Key Dates for nPAE 2025 Astrophotography Competitions

Northern Hemisphere

Opens 1^st December 2024

Closes 28^th February 2025

Public Voting 14^th to 24^th  March 

Public Vote Winner 25^th March

Northern Hemisphere Winner and runners up 31^st March 2024

Southern Hemisphere

Opens 1^st June 2024

Closes 31^st August

Public Voting 12^th to 22^nd September

Public Vote Winner 23^rd September

Southern Hemisphere Winner and runners up 30^th September 2024

nPAE World Champion

nPAE 2024 World Champion Public Vote 17^th to 30^th October

nPAE 2024 World Champion Astrophotographer Winner announced 31^st October

Prizes

1st Prize: £ 200 (or your currency equivalent) cash.

2nd  Prize: £50 nPAE discount voucher.

3rd  Prize: nPAE Gift Pack (Large +Small torch + carbon fibre pen)

Public Vote: Bragging rights!

The competition is free to enter and open to all budding astro photographers and group entries are also welcome. Participants can enter a maximum of 2 photos and the images must be new, taken specifically for the competition.

Submit your entries by copying and pasting the following information into an email and send it to competition@npae.net

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Your name:

Your Country:

Title of your Astro photo:

Equipment used:

Imaging Target:

Digital processing methods employed (if any):

I confirm that the submitted image was taken specifically for the purpose of this competition.

*Delete as appropriate: I consent to nPAE sending me information about future nPAE products and services / I do not consent to nPAE sending me information about future nPAE products and services.

Full rules at this link: Rules

Please note: For the avoidance of doubt, all planets, the sun and moon can be entered into either hemisphere stage. Due to the geographic and celestial equator overlap it is possible to enter images taken in the North into the Southern competition and vice versa. Remote imaging – where the equipment and the user are in different locations – is allowed for the following 3 reasons. 1. The imbalance of population between the North and Southern Hemispheres. 2. That remote imaging is gaining in popularity and we want to include all persons. 3. A large part of the art of astrophotography is in the post processing not necessarily in the equipment. The Northern Hemisphere is that which lies to the North of the celestial equator and the Southern Hemisphere is that which lies to the South of the celestial equator.