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro, SVBony SV220, Askar D2
Exposure: HO: 80*300s, SO: 156*300s, L: 37*30s
Location: Starfront Remote Observatories

Entrant Statement: LDN1235 Shark Nebula, a striking silhouette of interstellar dust against glowing stars, with some interesting galaxies in the background.

Equipment: TSOptics 80ED, 0.8 reducer, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Location: Starfront Remote Observatories
Exposure: IR Cut: 264*300s
Total Integration Time: 22

Entrant Statement: Looking deep into the Iris, there is so much beauty to behold in this wonderful object.
Total Integration Time: 17
Location: California-SRO

Exposure: Blue 16x900" - Green 16x900" - Red 16x900" - Lum 20x900"
Equipment: Moravian C3-61000 Pro-CDK 17", Chroma LRGB

Equipment: Teleskop Service ONTC 250mm f3.8 Newtonian, ASI2600MM, Astrodon 3nm Ha,SII,OIII

Exposure: 300s, Ha 143, SII 147, OIII 147
Location: e-EyE Observatory, Spain
Total Integration Time: 36

Entrant Statement: Abell 56An HOO image (no SII detectable) blended with an RGB image. This allows for RGB stars and Nebulae with NB details.
Location: ObsTech (El Sauce Observatories) Chile

Equipment: 0.6m RC Opticals System Telescope, HaOIIIRGB Chroma Filters, QHY600 camera
Exposure: Ha OIII RGB = 27 : 20 : 2 : 2 : 2 Hours
Total Integration Time: 53 Hours

Entrant Statement: Though M45 is one of the most photographed targets, this version emphasizes clarity and balance, highlighting faint dust and subtle depth in the cluster’s structure.
Total Integration Time: 17h 10′

Equipment: ZWO ASI6200MM Pro, Esprit 100 ED APO, EQ6-R Pro, Antlia LRGB V Pro
Exposure: L: 131 by 300s, R: 25 by 300s, G: 25 by 300s, B: 25 by 300s
Location: Utah Desert Remote Observatories

Entrant Statement: Title: Who Let the Steam Out? It very much looks like one of the galaxies in this encounter was punctured, and let the steam out!
Exposure: 3 and 5 minute exposures

Equipment: RC8 and RCOS16 telescopes, ZWO 294MM and 2600MM cameras, LRGB filters
Location: Bendleby Ranges and Swan Reach, South Australia
Total Integration Time: 34 hours

Entrant Statement: Processed as an homage to the color palette the Hubble team used for its iconic image of M76.
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: 40x60s R, 40x60s G, 40x60s B, 223x300s Ha, 175x300s O3
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Planewave CDK12.5, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 35.2 hours

Entrant Statement: This image is a mix of data from my backyard and remote observatory, trying to study the tidal stream around the Splinter galaxy.
Location: e-EyE Observatory, Spain and Backyard, Toulouse, France

Exposure: L 87 x 300s, 127 x 600s R 18 x 300s, 60 x 600s G 23 x 300s 65 x 600s B 24 x 300s 65 x 600s
Equipment: Teleskop Service ONTC 250mm f3.8 Newtonian, ASI2600MM, Baader LRGB
Total Integration Time: 65

Equipment: CDK-17, Moravian C4-16000, L500 mount, Chroma filters
Total Integration Time: 44 hours 25'

Exposure: (R,G,B) x (186, 199, 148) x 300 sec
Entrant Statement: IC 2631 Chamaeleon Cloud
Location: Rio Hurtado, Chile

Entrant Statement: A Horse is a Horse, of Course, of Course. This image in an homage to the Humason image taken on the 200-inch Hale in 1951.
Location: Deep Sky West Remote Observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Takahashi TOA130, Chroma filters
Exposure: 310x180s L, 166x180s R, 163x180s G, 161x180s B
Total Integration Time: 40 hours

Exposure: 130x180s L, 104x180s R, 100x180s G, 100x180s B, 59x300s Ha
Entrant Statement: NGC 6946, the Fireworks Galaxy.

Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Takahashi TOA130, Chroma filters
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM
Total Integration Time: 26.7 hours

Equipment: ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro, Askar 103 APO, Astronomik maxFR 6nm Ha and Oiii filters, Antlia V-pro RGB filter

Entrant Statement: Horsehead Nebula
Location: Rockwood, TX
Total Integration Time: 8.5
Exposure: 100x300s

Entrant Statement: M18 - The Black Swan Cluster. This cluster in Sagittarius creates reflection features that should have been worthy of Sidney van den Bergh's notice.
Total Integration Time: 20 hours

Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Takahashi TOA130, Chroma filters
Exposure: 151x180s L, 83x180s R, 83x180s G, 83x180s B
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Entrant Statement: M1 - Crab NebulaTaken by our own remote scope hosted at Trevinca Skies Spain
Location: Trevinca Skies, Spain

Equipment: Planewave CDK17, Moravian C3-26000M, Antlia 3nm Narrowband
Exposure: Ha: 27x600s, Oiii: 35x600s
Total Integration Time: 10 hours

Entrant Statement: Even though viewed edge on, NGC 1055 is likely a barred-spiral galaxy because it displays an X pattern emanating from its core--indicative of barred spirals.
Total Integration Time: 32.9 hours

Exposure: 174x180s L, 129x180s R, 127x180s G, 128x180s B, 60x300s Ha
Equipment: Moravian C5a-100M, Planewave CDK12.5, Chroma filters
Location: Deep Sky West remote observatory near Santa Fe, NM

Exposure: L: 7x600s, R: 17x600s, G: 19x600s, B: 21x600s, Ha: 57x600s
Total Integration Time: 20 hours
Location: Trevinca Skies Spain

Equipment: Planewave CDK17, Moravian C3-26000M, Antlia LRGB and 3nm Ha Filters
Entrant Statement: M51Taken using our own telescope hosted at Trevinca Skies Spain