Telescope and Binocular World

🎉... and just like that it's Astrofest 2024 Exhibition entry time! Entries now open: https://www.icrar.org/astrophoto2024/

There's a bunch of changes this year. Here's a few brief points:
- 5 max entries per person down from 10
- 4 weeks (almost) entry period
- 🏆new award: Best Under-15 Photo
- 🏆new award: Best Night Sky Friendly Lighting Photo
- Suzanne Jones has joined the judging team
- Re-organising of awards to consolidate them

There will not be an Astrofest in 2025, so, I'm going to be reinvigorating and pushing regional tours of this exhibition harder than usual in 2025. If you want your photo(s) travelling the state for two years, get onboard and let's show WA how awesome our night skies are!

There's of course a bunch of awesome prizes which we'll talk more about over the coming month. Follow at https://www.facebook.com/AstronomyWA to keep up with the posts. Also there is the event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/940008817878395

For all the exhibition information including our awesome sponsors (more posts to come re them!) check out the page at https://www.astronomywa.net.au/astrofest-astrophotograpahy-competition.html

Please share it around. Entries close 18th August 2024.

RIP Space Gandalf, Greg Quicke, now up with the stars that he loved.

Well done Wes

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Some great shots from John as usual