SkyNews – September 2019

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CATEGORY:Readers’ Choice Award

Prize:iOptron SkyGuider Pro

camera mount

ioptron.com

READERS’ CHOICE AWARD

We received a tremendous response from readers, and after the votes were counted, we had our

winner. This evocative composite photo was created by Tom Evans during a visit to Skitchine Lodge

in Bonaparte Provincial Park, northwest of Kamloops, British Columbia. He combined 17 images taken

over a three-hour period, beginning with a frame that included his brother-in-law Al (the fisherman),

snapped shortly after sunset. Once it was dark, Evans made nine tracked exposures of the Milky Way

(180 seconds each at ISO 800) and then recorded the horizon and lake with seven untracked shots

(20 seconds each at ISO 3200). He used a Canon EOS 6D DSLR camera and a Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L II

USM zoom lens (working at f/2.8) throughout the session.

This year was the best yet for amazing images from SkyNewsreaders.

If you think you’ve captured an award-worthy astrophoto, be sure to enter!

Please see page 36 for this year’s sponsors, rules and regulations.

ANNOUNCINGTHE 18th ANNUAL

SkyNews PHOTO of the

WEEK CONTEST!

PHOTO OF THE WEEK CONTEST