The best astro images of 2018

The best astro images of 2018

Each month in BBC Sky at Night Magazine we present our favourite astro images captured by the world's biggest and most hardworking telescopes. Here we present a selection of the most amazing astrophotos that caught our eye in 2018.

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Iain Todd

Galaxy NGC 1398, Very Large Telescope, 1 January 2018. Credit: ESO
Stephan’s Quintet, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, 5 February 2018. Credit: CFHT/Coelum, Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT/CEA Saclay/Obs. de Paris) & Giovanni Anselmi (Coelum)
The Crab Nebula, Chandra X-ray Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, 14 March 2018. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/STScI; Infrared: NASA-JPL-Caltech
The Lagoon Nebula, Hubble Space Telescope, 19 April 2018. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI
Galaxy Messier 96, Hubble Space Telescope, 17 May 2018. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the LEGUS team
Coronal loops, NASA Solar Dynamic Observatory, 5 June 2018. Credit: Solar Dynamics Observatory, NASA.
Star cluster RCW 38, Very Large Telescope, 11 July 2018. Credit: ESO/K. Muzic
The Carina Nebula, VISTA, 29 August 2018. Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/M. Irwin/J. Lewis
Galaxy NGC 3981, Very Large Telescope, 12 September 2017. Credit: ESO
Hubble Ultra Deep Field, Very Large Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, 1 October 2018
Black hole at centre of galaxy cluster Abell 2597, Very Large Telescope, 6 November 2018. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Tremblay et al.; NRAO/AUI/NSF, B. Saxton; NASA/Chandra; ESO/VLT
The Carina Nebula, Europa Telescope, 5 December 2018. Credit: SPECULOOS Team/E. Jehin/ESO
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Iain Todd

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Iain Todd is BBC Sky at Night Magazine's Content Editor. He fell in love with the night sky when he caught his first glimpse of Orion, aged 10.
Galaxy NGC 1398, Very Large Telescope, 1 January 2018. Credit: ESO
Galaxy NGC 1398, Very Large Telescope, 1 January 2018. Credit: ESO

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