A comet that appears only ‘once in a lifetime’ wins this year’s astronomy photography award

“Perfect astrophotography is a blend of science and art. Not only is it technically sophisticated and projects the viewer into a deep dark space, it is also visually engaging and exciting,” said Dr. Hannah Lyons, assistant curator of the art at the Royal Museums Greenwich the BBC.

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The jury evaluated more than 3,000 astronomical photos from around the world.

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image source, Yang Hanwen, Zhou Zezhen

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Meanwhile, to get the winning image, Yang Hanwen and Zhou Zezhen, both 14, teamed up to photograph the Andromeda Galaxy, one of the Milky Way’s closest and largest neighbors.

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The image shows the incredible colors of the galaxies near our galaxy.

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“I think this photo shows how beautiful our closest neighbors are,” said Yang Hanwen.

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The Young Astronomical Photographer of the Year category is awarded to people under the age of 16.

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Dr Lyons said he was “amazed” by the quality of the young photographer, “making the most extraordinary images”.

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Astronomical photos that have become winner and get an evaluation highly commended:

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image source, Philip Hrebenda

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This is a photo taken by Slovakian photographer Filip Hrebenda. This photo shows the Northern Lights reflected on Iceland’s frozen lake above Mt Eystrahorn.

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image source, Pietro Szabo

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Thanks to his work, Peter Szabo received a highly commended rating in the Young Astronomical Photographer of the Year category for his photo of the moon mosaic, which he took in Debrecen, Hungary.

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This image uses high quality processing to show the Moon’s surface in incredible detail.

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This photo reveals a view of the Moon familiar to most people but in an extraordinary way.

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image source, Pietro Feltoti

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Péter Feltóti captured this image from Hungary. He photographed IC 1805, which is an area with a large amount of ionized gas and interstellar dust.

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Strong stellar winds blow the surrounding material outward, creating a cave-like hollow shape in a cloud of gas.

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“It is very difficult to capture a dark, visible nebula with any kind of sharpness,” explains Dr. Ed Bloomer.

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Astrophotography is important, he adds, because it reveals features of the cosmos that the human eye cannot see just by looking at the night sky.

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image source, Weitang Liang

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Weitang Liang took this eye-like image of the Helix Nebula in Río Hurtado, Chile, at the Chilescope Observatory.

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“It is easy to see how the ancients looked at the stars in the sky and imagine that the cosmos was watching them, observing them with caution,” said the jury Imad Ahmed.

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image source, Pauline Woolley

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This photo by Pauline Woolley combines images taken by a large telescope.

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This award-winning photo in the digital innovation category shows how the sun changes over time using the tree ring dating method.

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image source, Mon Deng

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Using a regular camera, Lun Deng captured an image of the Milky Way galaxy towering over Mount Minya Konka, China’s highest peak in Sichuan.

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