The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced its Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners.
If you look at the sky ( and more specifically , at the night sky ) with a naked eye , fortune are you ’ll already think it ’s beautiful . Now , ideate look at it through a scope — pretty all-fired gorgeous , you ’ll agree . But rent ’s elevate the experience even more , shall we ?
The Royal Observatory Greenwich just announced the winners of its prestigious Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards , and yes , you opine it — we have some stunning winning photos to divvy up with you . The overall winners of this yr are Marcel Drechsler , Xavier Strottner , and Yann Sainty for their photograph titledAndromeda , Unexpected , which not only is , harmonize to the Book of Judges , beautiful , but it also captures an of import discovery .
The photograph , which is a walkover of the Andromeda Galaxy ( the tight voluted galaxy to our very own Milky Way ) , beam light on a pretty big plasma arc sitting the right way next to it . harmonize to scientists , ascertain such a tumid structurethatclose to a wandflower is very surprising , and this has lead to a multinational scientific collaboration to further investigate the phenomenon .
Skyscapes Runner-Up—“Celestial Equator Above First World War Trench Memorial”|Photo by Louis Leroux-Gere, courtesy of Royal Observatory Greenwich
" This astrophoto is as spectacular as [ it is ] valuable , " László Francsics , evaluator and astrophotographer , said in a statement share with Thrillist . " It not only presents Andromeda in a Modern way , but also raise the quality of astrophotography to a in high spirits horizontal surface . "
Very worthy of mention are also the winner of the Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year honour . Runwei Xu and Binyu Wang ( who are just 14 class old , by the agency ! ) bring home the claim thanks to their photo namedThe run Chicken Nebula , which was depict as a " strikingly beautiful icon " by judge Yuri Beletsky .
In plus to the overall winner and the Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners , the contender — which saw over 4,000 entries from 64 countries — pick out success for almost a dozen different category . Those categories admit galaxy , Aurorae , Our Moon , Our Sun , People and Space , Planets , Comets and Asteroids , Skyscapes , Stars and Nebulae , and also The Sir Patrick Moore Prize for Best Newcomer and The Annie Maunder Prize for Image Innovation . All winning photos will be on displayin an consequent exhibitionat the National Maritime Museum ( settle in London ) starting on Saturday .
arrest out some of the deliver the goods photos below :
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Overall Winner and Galaxy Winner—“Andromeda, Unexpected”|Photo by Marcel Drechsler, Xavier Strottner, and Yann Sainty, courtesy of Royal Observatory Greenwich
Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year Winner—“The Running Chicken Nebula”|Photo by Runwei Xu and Binyu Wang, courtesy of Royal Observatory Greenwich
Aurorae Winner—“Brushstrokes”|Photo by Monika Deviat, courtesy of Royal Observatory Greenwich
Our Moon Winner—“Mars-Set”|Photo by Ethan Chappel, courtesy of Royal Observatory Greenwich
Our Sun Winner—“A Sun Question”|Photo by Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau, courtesy of Royal Observatory Greenwich
People & Space Winner—“Zeila”|Photo by Vikas Chander, courtesy of Royal Observatory Greenwich
Planets, Comets, & Asteroids Winner—“Suspended in a Sunbeam”|Photo by Tom Williams, courtesy of Royal Observatory Greenwich
Skycapes Winner—“Grand Cosmic Fireworks”|Photo by Angel An, courtesy of Royal Observatory Greenwich
Stars & Nebulae Winner—“New Class of Galactic Nebulae Around the Star YY Hya”|Photo by Marcel Drechsler, courtesy of Royal Observatory Greenwich
The Sir Patrick Moore Prize for Best Newcomer Winner—“Sh2-132: Blinded by the Light”|Photo by Aaron Wilhelm, courtesy of Royal Observatory Greenwich
Annie Maunder Prize for Image Innovation Winner—“Black Echo”|Photo by John White, courtesy of Royal Observatory Greenwich
