The February 2022 Contests are Here!
The winners of this contest have already been announced. Find out who they are by clicking here!
Today we are announcing the new contests for February 2022!
This month, on top of the monthly One-Click Observations and Observation Bundles contests, we are proposing again a contest for landscape photography, sponsored and judged by our friends from Stellar Xperiences.
Are you new to our contests? Read the general rules first.
Here below you can find the definitions of the three contests. Remember to check the rules before taking part in these contests!
The Landscape Photography Special Contest
Let's take a step back from deep sky imaging, and observe the milky way in its best form!
The contest is supported by our friends at Stellar Xperiences who are providing the raw datasets and the tutorials to process these images.
The dataset of the raw images (containing multiple subjects) for this month contest are available by clicking here.
To process these data, you can follow the tutorials available to all subscribers by clicking here.
You are able to submit one image for each corresponding subject.
To qualify for the contest, you have to tag the picture you upload with #LandscapeContestFeb22 (no need to specify your skill level). For some of the description fields that are not applicable (such as Camera, Telescope, Filters etc, you can simply enter "NA")
The prizes are:
- 25 credits prize (value $35) for the second place
- 50 credits prize (value $70) for the first place
As opposed to the other two contests, the judging panel will be made of the members of the Stellar Xperiences team.
The One-Click Contest
A challenging One-Click contest this month! The One-Click Observation for the February 2022 Contest is a 4-panel mosaic of RCW 57 obtained with CHI-5, our widest-field of view telescope.
The resulting image will have a huge field of view of 15.8 x 12.6 degrees.
This mosaic was originally suggested by our member Florent Verniol.
You can grab and download the four One-Click Observations of RCW 57 by clicking here.
To qualify for the contest you will need to combine all 4 panels.
To qualify for the contest, remember to tag the picture you upload with #OneClickContestFeb22 and either #Expert or #Beginner (check this page to find out your skill level).
The winners of the best picture in the One-Click Contest will receive:
- 25 credits prize (value $38) in the Beginner tier
- 50 credits prize (value $76) in the Expert tier
The Bundle Contest
The Observation Bundle for February 2022 Contest is Thor's Helmet Nebula (also known as NGC 2359) obtained with CHI-1 in the HSO filter set. It contains 16 One-Click Observations or 10 hours of total exposure time.
Note that you cannot use additional data from other telescopes!
NGC 2359 is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. The nebula is approximately 3,670 parsecs away and 30 light-years in size. The central star is the Wolf-Rayet star WR7, an extremely hot star thought to be in a brief pre-supernova stage of evolution.
You can see and grab this Observation Bundle by clicking here.
To qualify for the contest, remember to tag the picture you upload with #BundleContestFeb22 and either #Expert or #Beginner (check this page to find out your skill level)
The winners of the best picture in the Bundle Contest will receive:
- 75 credits prize (value $113) in the Beginner tier
- 100 credits prize (value $140) in the Expert tier
