The BAA image galleries display members images in various categories.

Please see the Copyright page for information about usage of images submitted. 

Picture of the Week

The Picture of the Week is displayed on the front page of the website. To submit pictures for Picture of the Week please email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Sorry, due to the volume of images submitted there is not usualy an acknowledgement of receipt.

The selection criteria for picture of the week includes topicality, quality, whether the submitter is a Member, and unusual observations - in all cases the decision is with the picture editor. Where images of merit are not able to be used as picture of the week, the picture editor may place these in the other image galleries.

Image Galleries

Members who are registered on the website can upload images to the galleries, but require approval before they will be shown.

If there does not seem to be a suitable category, please contact the Website Manager (email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

Filenames

Please use the standard naming convention for image file names:

object_yyyymmdd_observer.img
or
object_yyyymmdd_hhmm_observer.img

object should be the designation, for example 17p for periodic comet 17P/Holmes, or m31 for Messier 31.

observer should be your surname, for example potter, you may also add an initial if you wish.

yyyymmdd is year month day and hhmm is hour and minute

img is the image format, gif, jpg etc.

Putting this together, example image file names might be

moon_20080604_tough.jpg
m1_20080811_holt.jpg

Image Sizes

Submitted images will be automatically resized to a maximum of 1024 pixels in the largest dimension, should the image be bigger than this.  To ensure the integrity of your image you may wish to resize your image prior to upload.

Image Descriptions

Full details about the image must be supplied in the description to include:

Date/time of observation:
Location:
Equipment used:
Exposure details:
Processing details:

Narrative description is also welcomed.