The MAS Astro Photo Competition is run every year. The winner's (and runner up's) images will be posed on this page, along with any additional information provided by the member as part of their entry.
Entries for the 2025 Competition are now open.
NOTE. The Competition is open to members only, for images taken on their own equipment during the current competition year. All photos must feature an extra-terrestrial subject :-) Further details available on joining (and in the Members (login) section).
Maidenhead Astronomical Society photo competition 2025
Send entries to :- mas.photocomp@gmail.com
Categories :- 1. Moon 2. Sun 3. Planets / Solar System (including Comets, Asteroids, Meteors etc) 4. Deep Sky 5. 'Art image' (any object with sky or astral object in view. This must be a single frame image and not a composite or edited image)
The winner in each category will be short-listed for the Susan Flinders Memorial Award as 'Overall Winner' to be voted on by the members present at the Quiz Night meeting in December 2025 and awarded during that meeting.
Judging The Photographic Competition judged by an independent expert chosen by the Committee (eg Associate of the Royal Photographic Society etc).
Rules 1) The image must have been taken by a full member of MAS 2) Each image should be given a description (name, date, where it was taken and what equipment was used e.g. digital camera, scope, mobile phone etc.) in the body of the email (see 4) 3) Images must have been taken between November 2023 and November 2024 4) The image should be submitted as a jpeg or PNG no larger than 5 MB to photo2024@maidenhead-astro.net. Entries will not be accepted in any other medium or to any other email address. At a minimum please name the file as category, image title and your name (for example '1-Lunar-eclipse-Andy-N-Other.jpg') NOTE - the spam filters only accept emails from a members registered eMail address. To update your eMail address, Contact the Chair or WebAdmin 5) A maximum of 3 images per category per member 6) The images remain the property/copyright of the entrant 7) The winning images will be posted to the MAS website (at reduced resolution). The WebAdmin reserves the right to enhance contrast, brightness and re-crop to enhance appearance and fit to the format of the web page. The original aspect ratio (portrait, square, landscape) will be preserved (if possible). A watermark will (only) be added on request.
All rights reserved, all photos Copyright individual members of MAS
(-) 4 Jan 2026 2025 Photo Competition Winners - (all categories)
Note. Judging of the 24-25 photo competition was held over from the December 25 meeting to the January '26 meeting.
Winner, Sun Category - David M, Partial Eclipse
(right) Runner Up, Sun Category - Adrian D, Sun spot AR4078.
Winner, Solar System Category - Peter P, Comet Lennon
voted overall Winner of 2024 and the Susan Flinders Trophy (right) Runner Up, Solar System - David M, Atlas Rocket launch.
Winner, Moon Category - Tony T, Lunar eclipse passage Henley 7-Sept 2025.
(right) Runner Up, Moon Category - Peter P, Mare Crisium.
Winner, Deep Sky - Adrian D, M27 Dumbell nebula
(right) Runner Up, Deep Sky - Adrian D, NGC6960 Veil Nebula.
Winner, Art Category - Jo K, reflection on beach
(right) Runner Up, Art Category - David M, Fly me to the Moon.Note that the 2026 Competition is open, images must be taken after Saturday 8th November 2025 (end date tba, likely end after our November meeting 2026)
This note last modified: 11th Jan 2026 17:06.