MSRAL 2024 ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
Astronomical League vice-president Chuck Allen will be conducting an astrophotography competition at this year’s MSRAL Convention. Winners will receive engraved medals bearing the MSRAL logo and accompanying certificates. Here are samples of the medals (ours will bear the MSRAL logo).
Competitions will be held in five categories as follows:
Deep Sky (>500 mm fl) excluding Solar System
Photo by Ann Chavtur
Solar System (>500 mm fl)
Photo by Mike Borman
Rich Field (201-500 mm fl)
Photo by Ann Chavtur
Wide Field (0-200 mm fl)
Photo by Terry Mann
Art/Sketching
Sketch by Cindy Krach
Images will be voted on by convention attendees using anonymous ballots distributed as people sign-in or register at the convention.
Please feel free to register and display your images and sketches starting on Friday morning when the convention begins so people have time to enjoy them. Instructions on registering your images and sketches will be conspicuously posted by 9 am on Friday.
- All entries must be displayed by 9 am on Saturday.
- Voting takes place from 9 am to 3 pm on Saturday.
Best of luck!
— Jon Larsen
President, Omaha Astronomical Society
Chair, 2024 MSRAL Convention