The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the 12 success of theInsight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2019 . touch on the many areas of astrophotography , the winning characterization are , as always , breathless and awe - inspiring , telling stories about the sky and our relationship with it . pic may be deserving a thousand words , and in some of these even more than that .
The overall winner and achiever of the " Our Moon " category is Magyar photographer László Francsics , who have home the £ 10,000 ( about $ 12,500 ) prize money . The winning image is a composite eyeshot stitching together 35 phase of thetotal lunar eclipsethat occurred on January 21 , 2019 .
“ The original make-up , the quality of the shots themselves , the chromatic and ocular impact , all make for a exposure that will catch the looker ’s middle and interest , ” contention judge Oana Sandu from the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) , said in an emailed statement .
The competition , patronise by Insight Investment in association with BBC ’s Sky at Night Magazine , is now in its 11th year . In 2019 , it pick up an incredible 4,600 unveiling from over 90 countries and the judges sure had a tough time peck the most beautiful pictures across the nine different categories and two particular prizes .
Each winner receive £ 1,500 ( $ 1,880 ) in prize money , with the runner - up get £ 500 ( $ 630 ) and the highly commended entrance getting £ 250 ( $ 315 ) . The win entries let in an amazing composite progress picture taken by Andy Casely of the global rubble storm that enveloped Mars last yr and led to thedeath of NASA ’s rover Opportunity , and a stunning diorama / ego - portrayal boast the Milky Way ’s core , Mars , Saturn , photographer Ben Bush , and his weenie Floyd , which took home the People & Places summit . The Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year goes to 11 - year - old Davy van der Hoeven from the Netherlands for a beautiful picture of the Rosette Nebula , 5,000 light - years away . Particularly impacting , Wang Zheng ’s " Across the Sky of chronicle " , asterisk a meteorite falling behind the shrunken poplar trees of the Ejina region in Inner Mongolia , won in the Skyscapes category .
“ Every year the standard rises , and entrants continue to find originative new ways to verbalise their art , " judge Tom Kerss , an astronomer at the Royal Observatory , said . " This year ’s selection contains so many unique feeler to astrophotography – genuine love letters to the art mannequin , which stay on with you long after you ’ve pick up them . I ’m looking frontwards to the discussion these images will inspire about our shared sky , and the ever - enlarge field of capturing and interpret it . With such a beautiful collection to sing about , the competition really has become astrophotography ’s ‘ World Cup ’ . "
you could check out all the win photographs for each category below . These , plus the runners - up and highly commended shots , will be part of an exhibition at the National Maritime Museum , next door to the Royal Observatory Greenwich , in London from September 13 , 2019 to April 26 , 2020 . The photograph will also be published in a leger useable afterwards in the year .
you may see all the winning images below .
Aurorae
Nicolai Brügger ( Germany ) withThe Watcher . eyeshot of the Aurora Borealis over the Lofoten Islands from top of the pile Offersøykammen in Norway .
Nicolai Brügger ( Germany ) withThe Watcher
extragalactic nebula
Rolf Wahl Olsen ( Denmark ) withShells of Elliptical Galaxy NGC 3923 in Hydra .
Rolf Wahl Olsen ( Denmark ) withShells of Elliptical Galaxy NGC 3923 in Hydra
Our Sun
Alan Friedman ( USA ) withA Little Fireworks . A close - up of the solar branch in the solar minimal catamenia of the Sun ’s cycle .
Alan Friedman ( USA ) withA Little pyrotechnic
mass and Space
Ben Bush ( UK ) ) withBen , Floyd and the Core . star Bush , his dog Floyd , Mars , Saturn , and the astronomical core of Milky Way .
Ben Bush ( UK ) ) withBen , Floyd and the Core
major planet , Comets and Asteroids
Andy Casely ( Australia ) withDeath of Opportunity . Sequence of images through the perihelic opposition of Mars in 2018 that follow the Brobdingnagian dust storm that in the end kill the Opportunty rover .
Skyscapes
Wang Zheng ( China ) withAcross the Sky of History . Taken in the Mongol part of Ejina , in the diachronic Kingdom of Xi Xia , a meteoroid is fall behind withered poplar tree trees .
Stars and Nebulae
Ignacio Diaz Bobillo ( Argentina ) withStatue of Liberty Nebula .
The Sir Patrick Moore Prize for Best Newcomer Special Prize - Joint Winners
Shuchang Dong ( China ) withSky and Ground , Stars and Sand(top ) , and Ross Clark ( UK ) withThe Jewels of Orion(below )
The Robotic Scope Special Prize
László Francsics ( Hungary ) withInfrared . designate Saturn in all its infrared glory .
Young Astronomy Photographer
Davy van der Hoeven , geezerhood 11 ( Netherlands ) withStellar Flower . The Rosette Nebula , NGC 2244 , an undefendable adept cluster , is found in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way .
