2025 Astrophotography Prize Winners and Awards

Equipment: Ares-M Pro, LUNT LS80MT
Total Integration Time: 6 x 30 s

Location: Hungary, Balatonalmadi
Entrant Statement: 30 minutes Sun
Exposure: 100 frames x 6

Entrant Statement: On August 9, 2024, the Sun displayed a remarkable level of activity, reflecting the peak of its Cycle, with a dynamic array of 264 sunspots!
Location: Romano d'Ezzelino Italy

Exposure: Mosaic of 5 anels, each one as result of Stacking of 100x10ms exposures
Equipment: C11HD Edge f/10 + Baader Astrosolar + Optolong Red filter + ZWO ASI2600MM
Total Integration Time: n.a.
Celestron Only: C11HD EDGE

Entrant Statement: CometC/2023A3 the comet's ion tail was visible for the only time so impressively.The tail,caused by a strong eruption of the solar wind,exhibits a veritable wave
Location: Farm Tivoli, Namibia September 30 2024

Exposure: LRGB 200/100/100/100 sec. each panel - time frame at dawn was only 20 minutes for imaging the comet
Total Integration Time: 0,14 hours each panel (mosaic of 2 panels)
Equipment: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro, ASA Astrograph 12" f 3.6

Entrant Statement: On 2021 12 03 comet C/2021 A1 Leanord crossed in front of globular cluster M3. We, missed the occultation by a handful of hours.
Celestron Only: RASA11

Equipment: asi294 mcPro, Celestron RASA11
Location: June Lake California
Total Integration Time: 1.45
Exposure: 87 x 60seconds

Entrant Statement: Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) 22nd Jan 11UTAn hour after sunset and in between the clouds.
Total Integration Time: 0.083

Equipment: Sony A7IV 135mm f2 Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6
Exposure: 10 x 30 secs, ISO800
Location: Mount Glasgow Victoria

Entrant Statement: 2023A3,waning crescent moon,observatoryIt was the onlytime the comet's iontail was clearly visible caused by a solar wind outburst and looked like a wave
Total Integration Time: 0,20 min.

Exposure: 4x1 sec. with 50mm lens and 10x70 seconds with 200mm lens
Equipment: Canon 7D+50mmm lens, Canon 6DA+200mm lens
Location: Farm Tivoli, Namibia September 30 2024

Entrant Statement: The turbulent and coloful tails of comet 12P/Pons-Brooks taken on April 2 2024
Total Integration Time: 0,55

Equipment: ASA Astrograph H 8" f 2.9 Camera: Moravian C3 61000
Location: Martinsberg, Lower Austria
Exposure: LRGB 12/7/7/7 min.

Entrant Statement: Total Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024 with background stars captured six months after the eclipse on October 8, 2024
Location: Colebrook, NH and Williamsburg, VA
Total Integration Time: 3.33

Equipment: Sky-Watcher Evostar 80ED, Sky-Watcher 0.8x focal reducer, Canon EOS 6D Mark II, Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
Exposure: multiple exposures during the eclipse and one minute exposures for background stars taken 6 months after the eclipse

Equipment: Ares-M Pro, DIY 400/1820, IR-Pass filter, 3x Barlow
Entrant Statement: Montes Apenninus

Total Integration Time: Lucky imaging - 10min
Location: Hungary, Balatonalmadi
Exposure: 300 frames

Exposure: Mosaic of 10 panels, each one as result of Stacking of 200x8ms exposures
Location: Romano d'Ezzelino Italy
Total Integration Time: n.a.

