SGL 2021 Challenge 3 - A galaxy far far away

[MartinB]

As expected, this has been a very popular challenge for SGL deep sky images.  The very high standard of entries has made the judging extremely difficult and there have been some painful decisions.  There are some wonderful images which could easily have been included in the top 3 and I can only apologise to those of you who have submitted extremely high calibre images which don't feature in the awards.  

So here are the judges top 3 -

1) Peter Goodhew NGC 4490, The Cocoon Galaxy

https://stargazerslounge.com/uploads/monthly_2021_06/Arp269.jpg.d577139b13e9be3a2ad789e09ca5642f.jpg

2) AbsolutelyN M106 and surrounding galaxies

https://stargazerslounge.com/uploads/monthly_2021_04/M106-S.jpg.ca26b33bb660fb3ba6cf0c4e968bc6aa.jpg

3) Geeklee NGC 3718, 3729 and Hickson 56

https://stargazerslounge.com/uploads/monthly_2021_04/NGC3718-333x120s-1.png.9b2b850b25440446f6db3d8fddc7376c.png

Very well done to everyone who submitted entries.

[callisto]

Well done to everyone 👏

 

Mark

[tomato]

Congratulations to all, lots of diversity in the entries, and really stunning winning images.👍

[tooth_dr]

Well done to the winners!  Must try harder next time 😂

[DaveS]

Well done to the winners. Must raise my game.

[geeklee]

A very pleasant surprise coming across this today ☺️ Thanks Martin and the rest of the SGL team - an unenviable judging task for sure.  Such a wealth of excellent images, even picking a top 10 would be tough.

[wimvb]

Congratulations, winners! Well done.

[Whistlin Bob]

Well done everyone- fantastic images by the winners 👍

[MylesGibson]

Congrats to the winners, very well deserved! After going through the images, it must have been such a difficult decision! There sooo many good ones!

[gorann]

Yes, congratulations to you all! Peter's Cocoon is really amazing so a worthy winner!

[raf2020]

Great work guys, well done and congratulations! 

[Scooot]

Just seen the results, well done to everyone, fantastic images 😀