Nearly 4,000 entries narrowed to striking finalists that blend art and science. Expect dramatic lunar alignments, auroras, and rare solar details among the shortlisted images.<\/p>\n
The finalists for the 18th annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition have been announced. The organizer is the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Among the contenders is a photograph of a full Moon soaring above the pink silhouette of Paris, four miles from the Eiffel Tower, and a night sky in China with shooting stars.<\/p>\n
This year, nearly 4,000 submissions were received from 769 photographers across 66 countries. Among the contest images are the glow of the aurora, galaxies, and landscapes connected to Earth\u2019s Moon.<\/p>\n
Finalists and Their Works<\/p>\n
Some images stand out for their technical excellence, noted Greg Brown, an astronomer at the Royal Observatory and a jury member.<\/p>\n
Finalist Tom Williams emphasized that his image contains several views of Mars over one year, combined into a composite titled Mars in 2025.
\nFinalist Rafael Shmall from Hungary captured The Savannah Tree, showcasing a solar prominence plasma structure erupting in the shape of an acacia tree above the Sun\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n
This is a very striking and incredibly expressive image; it gives the viewer a sense of movement and the dynamism of the Sun\u2019s active nature.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Greg Brown<\/p>\n
The jury will determine winners in nine categories, as well as award two special prizes and select a single overall winner.<\/p>\n
This is an art contest as much as any other<\/p>\n
\u2013 Greg Brown<\/p>\n
The winner of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year will receive a prize of \u00a310,000 (approximately $13,300 USD), while the winners in each category will receive \u00a31,500 (approximately $2,000 USD). Silver prize winners and those with mentions will also receive smaller cash rewards.<\/p>\n
The winning images will be announced on 17 September. They will be exhibited at London\u2019s National Maritime Museum along with other works from the shortlist.<\/p>\n
The competition\u2019s expectations confirm that such photographs continue to blend art and science and inspire photographers and astronomy enthusiasts around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly 4,000 entries narrowed to striking finalists that blend art and science. Expect dramatic lunar alignments, auroras, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":831769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[366369,404683,404684,64,298929,63,404685,44,366367,128],"class_list":["post-831768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-astronomy-photography","tag-astronomy-photography-astrophotography-contest-royal-observatory-greenwich-aurora-photography-lunar-cityscape","tag-astrophotography-contest","tag-au","tag-aurora-photography","tag-australia","tag-lunar-cityscape","tag-news","tag-royal-observatory-greenwich","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/831769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}