The 2025 photo competition is now open. Below are the current competition entries for each category. There have been 61 entries submitted so far. The winners will be chosen towards the end of December.

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The Moon

17 photo(s)

08/10/2025
Bethany Staples
The Moon
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra

08/10/2025
John Peggs
Moon Behind Clouds
Canon R5 - Canon 500mm - f11 - ISO 1250

07/10/2025
Hannah Kidman
Flying me to the Moon
Canon Powershot

07/10/2025
Damon Vincent
Bloodmoon over Spinnaker Tower
Nikon D300 sigma 70-300

07/09/2025
John Loizides
The Moon
UNISTELLAR EVSCOPE 2

27/08/2025
Mike Rose
Tower, this is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby
iPhone 13 using Ursa major 8 inch Dob

22/08/2025
Josh Wright
Lunar Southern Highlands
12" Skywatcher Goto Dobsonian, ASI662Mc, BST 2x Barlow

19/08/2025
James Burrill
The Moon
Altair 8 inch f4 Newtonian, Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 mount, Canon RP

18/08/2025
Helen Hughes
The New Moon
Seestar S50, iPhone 15

11/08/2025
Caroline Rielly
The Moon
Nikon Zii - Nikkor Z 180 - 600mm f5.6-6.3

08/08/2025
Jade Barber
The Moon
Samsung S25 Ultra

29/05/2025
Dean Whitby
The Moon
Canon R10. Tamron 150-600mm. 2x TC.

06/04/2025
Lorna Wall
The Moon, with an aeroplane flying in the sky
Fuji XT20, Fuji XF 70-300 with 1.4x teleconverter, f/13, ss 1/180, iso 320

01/03/2025
Yash Rochiramani
The Moon
Samsung A33 5g + 20x telephoto phone clipon lens

13/02/2025
Joao Yordanov Serralheiro
The Moon
Sony Alpha 7 III, Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS

07/02/2025
Andrew Morl
The Moon
Nikon D750, 1/160, ISO 100, RC14" Telescope

07/02/2025
Jonathan Ross
The Moon
Canon 1300D - Canon 18-55mm lens @35mm - f4.0 - ISO800

Nebula

13 photo(s)

15/10/2025
Barry Murphy
The North America and Pelican Nebula
Canon EOS 600D Tamron 300mm Lens F5.6 ISO 800 ASIAIR AZ GTI Mount

07/10/2025
Adam Gathercole
M27 Dumbell Nebula
Seestar S50

07/10/2025
Fred Wainwright
Horse Head Nebula
Seestar S30

07/10/2025
Russell Atkin
Western Veil Mosaic
Seestar 50

02/10/2025
Jonathan Penberthy
Cygnus Wall
ZWO ASI 585MC Pro (Gain: 252, Temp: -10C, 120s Exposure) L eNhance Filter, 0.8x reducer, Altair Astro Starwave 70ED

28/09/2025
Branislav Nadanyi
6 Stella Lyra
ZWO ASI 294 Pro

24/08/2025
Jade Warner
Pacman Nebula
Dwarf Lab 3

19/05/2025
Lee O’Driscoll
NGC7000 - North American Nebula
Touptek 2600mm, William Optics Star 71

23/04/2025
Athri Iyer
Rosette Nebula
Canon 1100d, f5 80mm - iso 1600

17/04/2025
Steven Healey
The Jellyfish Nebula
ZWO ASi2600MM

11/04/2025
Andrew Mackenzie
Soul Nebula
Dwarflab Dwarf 2 Telescope, Shutter speed: 10 secs, Gain 60, 100 photos stacked. Used Google photos to enhance image.

