Earlier this evening, the winners of this year’s CWAS “David Malin Awards” were announced at a special presentation at the CSIRO Parkes Radio Observatory. A web site of the awards featuring pictures of the evening, will be prepared and posted in the coming days.
For the first time ever, we had joint overall winners. Congratulations to Phil Hart and Peter Ward. Their entries were of such outstanding quality, each in its own genre, that David was not able to split them.
Overall Winners:
This year we had two joint overall winners – the first time ever. They are:
“The Moon in Motion” – Phil Hart (Animations)
Citation: “A beautifully made series of sequences of the 2017 USA solar eclipse, set to suitably mysterious music. This is by far the finest video we have had submitted in the history of this competition, and the processing and presentation completely embraces both aesthetic and scientific realms with aplomb.”
“Stellar Cauldron” – Peter Ward (Deep Sky)
Citation: “This is a vivid and astonishing rendition of the well-known Orion nebula. While it's the vivid red of the ionized hydrogen that catches the eye, the picture also reveals the subtle texture and shading of the dusty regions around and within it. This is one of the finest images of this object that I have ever seen.”
Photo Editor’s Choice:
The winner of the Photo Editor’s Choice was:
“Moonbow Magic” – Luke Tscharke (Nightscapes)
The winning images by category are:
Note:
HM = Honorable Mention
HC = Highly Commended
JUNIOR
Winner: “How small it makes me feel” – Austin Turpin
HM: “Odin's Eye” – Jarrod Koh
HM: “Svalbard Illumination” – Alex van Harmelen
HM: “ltsi Mountains Aurora” – Phil Hart
HM: “Galactic Ghost” – Benjamin Alldridge
HM: “Moonrise in the Snowy Mountains” – Jan Breckwoldt
HC: “Branched Aurora” – Luke Tscharke
HC: “Lake Pamamaroo Star Trails” – Troy Casswell
HC: “Moonnbow Magic” – Luke Tscharke
HC: “Blue Lake” – Garry McDougall
HC: “Twilight Reflections” – Mark Polsen
HC: “No Roof Over My Head” – Jay Evans
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DEEP SKY
Winner: (and joint overall winner) “Stellar Cauldron” – Peter Ward
HM: “Eta Carina Nebula (NGC 3372)” – Peter Rejto
HM: “The Amazing Sombrero Galaxy” – Andrew Campbell
HM: “Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex” – Matthew Hudson
HM: “Thor's Helmet” – Andrew Campbell
HM: “The Jewels in Orion's Sword” – William Vrbasso
HC: “The Blue Angel” – William Vrbasso
HC: “Clouds of doubt” – Peter Ward
HC: “Flying Nebulas in the LMC” – Andrew Campbell
HC: “Ruby Galaxy” – Peter Ward
HC: “The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy” – Lee Borsboom
HC: “Large Magellanic Cloud Nebula LH120-No70” – Greg Bradley
HC: “Carina Nebula RGB data” – Diego Colonnello
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WIDE FIELD
Winner: “The Scorpion's Tail” – Troy Casswell
HM: “Argo Navis” – Peter Ward
HM: “The Witch Head Nebula in Eridanus” – Ross Giakoumatos
HM: “Magellanic Cloud Structures” – Troy Casswell
HM: “Jupiter Rides the Scorpion” – Troy Casswell
HC: “Andromeda Galaxy M31” – Ross Giakoumatos
HC: “The Dark Doodad Neighbourhood” – Ross Giakoumatos
HC: “Large Magellanic Cloud – HaLRGB” – Jarrod Koh
HC: “Scorpius” – Jarrod Koh
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THEME "Memories of Apollo"
Winner: “Lunar Generations” – Neil Creek
HM: “Earth, Moon and Mars” – Peter Patonai
HM: “Supermoon behind Opera House” – Matthew Hudson
HM: “Moon over Nobby's lighthouse” – Matthew Hudson
HM: “Tribute to Apollo 11” – Stephen Mudge
HC: “Moonrise over Nobby's” –Matthew Hudson
HC: “Montage of A Lunar Eclipse” – Jarrod Koh
HC: “Our Connection with the Heavens & Apollo 11” – Noeleen Lowndes
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SOLAR
Winner: “Colourful Apennines” – Eddie Trimarchi
HM: “Touch The Sky – Trent McDougall
HM: “Streamers” – Phil Hart
HM: “Colourful Waning Gibbous Moon” – Eddie Trimarchi
HC: “Into the Shadow” – Peter Ward
HC: “The Christmas Comet of 2018” – Ross Giakoumatos
HC: “Peekaboo Moon” – Andy Casely
HC: “Oblate” – Paul Haese
Deep: “Flying Nebulas in the LMC” – Andrew Campbell
Junior: “How small it makes me feel” – Austin Turpin
Night: overall winner! – “Moonbow Magic” – Luke Tscharke
