"Melbourne Moon" by Phil Hart, winner of the Solar System (Wide-Field) category and Overall Winner. Image: Phil Hart
This image won the David Malin Award, a prestigious astrophotography contest organised by the Central West Astronomical Society. Astrophotographer David Malin declared “Melbourne Moon” the overall winner. Photographer Phil Hart captured this image on November 12, 2011, using a 300 mm lens and 1.4x teleconverter.
Peter Ward’s “King of Pain,” which captures the Transit of Venus of June 6, 2012, also won in the Solar System-Hires category. Ward used an Astro-Physics AP130 refractor telescope, a Coronado H-alpha filter and Skynyx 2-2 camera to create this fantastic image that combines 1,500 frames.
High-resolution view of Venus against the Sun in Hydrogen Alpha light. Image: Peter Ward
The exhibition Winning Sky: David Malin Awards 2010 will be at Sydney Observatory in the Rocks from August 17 until October 29, 2012.
Phil Hart
August 8, 2012
thanks for the post. it was a buzz to win the David Malin award this year. i’ve put up a post with some more details about the image here:
http://philhart.com/content/melbourne-moon-2012-david-malin-awards
Phil