07/03/2025
Keir Bailey
Great Orion Nebula
ZWO Seestar s50

04/03/2025
Stephen Edwards
Tadpole Nebula
ASI 1600MM williams optics GT81

Free 4 All

5 photo(s)

10/10/2025
Andy Washington
Abandoned outback bus near full moon
Nikon Z6ii, Z20mm lens, F1.8, 8 sec exposures for 7 hrs at ISO 400

09/10/2025
Jayden Winson
The Andromeda Galaxy
ZWO ASI2600mc Pro, EQ6 Pro, 100 Gain 300s subs

07/10/2025
Gheorghe Astalus
Noctilucent Clouds
Nikon D3200

05/10/2025
Ewan Vellacott
NGC4725 In the constellation of Coma Berenices with NGC4712 (above) & NGC4747 (below).
Altair Ascent 102 ED Doublet & 0.8 Reducer, Altair Hypercam 183C Pro TEC (-10 Degrees, 398/25 Gain/Offset, 180s x 15 & 120s x 89 = 3Hs 43Min)

14/08/2025
Steve Jenkins
Midnight Tree
Nikon D850 - Nikkor 17-35mm f2.8. 25 secs f5.6 ISO 640

Clusters and Stars

4 photo(s)

15/10/2025
Damian Nash
The Milky Way
Samsung S24 Ultra

04/10/2025
Fernando Graca
The Pleiades
Touptek ATR2600C - Askar 71F 490mm - 7 hours exposure - Gain 100

24/09/2025
Dave Turley
Pleiades Star Cluster
ZWO 585mc Pro

28/08/2025
Frank Heritage
Star trails in the Perseid Meteor shower
GoPro Hero13 Black

The Sun

4 photo(s)

07/10/2025
Chris Harrison
The setting Sun
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra

24/09/2025
Danny Lee
A Bird of Sun and Shadow
Telescope: LuntLS50Tha, Camera: Player One Neptune-M

05/08/2025
Paul James
Sunspots AR4153 AR4157
Celestron 9.25" SCT - ASI294MC PRO Exposures 30.3070ms Gain 127 15% of 1000 frames processed

09/06/2025
Joravar Singh
Sun Spots Closeups
ZWO ASI662MC - Baader Solar Filter

Constellations

1 photo(s)

15/10/2025
Jayasree Kaimal
Ursa Major
iPhone 15

Aurora

2 photo(s)

24/04/2025
Jason Dean
Aurora over a forgotten farm trailer Lincolnshire UK.
Canon 6D samyang 24mm 1.4

13/04/2025
Mark Ainsley
Arctic Norway Aurora
Fuji X-T4 10-24mm

Comets and Meteors

1 photo(s)

17/08/2025
Hollie Roebuck
Perseids
iPhone 15 Pro Max

Planets

1 photo(s)

19/03/2025
Aston Smith
Jupiter and its Moons
Celestron NexStar 8SE with iPhone 13

The Milky Way

4 photo(s)

07/10/2025
Caroline Eglinton
The Milky Way
iPhone 15 Pro Max

07/10/2025
Billy-Jo Brison
The Milky Way over the English Channel
Sony A7III - 20mm f1.8 - 10' - ISO 1600 - Stacked

07/10/2025
Lincoln West
The Milky Way
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and a Amazon bought tripod

10/02/2025
Oliver Griffiths
The Milky Way
Canon EOS 400D

Smart Phones Only

9 photo(s)

28/09/2025
Leon Edwards
Moonlight through drifting clouds over Hertford
Samsung Galaxy A55

19/08/2025
Adam Lawrence
Milky Way with Shooting Star
iPhone 15 Pro Max

15/08/2025
Sebastian Beard
The Sky
iPhone 16

01/06/2025
Harriet Lam
Mirror
Sony

31/05/2025
Lucinda Ball
The Milky Way
iPhone 13 Pro Max

17/04/2025
Archie Hopes
Stars
iPhone 12 Pro

24/03/2025
Paulious Butlinski
The Plough and SpaceX
Sony Flip Phone

23/02/2025
Subhan Shah
The Moon
iPhone 15

10/02/2025
Kevin Bristow
Waxing crescent moon from Sloane Square, London with light pollution
Google Pixel 7

International Space Station (ISS)

0 photo(s)