What is the AstroCamera competition?
In the first three years, only Poles took part in the competition, but from 2014, AstroCamera entered the international arena. The winners will receive cash prizes and specially designed sculptures created by local sculptor Tomasz Radziewicz. True to tradition, entries were expected in three categories again this year: deep sky objects, celestial bodies of the Solar System and astroscapes. The hundreds of images received were evaluated this year by a ten-member jury, whose members are: Magdalena Maszewska (astronomer, president of the jury), Krzysztof Czart (ESO), Piotr Gnacinski (University of Gdańsk), Bogdan Jarzyna (astrophotographer), Wojtek Korsak (Polish Association of Photographers), Maciej Mikolajewski (Urania), Bogna Pazderska (astronomer), Przemyslaw Rudz (Polish Space Agency – POLSA), Sebastian Soberski (Polish Astronomical Association – PTMA) and Magdalena Wiecek-Olszewska (astronomer, former jury president).
This year’s successes
On June 28, 2023, the results were made public. For the first time in the history of the competition, the work of a Hungarian astrophotographer could be on the top step of the podium. Majzik Lionel his comet photos won first place in the “Solar System Celestial Bodies” category. The jury already rated one of his shots with a third place last year, but now his five comet pictures were chosen as the best of the category as a kind of photo series.
Here are Lionel’s winning shots
Embraced by Nebulae (Photo: Majzik Lionel)
Celestial Dragonfly (Photo: Majzik Lionel)
Contrasting Comets (Photo: Majzik Lionel)
The Receding Comet (Photo: Majzik Lionel)
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and Mars (Photo: Majzik Lionel)
Péter Feltóti His astrophotos were also evaluated as a series of photos, and in the category “Deep objects” he finished in a tie for the III. place, thus repeating the result achieved by András Papp in 2019. Péter Feltóti’s three different images of interstellar dust and gas clouds and one galaxy photo were awarded in Gdansk.
Péter Feltóti’s award-winning pictures
Messier 63 (Photo: Péter Feltóti)
Rosette Nebula (Photo: Péter Feltóti)
IC 342 (Photo: Péter Feltóti)
Center of the Heart nebula (Photo: Péter Feltóti)
NGC 7822 (Photo: Péter Feltóti)
More Hungarian successes
The Hungarian successes were further broadened by the fact that in the category “Celestial Bodies of the Solar System”. Bright Lóránd his planetary photo received special praise from the jury.
Jupiter with Io (Photo: Lóránd Fényes)
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2023-07-15 17:45:00
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