Astronomy Photographer of the Year is an annual international photography contest organized by Royal Museums Greenwich. It is one of the largest contests dedicated to astrophotography. Photographs are awarded under several categories and on top of that, there is the one most prestigious award of all, the Astronomy Photographer of the Year award.
The result of this year’s competition has been released recently and they are simply breathtaking. Below are the winning photographs of each category. Prepared to be amazed.
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Overall Winner – Astronomy Photographer of the Year
Galaxies
Winner: Utkarsh Mishra, Michael Petrasko and Muir Evenden
Runner-up: Mark Hanson and Mike Selby
Highly Commended: Mathew Ludgate
Skyscapes
Winner: Zihui Hu
Runner-up: Abhijit Patil
Highly Commended: Filip Hrebenda
Our Sun
Winner: Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Runner-up: Stuart Green
Highly Commended: Miguel Claro
Our Moon
Winner: Martin Lewis
Runner-up: Andrea Vanoni
Highly Commended: Noah Kujawski
Aurorae
Winner: Filip Hrebenda
Runner-up: Fred Bailey
Highly Commended: Alexander Stepanenko
Planets, Comets and Asteroids
Winner: Gerald Rhemann
Runner-up: Damian Peach
Highly Commended: Lionel Majzik
People and Space
Winner: Andrew McCarthy
Runner-up: Mihail Minkov
Highly Commended: Hannah Rochford
Stars and Nebulae
Winner: Weitang Liang
Runner-up: Martin Cohen
Highly Commended: Péter Feltóti
Best Newcomer
Winner: Lun Deng
Young competition
Winner: Yang Hanwen and Zhou Zezhen
Highly Commended: Peter Szabo
Highly Commended: Saahil Sinha
Highly Commended: Julian Shapiro
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