2023 Competition

MaccAstro Trophy Competitions 2023

There are five trophies in the competition to encourage and reward more members. The top three in each category were as follows:

Ivor Townshend Lunar Trophy

  • 1st Place: John Tipping with Ptolemaeus and Straight Wall area
  • 2nd Place: Ian Morison with 8 day old Moon
  • 3rd Place: John Tipping with Hadley Rille
Willcox Wide Sky Trophy
  • 1st Place: Paul Smith with Noctilucent Clouds-AxeEdge                             
  • Joint 2nd Place: Ian Morison with Scilly Isles Summer Solstice Sunset
  • Joint 2nd Place: Ian Morison with Kerry Milky Way
An image of noctilucent clouds over Axe Edge taken by Paul Smith

MaccAstro Creative Trophy:

  • 1st Place: Paul Smith with a Clanger
  • 2nd Place: Steve Warbis with a model of Clavius Crater-liquid latex & acrylic
  • Tied 3rd Place: Richard Newstead with Pencil and Pen sketches
  • Tied 3rd Place: Steve Warbis with Lunar Crater Clavius sketch
A picture of a Clanger made by Paul Smith

MaccAstro Deep Sky Trophy

  • 1st Place: Paul Brierley with Horse-and-Flame
  • 2nd Place: Richard Archer with Centre of the Rosette Nebula
  • Tied 3rd Place:  Mike Tyrrel with The changing face of Venus
  • Tied 3rd Place:  Alan Griffiths with Elephant’s Trunk Nebula
An image of the horse and flame nebula by Paul Brierley.

MaccAstro Chairman’s Trophy

  • Paul Smith with Aurora – Coral Beach

Aurora - Coral Beach by Paul Smith

Well done to all the winners and also to everyone who entered.