Astronomy Photographer Of The Year

Get down to Royal Observatory in Greenwich for the Astronomy Of The Year exhibition.

by Cathy Adams

Cave with aurora skylight. Credit: Ingolfur Bjargmundsson

Celestial Dance. Credit: Claus Possberg

Centre of the heart nebula. Credit: Ivan Eder

Eta aquarid meteor shower over Mount Bromo. Credit: Justin Ng

Father and son observe comet. Credit: Chris Cook

Geminid fireball. Credit: Patrick Cullis

In flight entertainment. Credit: Paul Williams

NGC 6888. Credit: Mark Hanson

Occultation of Jupiter. Credit: Sebastian Guillermaz

Orion nebula. Credit: Anna Morris

Oxbow bend reflections. Credit: David Kingham

Star trails on the beach. Credit: Sebastian Guillermaz

The great orion nebula. Credit: Gray Olson

The turbulent heart of the scorpion. Credit: Rolf Wahl Olsen

Three planets in conjunction. Credit: Lorand Fenyes

What the.... Credit: Tommy Richardsen

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Published: Thursday 7th November 2013

Inspiration

The Astronomy Photographer Of The Year 2013 exhibition kicked off at the Royal Observatory Greenwich last week, and best of all, it's free to visit.

The overall winner was Australian Mark Gee with his 'Guiding Light to the Stars' image – you can find his photograph in the gallery above.

See above for a gallery of some of the winning and highly commended images.

For information on entering next year's competition, see rmg.co.uk/astrophoto

Inspiration

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