Astrophotography Competition

[astroman]

As part of their International Year of Astronomy events Caithness Astronomy Group would like to encourage budding local astrophotographers to submit entries to the competition advertised below....

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj138/astroman_caithness/astrocompdetails.jpg

Here's hoping for some clear skies :)

Looking for ideas on where to start? A telescope is not required. Check out some of the astrophotos from this forum and have a look here http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/QUICK.HTM or http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1.

Details of local astronomy events planned during the 2009 can be found at http://www.caithness.org/nightsky/A4%20IYA%20Event%20Flyer%20for%20Web.pdf

[Mystical Potato Head]

Could you explain the clear skies bit to me Astroman,i cant seem to remember what they actually look like.:lol:

[astroman]

Could you explain the clear skies bit to me Astroman,i cant seem to remember what they actually look like.:lol:

I know what you mean :~(.

Unfortunately we couldn't make the closing date years in the future to ensure at least a few clear evenings would have occurred :lol:.

[astroman]

A reminder that the closing date for entries for this competition is Friday 29th May, so there's no time to waste - get your entries in quick.

From what I've seen over recent months there are plenty of good astrophotos out there worthy of entry, so why submit them. You never know - you might win a prize.

http://www.caithness.org/posterads2009/astrophotography.jpg

[tjc]

Mmm...

I only have about two astropics lol (the startrails ones I took) and sadly I`m seriously short of time atm... that`s why I`ve not been on for a wee while and why I`ve not picked up the camera in about 3 weeks! :roll:

Interesting though. I`m sure one of you guys have plenty shots you could enter though... :)

[astroman]

Mmm...

I only have about two astropics lol (the startrails ones I took) and sadly I`m seriously short of time atm... that`s why I`ve not been on for a wee while and why I`ve not picked up the camera in about 3 weeks! :roll:

Interesting though. I`m sure one of you guys have plenty shots you could enter though... :)

I'm involved in organising the competition and the judging, so none of my pics will be entered.

Your star trails pics were very good tjc. I look forward to seeing future astropics when you get the chance.

[tjc]

I'm involved in organising the competition and the judging, so none of my pics will be entered.

Your star trails pics were very good tjc. I look forward to seeing future astropics when you get the chance.

Cheers astroman.

For first attempts I was quite pleased with them. I`ll be trying again for sure so maybe the next time you have a comp on the go I`ll be in a better position to enter one or two... :)