Planets, Comets and Asteroids Photo © Łukasz Sujka | 2020 Astronomy Photographer of the YearĬaption: This image shows the really close alignment of the Moon and Jupiter that happened on 31 October 2019. Gear and Settings: Sky-Watcher Quattro 200/800 astrograph telescope (modified) at f/4, Sky-Watcher EQ6-Pro GOTO mount, Canon EOS 6D camera, ISO 1600, 5 x 150-second exposures In order to create astrophotos, photographers have to carefully plan where to place the telescope, and this will be more difficult in the future with more satellites in the way. How many more might there be by the time we reach next year’s competition? There could be thousands of moving dots in the sky. People and Space Photo © Rafael Schmall | 2020 Astronomy Photographer of the YearĬaption: The star in the centre of the image is the Albireo double star, surrounded by the trails of moving satellites. Gear and Settings: Celestron C11 XLT Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope at f/50, Baader Solar Continuum Filter with ND3.8 AstroSolar Film, Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro mount, ZWO-ASI174MM camera, 8.431-millisecond exposure They are around 1,000 kilometres in size and create a beautiful ‘crazy paving’ structure for us to enjoy. This surface is about 100 kilometres thick and the ever-boiling motion of these convection cells circulate, lasting for around 15 to 20 minutes. Our Sun Photo © Alexandra Hart | 2020 Astronomy Photographer of the YearĬaption: Solar minimum may be seen as a quiet Sun and deemed dull in white light, but if you look closely at the small-scale structure, the surface is alive with motion. Gear and Settings: Ceslestron C9.25 telescope at f/10 and f/6.3, Orion Sirius EQ-G mount, ZWO ASI178MM and ASI178MC cameras, multiple 15-millisecond exposures This picture reveals the incredible beauty and complexity of our natural satellite. ![]() The blue shows a high titanium oxide concentration and the red shows high iron oxide concentration. These colours come mainly from metallic oxides in small balls of glass and can give useful information about the Moon’s geology and history. This picture combines one session with a black-and-white camera, to capture the details and sharpness, and one session with a colour camera, to capture the colours of the soils. With the colours of the soils, Tycho is even more impressive. This huge impact has left very impressive scars on the Moon’s surface. Our Moon Photo © Alain Paillou | 2020 Astronomy Photographer of the YearĬaption: The Tycho crater is one of the most famous craters on the Moon. Gear and Settings: Canon EOS R camera, 14mm f/1.8 lens, ISO 6400, 4 x 1.6-second exposures. On a journey to Norway, she unexpectedly appeared with her magical green clothes making the whole sky burn with green, blue and pink colours. Although he has had the chance to photograph the Northern Lights many times, he had never seen the ‘green lady’ before. Photographer: Nicholas Roemmelt (Germany)Ĭaption: The photographer had heard a lot of stories about the ‘lady in green’. Gear and Settings: Nikon D610 camera, 35mm f/3.2 lens, ISO 3200, 18 x 13-second exposures Aurorae Photo © Nicholas Roemmelt | 2020 Astronomy Photographer of the Year Note also the presence of Alpha Centuari on the left of the image as well as our immense galaxy, the Milky Way. By looking at the sky map, The photographer could see that Pluto was there also above Saturn but invisible in my image. The magic started after sunset, where the moonset, Venus, Mercury, the star Antares, Jupiter and Saturn could be seen over the Indian Ocean. That evening, despite preparing everything for a week, the photographer encountered clouds. ![]() Photographer: Alice Fock Hang (Reunion), Age 11Ĭaption: Photographing a planetary alignment requires rigor and patience but also a lot of luck. ![]() Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year Photo © Alice Fock Hang | 2020 Astronomy Photographer of the Year If you’ve been waiting for an excuse to escape Earth, 2020 for a little bit this morning, now’s your chance. Scroll down to see the winners from each of the categories and the two special prizes. In addition to bragging rights, Lefadeux will receive £10,000 (~$12,800) for his effort, while the Young Photographer of the Year and other category winners will walk away with £1,500 (~$1,920), and the Special Prize winners each receive £750 (~$960). “Yet to create a photograph that gives us the impression that it is just within our physical reach is truly magical, and somewhat appropriate as we adjust after such socially distanced times.” “To most of us, our closest neighbouring galaxy Andromeda can also feel so distanced and out of reach,” says contest judge Ed Robinson. According to the Observatory, the judges were “captivated by Lefadeux’s awe-inspiring image.”
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