Entrant Statement: Partial eclipse of the Sun occured on 25 october 2022
Equipment: Tecnosky 115/800mm + Daystar Quark Prominence + ASI183MM

Entrant Statement: Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas in our solar system, at a mere 112 Million Kilometers from the Sun with anti-tail.
Total Integration Time: 1 Hour 2 minutes

Equipment: Radian 75 Petzval APO Scope, ZWO ASI2600 MC Pro, No filter
Celestron Only: Celestron Power Tank Lithium Pro
Location: Denton Maryland USA
Exposure: 120" x 31

Equipment: Player One Ares-M Pro, DIY 400/1820, IR-Pass filter, 3x Barlow
Total Integration Time: 12 minutes

Entrant Statement: Rimae Ariadeus and Rimae Hyginus
Location: Hungary, Balatonalmadi
Exposure: 500 frames

Entrant Statement: Lunar eclipse March 13-14, 2025
Location: Delray Beach, FL
Total Integration Time: N/A

Equipment: Canon EOS R5 Markll, RF 200-800 lens
Exposure: 15 exposures, various durations

Entrant Statement: On June 12, 2025, a majestic solar prominence soared above one hundred thousand kilometers, revealing our star’s immense power. A breathtaking cosmic display of energy.
Total Integration Time: n.a.

Exposure: Mosaic of 5 panels, each one as result of Stacking of 200x8ms exposures
Equipment: Tecnosky 115/800mm + Daystar Quark Prominence + ASI183MM
Location: Romano d'Ezzelino Italy

Entrant Statement: This is my attempt at imaging the orange volcanoes near Lassell crater at high resolution.
Location: St Kilda, Victoria AU
Exposure: 4x3x1250 frames at 4ms

Total Integration Time: 0.0066 hours used from a total of 0.016 hours integration.
Equipment: DIY 16" Dall-Kirkham, ZWO ASI290MM, RGB filters

Entrant Statement: This is my photo of the Moon/Mars Occultation, which I think shows the awe-inspiring nature of that event.
Total Integration Time: 10 seconds

Equipment: Camera: ZWO 678MC @47fps 4k capture Telescope : Meade SCT 10" 2500mm + ADC Filters : UV/IR Cut
Location: Hillsborough, NJ USA

Equipment: Player One Mars-M Camera, Celestron C11 Edge HD, TeleVue 2.5 Powermate, ZWO RGB filters
Celestron Only: CPC Deluxe 1100 Edge HD
Total Integration Time: 210 seconds

Entrant Statement: Jupiter Composite August 13 2022 with Europa in transit just below GRS.
Exposure: 13ms exposure for 100 seconds for each channel. Stack 70% of frames.
Location: Pembroke Pines Florida

Equipment: ASI 533MM Pro, 160/1308 GPU, 3x PowerMate, IR-Pass
Exposure: 500 frames + 1000 frames

Total Integration Time: Lucky imaging - 15min
Entrant Statement: Venus meets the Moon
Location: Hungary, Erd

Equipment: Canon R, Celestron SCT8, ZWO AM5 , self made sun filter based on Baader
Total Integration Time: 1 minute
Celestron Only: Celestron SCT 8

Entrant Statement: The picture shows International Space Station flying over the Sun Surface.
Exposure: 1 min MP4, 30 frames per second
Location: Zabierzów

Exposure: 1/60, 1/125,1/125,1/200,1/160,1/160 and 1/160
Total Integration Time: .11666

Entrant Statement: every 10 minutes 50-100 exposures in a row
Equipment: A6100 TTartisan 500 mm F6.3 at F6.3
Location: Bodroghalom

Entrant Statement: Eclipse diamond ring captured on April 8, 2024. Despite being cloudy. I seized a brief opportunity to photograph the eclipse.
Total Integration Time: 1/8sec

Equipment: Canon R5, RF 100-500mm f4.5-7,1l, StarAdventurer GTI
Exposure: 1/8sec, f/7.1, ISO 100
Location: Temple, Texas, USA

Entrant Statement: The great american solar eclipse of 2024, shot in the diamond ring phase, showing large h-alpha prominences around the limb
Exposure: 1*0.001s

Equipment: Nikon D7500, Nikon 80-200 f/2.8, 2x teleconverter
Location: Columbus, OH, USA
Total Integration Time: 0.001s

Entrant Statement: MINERAL MOONThe Moon is usually seen in subtle shades of gray or yellow.The different colors are recognized as corresponding to real differences in the chemical.

Equipment: ZWO ASI 6200MC COLED Esprit triplet 150mm, Baader Lunar Filter
Total Integration Time: 0,27 hours
Exposure: 2000 frames - 500ms
Location: Brazil