Astrophiles, today is your lucky day: We have a collection of beautiful winning photos from the annual David Malin Awards.
Each year thousands of talented photographers send their best astronomical images in to be judged by renowned astrophotographer Dr David Malin. This year there was stiff competition with so many outstanding entries! But we’ll linger no longer, here are your 2018 David Malin Award winners:

The overall winner and Nightscapes category winner this year was Luke Tscharke for his superb image of the “Crescent Moon at Lake Oberon”.

“Old Wagon and Neon Lights” by Ian Inverarity won the theme category which was “Revealing the Colours of the Stars”

“E lucevan le stelle” by Peter Ward won the Deep Sky category

“Barrenjoey Milky Way Arch” by Tom Elliott won the Wide-Field category

“Colours of Serenity and Tranquillity” by Stefan Buda won the Solar System category
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Dual winner for Aesthetic Animations: “Cape Bruny Nights” by James Stone
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Dual winner for Aesthetic Animations: “Yukon Aurora” by Phil Hart
Want to see shooting stars up close?
All the winning and finalist entries will be on display over the next year at our Parkes radio telescope visitors centre.
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17th June 2021 at 10:38 pm
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28th July 2019 at 3:19 am
Hey Eliza, good article. I’m trying to get a better understanding of how to take good shots of stars. I recently picked up a used Nikon D7200. I have only the body at this point. I was reading https://www.photographytalk.com/astrophotography-tips-for-beginners, then your article. Trying to get a better understanding on what’s a good lens to pick up next. Then on one of the recent articles I was reading, I saw something about the 500 rule, then another article mentioned 600, THEN (rolling eyes) another said these rules don’t matter for newer cameras. Would a my Nikon D7200 count? Thanks for your help and this article.
28th April 2019 at 8:04 pm
Wow – fantastic photography!