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Welcome to the CWAS “David Malin Awards” competition site

This competition is conducted by the Central West Astronomical Society.

There are several categories:

Wide-field (camera shots)
Deep Sky (telescope shots)
Solar System
Nightscapes
Animated Sequences
Smartphone Astrophotography
Open Themed Section – “Working with light in the night”

Plus a Junior Section for photographers 18 years old or younger which is an open category (can be any type of instrument or astronomical subject).

Please read the details using the grey buttons on the right side of this page.

Entries close on Monday, 1st July 2024, 23:59 (AEST).

Competition now concluded - The 2024 CWAS David Malin Awards

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Results for competitions in The 2024 CWAS David Malin Awards

There were 33 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

To request a copy of your results you will be asked to sign in with the email address you entered this competition with. A link to generate award certificates is available in the e

The Rainbow Prawn Lachlan Wilson – First Place Junior (18 or younger) Open	Skógafoss Disco Alex van Harmelen – First Place Nightscapes
Detachment Andy Casely – First Place Solar System	Smartphone Rho Ophiuchi Kelvin Hennessy – First Place Smartphone Astrophotography
The Region around Rho Ophiuchi Jarrod Koh – First Place Wide-field (camera shots)	The Cosmic Bat Nebula – LDN 43 Jarrod Koh – First Place Deep Sky (telescope shots)
Kaleidoscope Ed Hurst – First Place Open Themed Section – Light in the Night	Big Things are Afoot Paul Montague – Honourable Mention Deep Sky (telescope shots)
Aurora falls above the Falls Alex van Harmelen – Honourable Mention Nightscapes	Gibson Steps Southern Lights Baillie Farley – Honourable Mention Nightscapes
Natures own light show Baillie Farley – Honourable Mention Open Themed Section – Light in the Night	Aristarchus Plateau Stefan Buda – Honourable Mention Solar System
Large Magellanic Cloud – RGBHa Rodney Watters – Honourable Mention Wide-field (camera shots)	Tethys disappearing Andy Casely – Honourable Mention Solar System
NGC6729 Anne-Maree McComb – Honourable Mention Deep Sky (telescope shots)	Andromeda Galaxy Michelle Bennett – Honourable Mention Deep Sky (telescope shots)
The All Night Lights Will Hudson – Honourable Mention Open Themed Section – Light in the Night	Half & Half Dennis Mellican – Honourable Mention Solar System
IC2944 Region and Supernova Remnant Andy Campbell – Honourable Mention Deep Sky (telescope shots)	Boogeyman to Orion Kelvin Hennessy – Honourable Mention Wide-field (camera shots)
C/2020 V2 (ZFT) nearing NCG 300 Jarrod Koh – Honourable Mention Solar System	Archway Glow Luke Tscharke – Honourable Mention Open Themed Section – Light in the Night
Gabriella Mistral Nebula Lachlan Wilson – Highly Commended Junior (18 or younger) Open	Cosmic Reef Steeve Body – Highly Commended Deep Sky (telescope shots)
The old school bus Baillie Farley – Highly Commended Nightscapes	Theta Muscae Supernova Remnant Andy Campbell – Highly Commended Deep Sky (telescope shots)
The Monoceros Molecular Cloud Jarrod Koh – Highly Commended Wide-field (camera shots)	What is the Question? Jarrod Koh – Highly Commended Wide-field (camera shots)
Comet 12P Pons Brooks with anti-tai Niall MacNeill – Highly Commended Solar System	Tom Benjamin Alldridge – Highly Commended Smartphone Astrophotography
NGC 1097 & its linear star streams Niall MacNeill – Highly Commended Deep Sky (telescope shots)	Shai-Hulud devouring PGC 21338 Prasun Agrawal – Highly Commended Deep Sky (telescope shots)
Alien Invasion Ed Hurst – Highly Commended Open Themed Section – Light in the Night

Last Call

Entries close tonight at 23:59 (11:59pm)Est SHARP. So if you are going to upload TODAY is your last chance……Best wishes and good luck.

