The February 2024 Contest Winners

[Caterina Rocchetto]

Our judges, Adam Block, Alex Curry, Nik Szymanek and Mustafa Aydın, chose the winners of the February 2024 contests.

🏆 One-Click Observation Contest Winners 🏆

The One-Click Observation for the February 2024 Contest was the COMET 144P, obtained with CHI-1-CMOS in the LRGB filter set.

You can see and grab this One-Click Observation by clicking here.

Beginner Tier

COMET 144P by James Fordice
Prize: 25 credits

Comment from the judges: This month's one-click contest was a very challenging target; the comet C144P-Kushida. Our winners for the beginner and expert entries were James Fordice and Georg Nyman respectively. They isolated the comet well with great preservation of the brightness of the adjacent star while bringing great detail out from the comet itself. Georg was able to showcase some of the very feint galaxies that surround the comet's current position.

Expert Tier

COMET 144P by Georg Nyman
Prize: 50 credits

Comment from the judges: This month's one-click contest was a very challenging target; the comet C144P-Kushida. Our winners for the beginner and expert entries were James Fordice and Georg Nyman respectivley. They isolated the comet well with great preservation of the brightness of the adjacent star while bringing great detail out from the comet itself. Georg was able to showcase some of the very faint galaxies that surround the comet's current position.

🏆 Observation Bundle Contest Winners 🏆

The Observation Bundle for the February 2024 Contest was the NGC 3521 obtained with CHI-1-CMOS in the LRGB filter set. It contains 8 One-Click Observations corresponding to more than 8 hours of total exposure time.

You can see and grab this Observation Bundle by clicking here.

Beginner Tier

NGC 3521 by Walter Borghini
Prize: 75 credits

Comment from the judges: Walter Borghini is the winner of the bundle beginner contest with his great processing of NGC 3521. Walter managed to capture the outer dust clouds that surround the galaxy.

Expert Tier

NGC 3521 by Brandon Nance
Prize: 100 credits

Comment from the judges:  Our Bundle Expert winner is Brandon Nance with great sharpening, color work and attention to detail that makes this image of NGC 3521 stand out.

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Let’s give a round of applause to all the winners who will enjoy the honours and the prizes!

Would you like to find out about the March 2024 contests? Find out more here!