Perhaps more than any other type of photography, astronomical photography is just insanely impressive – the degree of patience and control required to get good photos of the night sky, let alone distant stars and planets, is hard to overstate.
That’s one of the reasons why there are awards dedicated entirely to astronomy photographs.
The Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition is run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Each year the competition receives thousands of different entries from all over the world. Now this year’s winners have been revealed and as you can imagine they’re truly amazing. The winners will be exhibited in the National Maritime Museum for all to enjoy.
We’ve collected some of them for you to enjoy, along with some of the fantastic shortlisted images too.
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