The Royal Observatory Greenwich Has Just Unveiled the Winners of The Coveted 2020 Astronomy Photographer of The Year Awards
Galaxies Winner and Overall Winner – Andromeda Galaxy at Arm’s Length
Nicolas Lefaudeux
Let’s see the spectacular winning images from the Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition! Images were submitted for one of 9 categories—including Galaxies, Aurorae, Our Moon, People and Space, and Young Photographer of the Year, among others—and a total of 11 images were honored. There are 9 category winners, one overall winner selected from the categories, and two special prices for “best newcomer” and “imaging innovation.”
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Skyscapes Winner – Painting the Sky
Thomas Kast
Our Sun Winner – Liquid Sunshine
Alexandra Hart
Our Moon Winner – Tycho Crater Region with Colours
Alain Paillou
Aurorae Winner – The Green Lady
Nicholas Roemmelt
Planets, Comets and Asteroids Winner – Space Between Us…
Łukasz Sujka
People and Space Winner – The Prison of Technology
Rafael Schmall
Stars and Nebulae Winner – Cosmic Inferno
Peter Ward
Sir Patrick Moore Prize for Best Newcomer Winner – Waves
Bence Toth
Annie Maunder Prize for Image Innovation Winner – Dark River (detail)
Julie Hill
Young Competition Winner – The Four Planets and the Moon
Alice Fock Hang
Aurorae category runner-up: Lone Tree under a Scandinavian Aurora
Tom Archer
Our moon runner-up: Partial Lunar Eclipse with Clouds
Ethan Roberts
Galaxies runner-up: NGC 3628 with 300,000 Light Year Long Tail
Mark Hanson
Galaxies highly commended: Attack on the Large Magellanic Cloud
Juan-Carlos Munoz-Mateos
People and space runner-up: Observe the Heart of the Galaxy
Tian Li
People and space. Highly commended: Azure Vapor Tracers
Yang Sutie
Skyscapes runner-up: Desert Magic
Stefan Leibermann
Stars and nebulae runner-up: The Dolphin Jumping out of an Ocean of Gas
Connor Matherne
Stars and nebulae highly commended: The Misty Elephant’s Trunk
Min Xie