Astronomy Photographer of the Year: 2018 shortlist revealed

Astronomy Photographer of the Year: 2018 shortlist revealed

The Royal Observatory Greenwich has released a selection of shortlisted images from the 2018 Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year Award.

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Iain Todd

Published: July 19, 2018 at 10:44 am
Andromeda Galaxy Péter Feltóti (Hungary) Mezőfalva, Hungary, 20 October 2017 Equipment: SkyWatcher 200/800 Newton astrograph telescope, SkyWatcher NEQ6 pro mount, Canon EOS 600D camera (modded), 800 mm f/4 lens, ISO 800, 3.79-second exposure
AR 2665 and Quiescent Prominence Łukasz Sujka (Poland) Budy Dlutowskie, Poland, 9 July 2017 Equipment: TS Individual 102/1100 telescope, etalon from Lunt50ThaPT B1200 BelOptik ERF TV barlow x2, Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro mount, ZWO ASI 178 MM-C camera, 1100mm f/11 lens, 10ms exposure
Aurora Borealis on the coast of the Barents sea Michael Zav'yalov (Russia) Murmansk/Teriberka, Russia, 28 February 2017 Equipment: Nikon D750 camera, 20mm f/4 lens, ISO 2000, 30/1 exposure
A Magnificent Saturn Avani Soares (Brazil) Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 29 July 2017 Equipment: Celestron C14HD Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, Powermate 2X Filter Baader UV-IR cut Celestron CGE Pro mount, ZWO ASI 290 MC camera, 7820 mm f/22 lens, stacked from 4000 frames
Aurorascape Mikkel Beiter (Denmark) Haukland Beach, Norway, 26 February 2018 Equipment: Canon EOS 5DS R camera, 17mm f/2.8 lens, ISO 2000, 8-second exposure
Cave Man Brandon Yoshizawa (USA) Malibu, USA, 28 March 2017 Equipment: Nikon D750 camera, 14mm f/4 lens, ISO 1600, 119/1 exposure
Color-Full Moon Nicolas Lefaudeux (France) Paris, France, 3 January 2018 Equipment: SkyWatcher Black Diamond 100mm apochromatic refractor telescope, 1800mm f/18 lens, Vixen GP2 equatorial mount, Sony ILCE-7S2 camera, 25 images of 1/100s exposure
Daytime Moon Helen Schofield (UK) Malaga, Spain, 1 August 2017 Equipment: Panasonic DMC-FZ72 camera, 215mm f/5.9 lens, ISO 100, 1/160 exposure
Deep Space Dave Brosha (Canada) Vatnajökull, Iceland, 5 February 2018 Equipment: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV camera, 14mm f/2.5 lens, ISO 3200, 30/1 exposure
Earth Shine Peter Ward (Australia) Jackson Hole, USA, 21 August 2017 Equipment: Takahashi FSQ85 telescope, Losmandy Starlapse mount, Canon 5D Mark IV camera, 9 exposures ranging from ISO 100 to 900, 2 seconds through to 1/4000th exposures
Empyreal Paul Wilson (USA) Te Oka, New Zealand, 23 April 2017 Equipment: Canon 6D camera, 50mm f/1.8 lens, ISO-6400, 64x10-seconds exposure
Expedition to Infinity Jingpeng Liu (China) Badlands National Park, USA, 24 June 2017 Equipment: Canon EOS 6D camera, 24mm f/2 lens, ISO 4000, 120-seconds exposure
First Impressions Casper Kentish (UK) Ponthirwaun Ceredigion, UK, 23 January 2018 Equipment: Skywatcher skyliner 200 P telescope, SkyWatcher 25mm wide angle, Dobsonian mount, Apple iPad 5th gen., 3.3mm f/2.4 lens, ISO 250, 1/17-second exposure
Astronomy Photographer of the Year: 2018 shortlist revealed
Deep Space Dave Brosha (Canada) Vatnajökull, Iceland, 5 February 2018 Equipment: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV camera, 14mm f/2.5 lens, ISO 3200, 30/1 exposure
Guarding the galaxy Jez Hughes (UK) Bishop, USA, 19 June 2017 Equipment: Sony ILCE-7RM2 camera, 24mm f/2.8 lens, ISO 3200, sky: 20-second exposure, tree light painting: 8-second exposure
Holding Due North Jake Mosher (USA) Choteau, MT, USA, 23 November 2017 Equipment: Nikon D810 camera, 20mm f/4 lens, ISO 1600, multiple 40-second exposures
Holy Light II Mikkel Beiter (Denmark) Búdir, Iceland, 23 November 2017 Equipment: Canon EOS 5d Mark IV camera, 16mm f/2.8 lens, ISO 3200, 10-second exposure
