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The Royal Observatory Greenwich celebrated its 350th anniversary, highlighting its historic role in pioneering modern astronomy, navigation, and timekeeping, including establishing the Prime Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time, while evolving into a museum and science communication center today.
The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the winners of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15, with the top prize going to a stunning image of the Andromeda galaxy. The competition received over 4,000 submissions from 64 countries. Other winning photographs showcased auroras, the moon, the sun, people and space, planets and asteroids, skyscapes, and stars and nebulas. The winning images are currently on display at the National Maritime Museum in London.
The Royal Observatory Greenwich has shortlisted 34 awe-inspiring images for its Astronomy Photographer Of The Year 2023 competition, featuring stunning scenes of the Milky Way, star trails, and galaxies. The winners will be announced on September 14, 2023, and the winning images will be displayed in an exhibition at the National Maritime Museum.
The Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, organized by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, has released the shortlist selection from over 4,000 entries by photographers from 64 countries. The competition, now in its 15th year, features nine main categories and two special prizes. The overall winner will receive a £10,000 prize. Some of the breathtaking images include the Milky Way behind a graffiti of Pandora, the Northern Lights over the Arctic Henge, and the Sun showing the transit of the China Space Station. A larger selection of the shortlisted images can be found on the Royal Observatory of Greenwich website.
The Royal Observatory Greenwich has revealed the shortlisted photos for its 15th annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, featuring stunning images of the night sky captured by photographers worldwide. With over 4,000 entries from 64 countries, this year's competition showcases the beauty of aurorae, galaxies, our moon, our sun, people and space, planets, comets, and asteroids, skyscapes, stars and nebulae, and young astronomy photographers. Winners will be announced on September 14, and the winning photos will be exhibited at the National Maritime Museum in London starting September 16.