1st July entries close

Only a few days left to get your entries finalised and uploaded, remember no watermarks or identifying information in the shot.

Results for competitions in The 2023 CWAS David Malin Awards

There were 37 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

The Southern Crown Jarrod Koh – First Place Wide-field (camera shots)	The Dark Doodad and surrounds Geoff Healey – First Place Deep Sky (telescope shots)
Vallis Rheita Niall MacNeill – First Place Solar System	4.Rising Together Jong Lee – First Place Nightscapes
Rosette Nebula SHO Lachlan Wilson – First Place Junior (18 or younger) Open	Untitled Benjamin Alldridge – First Place Smartphone Astrophotography
The Colours of Scorpius Guy Walpole – Honourable Mention Wide-field (camera shots)	Dragon\’s Breath Jarrod Koh – Honourable Mention Wide-field (camera shots)
Milky Way DMA Troy Casswell – Honourable Mention Wide-field (camera shots)	Dark clouds of chameleon Stefan Nebl – Honourable Mention Deep Sky (telescope shots)
NGC253 Sculptor Galaxy Christian Gow – Honourable Mention Deep Sky (telescope shots)	Corona Australis Nebula in LRGB Jacob Heppell – Honourable Mention Deep Sky (telescope shots)
IC 2944 The Running Chicken Nebula Steeve Body – Honourable Mention Deep Sky (telescope shots)	Chamaeleon Molecular Cloud Anne-Maree McComb – Honourable Mention Deep Sky (telescope shots)
Stereoscopic Jupiter Stefan Buda – Honourable Mention Solar System	Dual Space Stations Transit the Sun Lucy Yunxi Hu – Honourable Mention Solar System
C/2022 E3 ZFT approaching Mars Jarrod Koh – Honourable Mention Solar System	Ethereal Skogafoss Jarrod Andrews – Honourable Mention Nightscapes
Cape Byron Lighthouse Moonrise Kelvin Hennessy – Honourable Mention Nightscapes	Aurora over Federation Peak Luke Tscharke – Honourable Mention Nightscapes
Broadband Christmas Tree Cluster Lachlan Wilson – Honourable Mention Junior (18 or younger) Open	6.Zodiacal Light under Miky Way Arc Jong Lee – Honourable Mention Open Themed Section – The Zodiac
Good Little Diver (iPhone) Benjamin Alldridge – Honourable Mention Smartphone Astrophotography	The Dust to the Core Guy Walpole – Highly Commended Wide-field (camera shots)
Eridanus Loop Rodney Watters – Highly Commended Wide-field (camera shots)	Ultra Wide Milky Way Kelvin Hennessy – Highly Commended Wide-field (camera shots)
The Cosmic Catwalk Jarrod Koh – Highly Commended Wide-field (camera shots)	Rho Ophiuchi Jarrod Koh – Highly Commended Wide-field (camera shots)
It’s Almost Christmas Paul Haese – Highly Commended Deep Sky (telescope shots)	SH2 308 – Dolphin Head Nebula Prasun Agrawal – Highly Commended Deep Sky (telescope shots)
When Galaxies Collide Jarrod Koh – Highly Commended Deep Sky (telescope shots)	Crater Gassendi in the Mare Humorum Niall MacNeill – Highly Commended Solar System
Mars Moon Occultation Shashank Dholakia – Highly Commended Solar System	In Awe Brighton Seeley – Highly Commended Nightscapes
Infinite Will Eades – Highly Commended Nightscapes	Mulligans Flat Imogen Stokes – Highly Commended Junior (18 or younger) Open
Untitled Benjamin Alldridge – Highly Commended Smartphone Astrophotography

Only 10 days till entries close

Only 10 days till the close of the 2023 David Malin awards. This year the upload window closes at 23:59 Wednesday the 31st of May. So now is the time to finish your processing and begin your uploads, it is a good idea to have a little time buffer before the deadline so any last minute glitches do not cause undue stress. If you have any difficulties please use the help button and contact us. Good luck, we look forward to your entries.

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