Ice Castle Arild Heitmann (Norway) Abisko, Sweden, 18 February 2018 Equipment: Sony A7S2 camera, 14mm f/2.5 lens, ISO 2500, 10-second exposure
ISS sunspots (clip) Dani Caxete (Fernández Méndez) (Spain) Madrid, Spain, 5 September 2017 Equipment: Long Perng ED 80 telescope, barlow x2, Herschel Prism, SkyWatcher Allview mount, Nikon D610 camera, 1100mm f/12 lens, ISO 1000, 1/4000 exposure
Keeper of the Light James Stone (Australia) Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia, 21 July 2017 Equipment: Nikon D750 camera, 15mm f/3.2 lens, ISO 6400, 15-second exposure
Kynance cove by night Ainsley Bennett (UK) Kynance Cove, Cornwall, UK, 3 May 2017 Equipment: Nikon D810 camera, 35mm sky: f/2.2 foreground: f/3.2, ISO sky: 4000 foreground: 1600, sky: 13-seconds foreground: 310-seconds exposure
Magic Jingyi Zhang (Australia) Stokksnes, Iceland, 16 February 2018 Equipment: Canon 5D mark III camera, 16mm f/1.6 lens, ISO 10000, 6/1 exposure
Milky Way shining over Atashkooh Masoud Ghadiri (Iran) Mahallat, Iran, 2 May 2017 Equipment: Nikon D810 camera, 15mm f/2.8 lens, ISO 3200, 29/1 exposure
Mosaic of the Great Orion & Running Man Nebula Miguel Angel García Borrella and Lluis Romero Ventura (Spain) Àger, Monfragüe, Spain, 2 January2017 Equipment: Astrodon LRGB Gen2 I-Series True-Balance telescope, Astrodon LRGB Gen2 I-Series True-Balance, Titan 50 Losmandy & ASA DDM85 mount, SBIG & Moravian STL 11000 C2 & G3-11002 camera, 2720mm and 2840mm f/6.8 and f/8 lens, 42 hours exposure
NGC 6726 and NGC 6727 Mark Hanson, Warren Keller, Steve Mazlin, Rex Parker, Tommy Tse, David Plesko, Pete Proulx (USA) La Serena, Chile, 30 June 2017 Equipment: RCOS 16" research telescope, PlaneWave Ascension mount, FLI PL 16803 camera, 4,500mm f/11.3 lens, 180,000 seconds 1,800s x ~100 exposures L,R,G,B = ~50 hours total exposure
Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula Mario Cogo (Italy) Tivoli Southern Sky Guest Farm, Namibia, 20 August 2017 Equipment: Takahashi FSQ 106 ED telescope, Astro-Physics 1200 GTO mount, Canon EOS 6D Cooling CDS Mod camera, 385mm f/3.6 lens, ISO 1600, 1, 3 and 6 mins total 5 hours exposure
Stars over Sacred Mongolian Ovoo Qiqige Zhao (China) Mingantu, Inner Mongolia, China, 11 August 2017 Equipment: Nubia Z11 camera, 4mm f/2 lens, ISO 3200, multiple 10-second exposures
The Eagle nebula Marcel Drechsler (Germany) Baerenstein, Germany, 9 August 2017 Equipment: Celestron RASA telescope, Baader narrow band filters, Celestron CGEpro mount, ZWO Asi1600mmc camera, 620mm f/2.2 lens, ISO 139, 10.5 hours exposure
The Hidden Galaxy Tom O'Donoghue, Olly Penrice (Republic of Ireland) Etoile St Cyrice, France, 18 December2017 Equipment: Tec140 telescope, Tech140, Mesu 200 mount, Atik 460ex camera, 1000mm f/7 lens, 24 hours in 600s subs
The neglected neighbour Kfir Simon (Israel) Tivoli Southern Sky Guest Farm, Namibia, 4 January 2018 Equipment: 16" Hypergraph F8 telescope, ASA DDM85 mount, FLI Proline PL16803, 3250mm f/4.5 (406mm aperture) lens, LRGB image Lum 120min Bin 1 RGB 20 min each Bin2
The Orion Nebula in 6-Filter Narrowband Bernard Miller (USA) Animas, NM, USA, 25 December 2017 Equipment: Planewave CDK-17 telescope, Paramount ME mount, FLI PL16803 camera, 2940mm f/6.8 lens, 18x30 minutes Ha, 18x30 minutes SII, 18x30 minutes OIII, 12x15 minutes Red, 12x15 minutes Green, 12x15 minutes Blue, 16x30 seconds RGB exposures
Thunderstorm under Milky Way Tianyuan Xiao (China) Perry, USA, 21 August 2017 Equipment: Canon EOS 5D Mark III camera, 25mm f/3.2 lens, 30/1 exposure

Iain Todd

Science journalist

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.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year: 2018 shortlist revealed

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