Many astrophotographers immortalize the beauty of our galaxy. Many of them have also been shortlisted for the astrophotographer of the year award. Here they are.
The competition Astronomy Photographer of the Year is organized by the Royal Observatory Greenwichau UK. This year, 3,000 applications from 67 countries were submitted. Nine categories are fixed. The photographs are currently pre-selected and the winners will be announced by next september 15.
Check out some of the images from the 2022 Astronomy Photographer of the Year shortlist. Who will win the grand prize? What is your favourite? If you want to see more, go to official contest website.
Taken in the California desert in a natural rock formation, this image shows a timelapse of the stars forming arcs in the sky as the Earth rotates.
Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille first observed what later became known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy on February 23, 1752 from the Cape of Good Hope, in South Africa. This image, taken 270 years later, combines a set of hydrogen-alpha exposures with color data to highlight the ruby star-forming regions of this beautiful barred spiral galaxy.
Le Soleil is a fascinating target for enthusiastic amateur astronomers and professionals alike. Ever-changing, it looks different on every occasion as new sunspots form, grow, grow, and eventually disappear, often accompanied by filaments and sometimes solar flares. All of this is made visible by selectively filtering out all wavelengths of light except for a narrow red band at 656.28 nm. The H-alpha line was taken using a 150mm refractor operating at f/34 with filters to isolate the H-alpha line. 2,500 separate frames were stacked, deconvolved, sharpened and colored to create the fiery glow.
This image of the Aurora Borealis and the wreck of the Gardur was the highlight of a 9-day, 2,500-mile road trip searching for holes in the clouds all over theIceland. This is a single exposure, with the foreground lightly painted.
Mount Kula Kangri is a mountain located in Shannan Prefecture, Tibet at an altitude of 7,538 meters. Opposite, at an altitude of regarding 5,400 meters, is the national road 219. It is the highest highway in the world. On the day this photograph was taken, when the Milky Way rose behind the snow-capped mountain, the Lune had just set in the west – the faint moonlight shone golden on the snow-capped peaks. The Milky Way has not been disturbed by the light of the Moon. There were three parts to taking this photograph.
