In celebration of the 20th anniversary of our Photo of the Week contest, SkyNews is buying time on the RASC Robotic Telescope, using it to gather amazing data and sharing it with our readers for free.

Each month, we will release data packages for one deep-sky object. Process the data, send it back to us and you’ll be entered into our astrophoto editing contest for the month. Our judges will choose the image that wins a SkyNews prize pack, including access to RASC Robotic Telescope data for the year.

Contest basics and prizes

1. Download the SkyNews astroimage editing contest data for the month you’d like to enter. As long as the contest is running, you can find the current month’s data here.
2. Edit the data.
3. Enter your image into the contest using this form below.
4. A team of judges will choose the best submission and SkyNews will publish the winning image.

One entry per person. There are no entry fees. This contest is open to residents of Canada only.

Each month’s winning image editor will receive: access to RASC Robotic Telescope data for the year, a one-year gift subscription to SkyNews (to use or to give to a friend), a SkyNews folding chair, a SkyNews backpack and a SkyNews red light keychain. The value of the prize pack is about $200.