Solar: “Colourful Waning Gibbous Moon” – Eddie Trimarchi
Theme: “Moonrise over Nobby's Lighthouse” – Matthew Hudson
Wide: “Andromeda Galaxy M31” – Ross Giakoumatos
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John M. Sarkissian OAM
Operations Scientist
ATNF Parkes Radio Observatory
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science
Earlier this evening, the winners of this year’s CWAS “David Malin Awards” were announced at a special presentation at the CSIRO Parkes Radio Observatory. A web site of the awards featuring pictures of the evening, will be prepared and posted in the coming days.
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John M. Sarkissian OAM
Operations Scientist
ATNF Parkes Radio Observatory
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science
Congratulations to the winners. Well deserved. I went out to the dish and saw the display. Beautifully printed and presented and a great opportunity to see printed images of such high quality.
I always thought Peters Orion image was a winner ... he certainly deserved to win with one of the best images ever...well done Peter ... you had better hurry up and complete your book.
Alex
I always thought Peters Orion image was a winner ... he certainly deserved to win with one of the best images ever...well done Peter ... you had better hurry up and complete your book.
Alex
During the awards night David started with the HST image of M42, which he noted had decidedly higher resolution, but also due to a mix of instruments to capture the data, has inaccurate colours.
As a result I did one of my "roll-overs" on the linked page above....BTW the HST data is down-sampled massively, and really does have many amazing details that my data only hints at.
Thanks to John Sarkissian, all of CWAS, David Malin and Canon for putting on and supporting the event again, and making it a big one for the public this year. Great recognition for the role of The Dish and the Australian Radio Astronomy community in the events of 50 years ago. My partner and I watched the movie in parallel at home on Saturday night - hope everyone there enjoyed it!
My apologies to the organisers that I could not be there. Great to see Luke there to collect his prize for last year - I'll make sure not to engage in any risky sporting activities in three months before July 2020!
Thanks to John Sarkissian, all of CWAS, David Malin and Canon for putting on and supporting the event again, and making it a big one for the public this year. Great recognition for the role of The Dish and the Australian Radio Astronomy community in the events of 50 years ago. My partner and I watched the movie in parallel at home on Saturday night - hope everyone there enjoyed it!
My apologies to the organisers that I could not be there. Great to see Luke there to collect his prize for last year - I'll make sure not to engage in any risky sporting activities in three months before July 2020!
Phil
Congratulations Phil (& of course Peter who I congratulated in person already). Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Yes it was a great event this year - thanks to John, David and of course the whole CSIRO team & the volunteers who put on a fabulous weekend.
I only stayed on for the Saturday unfortunately, but it was great to see thousands of visitors all enthusiastic about science.
During the awards night David started with the HST image of M42, which he noted had decidedly higher resolution, but also due to a mix of instruments to capture the data, has inaccurate colours.
As a result I did one of my "roll-overs" on the linked page above....BTW the HST data is down-sampled massively, and really does have many amazing details that my data only hints at.
I cannot take my eyes off this stunning image of M42, Peter. Congrats on your well-deserved award for this visual masterpiece. Simply awesome.
I cannot take my eyes off this stunning image of M42, Peter. Congrats on your well-deserved award for this visual masterpiece. Simply awesome.
Richard
Very kind of you, but it needs to be said once more that the overall prize was given to myself and Phil Hart. While a little hard to play in a newspaper, his eclipse timelapse is superb.