The most fantastic pictures of the year from the astronomical photo contest

This year, the Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest celebrates its 10th anniversary, and its jury, as before, is working to determine the winners in one of the most difficult types of photography - astronomical.

The astrophotography competition is being held in collaboration with the Royal Greenwich Observatory. The winners of the "space" competition will be announced in October. In the meantime, we offer a look at the most beautiful and exciting works of the contestants this year.

The Eagle Nebula. Marcel Drechsler, Germany.

The Hidden Galaxy. Tom O'Donoghue, Ollie Penritz, Ireland.

"Forgotten neighbor." Kfir Simon, Israel.

The Orion Nebula. Bernard Miller, USA.

"Thunderstorm under the Milky Way." Tianyuan Xiao, China.

"Mosaic of the Great Orion and the Nebula of the Running Man." Miguel Angel Garcia Borrella and Luis Romero Ventura, Spain.

"The Crossbar and the Nebula Head of the Witch." Mario Cogo, Italy.

"NGC 6726 and NGC 6727." Mark Hanson, Warren Keller, Steve Mazlin, Rex Parker, Tommy Jie, David Plesco, Pete Prowls, USA.

"Magic". Jingyi Zhang, China.

"The Milky Way shines over Atashkooh. Masouda Gadiri, Iran.

"Holding Due Nort". Jake Mosher, USA.

"Holy Light II". Mikkel Byter, Denmark.

"Ice Castle". Arild Heitmann, Norway.

"Kinance Cove at night." Ainsley Bennett, UK.

Guardians of the Galaxy. Jes Hughes, UK.

Cable Bay Mark G, Australia.

"Caveman". Brandon Yoshizawa, USA.

"Deep space". Dave Brosh, Canada.

"Aurorascape". Mikel Byter, Denmark.

"Aurora borealis on the coast of the Barents Sea." Mikhail Zavyalov, Russia.

"The Radiance of the Earth." Peter Ward, Australia.

"The day moon." Helen Schofield, UK.

"Guardian of Tre Chime." Carlos F. Turienzo, Spain.

"Keeper of the light." James Stone, Australia.

The Andromeda Galaxy. Peter Felotti, Hungary.

"Expedition to Infinity." Jingpeng Liu, China.

"Sky-high". Paul Wilson, New Zealand.

"Color full moon." Nicholas Lefado, France.

"Stars over the Holy Mongolian Ovu." Qi Ji Zhao, China.

"AR 2665 and Tranquil Insight." Lukas Suika, Poland.

"First impressions." Casper Kentish, UK.

"Magnificent Saturn." Avani Soares, Brazil.

"Spot on the Sun and the ISS (clip)." Dani Cactset, Spain.

Watch the video: Photos of space: Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2013 (May 2024).