After running the IceInSpace Calendar Competition during May and June, over 250 images were submitted and after over 950 votes by the extended IceInSpace Community, the winning images have now been chosen by you! 

The following images make up your IceInSpace Astronomy Calendar 2013!

Winner and Cover Image

Rising Tide by Greg Gibbs (obsidianphotos)

Greg receives $250 cash, as well as 10 IceInSpace Astronomy Calendars, 5 IceInSpace Eclipse Glasses and 10 IceInSpace Stickers.

Category Winners

Each category winner will be displayed as a month in the calendar, and will all receive 10 IceInSpace Astronomy Calendars, 5 IceInSpace Eclipse Glasses and 10 IceInSpace Stickers each.

Aurora

Dreaming of Iceland by Gunther Egger (slt), with 75.64% of the vote.

Runners Up:

Aurora over Spruce by Phil Hart (10.81%)	Annie Lake Aurora by Phil Hart (8.26%)	Aurora Australia by Southern 40 (5.30%)

Comets

Lovejoy Swamp Reflections by Wayne England (Adelastro1), with 50.05% of the vote.

Runners Up:

Lovejoy over Riveland SA  by Grant Schwartzkopff (18.76%)	Lovejoy Riverland Silhouette by Grant Schwartzkopff (16.82%)	Lovejoy Twilight by John Goldsmith (7.75%)	Lovejoy  by John Lafferty (6.63%)

Galaxy

Spiral M81 by Martin Pugh (Martin Pugh), with 50.46% of the vote.

Runners Up:

Centaurus A  by Mike Sidonio (27.01%)	M83 Southern Pinwheel by Mike Sidonio (10.40%)	LMC by Marco Lorenzi (7.85%)	NGC300 by Rich Bowden (4.28%)

Globular Clusters

Globular Cluster M13 by Martin Pugh (Martin Pugh), with 42.61% of the vote.

Runners Up:

Nearest Globular M4  by Rolf Olsen (28.24%)	Colours of Omega by Rolf Olsen (14.78%)	Omega Centauri by Mike Sidonio(14.37%)

Landscape Astrophotography

Rising Tide by Greg Gibbs (obsidianphotos), with 56.47% of the vote.

Runners Up:

Moon and Mercury over Brisbane by Stephen Mudge (15.80%)	Ancient Skies by Colin Legg (12.44%)	Trilogy plus one by Craig Danvers (8.56%)	Planet Conjunction by Humayun Qureshi (6.73%)

Milky Way

Scorpius and Rho Ophiuchi by Dave Liu (naskies), with 34.25% of the vote.

Runners Up:

Emu and Milky Way by Roger Groom (20.29%)	Island Reflections by Colin Legg (17.23%)	Spattered Milky Way by Craig Danvers (15.49%)	To the Centre by Craig Danvers (12.74%)

Moon

Moon, Jupiter and Moons by Dennis Simmons (Dennis), with 49.75% of the vote.

Runners Up:

Easter Full Moon Rising by Stephen Mudge (17.84%)	Moon Pair by Dennis Simmons (13.56%)	First Quarter Moon by Dennis Simmons (11.21%)	Waxing Moon by Erik Monteith (7.65%)

Nebula

Rosette Nebula by Mike Sidonio (strongmanmike), with 30.00% of the vote.

Runners Up:

Nebula IC1805 by Martin Pugh (29.32%)	Horsehead Nebula by Leonardo Orazi (18.14%)	Orion Nebula by David Hough (15.29%)	Eta Carinae by Humayun Qureshi (7.24%)

Starry Nebulas

Pleiades M45 by Phil Hart (philiphart), with 48.73% of the vote.

Runners Up:

IC2944 by Rich Bowden (20.80%)	Corona Australis by Paul Haese (11.42%)	Lagoon and Trifid by Martin Pugh (10.30%)	Trifid Region by Marco Lorenzi (8.77%)

Planets

Planets and Moon to Scale by Tom Harradine (von Tom), with 31.19% of the vote.

Runners Up:

Planets to Scale by Ray Johnson (28.13%)	Jupiter, Io and Ganymede by Tom Harradine (23.24%)	Mars 2012 by Paul Haese (12.84%)	Saturn Dragon Storm by Paul Haese (4.59%)

Sun

Magnificent Sol by Paul Haese (Paul Haese), with 71.76% of the vote.

Runners Up:

Towards Solar Max by Peter Ward (21.81%)	Sun in Red and White by Al Sheehan (6.42%)

Star Trails

Lake Moongerah Star Trails by Dave Liu (naskies), with 28.75% of the vote.

Runners Up:

Lake Wivenhoe by Stephen Mudge (26.91%)	Pinnacles by John Goldsmith (26.10%)	Nimons Bridge by Phil Hart (9.89%)	Lake Dunnottar by Phil Hart (8.36%)

Solar Eclipse

Annular Eclipse over Texas by Bob Adams (AdamsBob), with 69.52% of the vote.

Runners Up:

Annular Eclipse Setting by Jayden Newstead (14.37%)	Solar Crescent by Jayden Newstead (9.79%)	Waxing Crescent Sun by Jayden Newstead (6.32%)

Congrats to all winners and thanks to the IceInSpace Community for your part in making this competition a success.

The next thing you all have to do, is buy plenty of calendars!

The 2013 calendar has some bonus pull-out resources including 2 posters featuring ALL of the finalist images, as well as a Moon Map, Star Chart, Planet Rise/Set Times and more.

The IceInSpace Astronomy Calendar 2013 will be available for sale in early August from the IceInSpace Shop.

Many thanks to David at Astrovisuals for teaming up with me and helping me to make this idea become a reality!

We'll likely run this competition again for the 2014 calendar, so keep your eye out around April/May 2013 for announcements of how and where to submit your images.