An image featuring Venus and the Earth's moon mirrored in a lake has won the the national 2020 Central West Astronomical Society's David Malin Award.
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Victorian-based photographer Mark Polsen was named this year's overall award winner.
"Mark Polsen's Tranquillity Base has it all — perfect setting under a beautiful sky, with the moon and Venus peeping through the trees," David Malin wrote in his citations.
Mr Polsen said he was honoured to win amongst the high level of imagery submitted by fellow photographers from all over Australia.
"I just love everyone's work," he said.
This year the winners of the coveted astrophotography competition, held as part of the annual Astrofest event in Parkes, were announced online.
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First woman to win category
Graphic designer Belinda Wickens, of Melbourne, won the Aesthetic Animation category for her time lapse, which featured the aurora borealis, as viewed from the Northwest Territories of Canada.
Ms Wicken, who took up astrophotography five years ago, said she was surprised to be the first woman to win a category in the competition's 16-year history.
"There are quite a few women in the industry," she said.
Ms Wicken said her two-minute video, made up from more than 800 photographs stitched together, was shot over a period of seven hours in one night in challenging conditions.
"To get to where the [northern] lights are it's usually very cold," she said.
"So I'm generally standing outside in temperatures of minus 10, minus 20 [degrees Celsius]."
More than 250 entries were submitted to the competition this year, which was more than the long-term average, John Sarkissian of the Central West Astronomical Society said.
"Considering all that has occurred this year with the COVID-19 contagion, it's actually a fantastic result," Dr Sarkissian said.
"The images over the years are getting better and better, not just because the technology is improved, but people's skills have been polished up.
"Astronomy is the science which is accessible to everyone.
A print exhibition will open at the CSIRO Parkes Observatory Visitors Centre later in the year if COVID-19 restrictions ease, Dr Sarkissian said.
The full list of winning photographs can be viewed at the Central West Astronomical Society's website.
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