Great images.
Visible constraints.

Host your work, document the conditions behind it, and compete for awards that recognize skill across experience, equipment, light pollution, weather opportunity, and integration time.

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Blind rubric judgingPrivate site coordinatesNo pay-to-enter advantage

Bortle 7Urban acquisition award

$2,140 rigAccessible equipment band

3.2 hoursShort integration finalist

One imagecan qualify for multiple awards

100 pointsfrom a published judging rubric

0 coordinatesexposed from private home sites

5 dimensionsof acquisition opportunity

Featured work

More context than a like count.

Every image can carry structured acquisition history, equipment, site conditions, integration, processing disclosures, and eligible award classes.

Published community images will appear here.

Fairness without fake math

The image score stays pure. Constraints define recognition.

Judges score technical execution, processing, composition, signal recovery, and interpretation. Equipment and location never secretly multiply the score.

Blind judging

Entrant identity, follower counts, and profile history remain hidden while scores are submitted.

Constraint awards

Budget rig, rookie, urban, limited-opportunity, and short-integration awards sit beside the overall result.

Auditable decisions

Conflicts, assignments, rubric values, revisions, and administrative actions receive audit events.

Evidence for finalists

Original file samples, FITS headers, acquisition sessions, and processing disclosures can be privately verified.

Open and upcoming

Competitions built around opportunity.

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scheduled

AstroLeague First Light 2026

AstroLeague’s inaugural deep-sky competition recognizes excellent imaging across experience, equipment, urban-sky, and short-integration constraints without changing the image’s 100-point score.

Blind

rubric judging

Oct 7, 2026

deadline

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Great images.Visible constraints.