STELLAR BESTS: INSIGHT ASTRONOMY PHOTO AWARDS
INSIGHT ASTRONOMY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
See the most beautiful stars in the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year, sponsored by Royal Observatory Greenwich. This is the biggest international competition of its kind, annually showcasing over 4,500 spectacular images shot by astrophotographers worldwide.
Check out the BN Team’s favorite images from the most recent competition, with gorgeous shots of moons, stars, planets, galaxies, nebulae and some of the great astronomical events of the last year.
Image: by Robin Stuart. “A Wise Son Makes a Glad Father.” Courtesy of Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year, sponsored by Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Image: by Catalin Beldea & Alson Wong. “Sun Flower Corona.” Courtesy of Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year, sponsored by Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Image: by Rolf Wahl Olsen. “Antlia Galaxy Cluster: Extreme Deep Field, 152 Hours.” Courtesy of Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year, sponsored by Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Image: by Sergio Garcia. “Moonrise at the Pier.” Courtesy of Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year, sponsored by Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Image: by Damian Peach. “Serene Saturn.” Courtesy of Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year, sponsored by Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Image: by Ainsley Bennett. “Binary Haze.” Courtesy of Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year, sponsored by Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Image: by Yu Jun. “Geminids over the LAMOST telescope.” Courtesy of Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year, sponsored by Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Image: by Dani Caxete. “Man on the Moon.” Courtesy of Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year, sponsored by Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Image: by Carlos Fairbairn. “Large Magellanic Cloud.” Courtesy of Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year, sponsored by Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Image: by Jasmeen Villalobos. “What the City Does Not Show You.” Courtesy of Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year, sponsored by Royal Observatory Greenwich.
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