The winning images from the Royal Observatory Greenwich's 15th annual astrophotography contest will blow you away.
The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the winners of the astronomy photographer of the Year 15, during an award ceremony held Sept. 14.
Galaxies and overall winnerThis winning photo of the Andromeda galaxy from the amateur astronomer team led by Drechsler, Strottner and Sainty is titled "Andromeda, unexpected," for the large, blue plasma arc pictured next to our nearest galactic neighbor. Aurorae runner-up and highly commended recognitions were awarded to Andreas Ettl, from Germany, and Chester Hall-Fernandez, from New Zealand, with their photos "Circle of light" and "Fire on the horizon," respectively.
Our sun runner-up and highly commended awards went to Peter Ward for his photo, "Dark star," and Mehmet Ergün for "The great solar flare." Planets, comets & asteroids"Suspended in a sunbeam" is a false color image of the planet Venus, from photographer Tom Williams, winning in the category of planets, comets & asteroids. Using infrared, Williams was able to highlight details Venus' upper atmosphere, revealing far more than can be seen with the naked eye.
Stars & nebulasThe shining star inside the red, gaseous nebula was photographed by Marcel Drechsler and a team of amateur astronomers. In fact, the shining light at the gas' center is actually a pair of binary stars, enveloped in the previously undiscovered nebula.
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