{"id":11302,"date":"2024-09-15T03:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T03:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-eclipse-image-wins\/"},"modified":"2024-09-15T03:23:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T03:23:00","slug":"astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-eclipse-image-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-eclipse-image-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomy Photographer of the Year: Eclipse image wins"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\"RyanRyan Imperio<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The winning image captured Baily’s beads around an eclipse<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Ryan Imperio has been named the Royal Observatory Greenwich\u2019s Astronomy Photographer of the Year for a photograph that captures the progression of Baily\u2019s beads during the 2023 annular eclipse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Baily\u2019s beads are formed when sunlight shines through the valleys and craters of the Moon\u2019s surface, and are only briefly visible when an eclipse is beginning or ending.<\/p>\n

Kerry-Ann Lecky Hepburn, one of the judges and a meteorologist, said the winning image was an “impressive dissection of the fleeting few seconds” when Baily’s beads can be seen.<\/p>\n

“This image left me captivated and amazed,” she added.<\/p>\n

Mr Imperio, who won \u00a310,000 for winning the competition overall, said he “never expected to be selected” and was “both thrilled and honoured” with the award.<\/p>\n

For the 2024 competition there were over 3,500 entries from 58 countries. <\/p>\n

Mr Imperio’s entry was also among the winners selected for the Our Sun category of the competition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"DanielDaniel Borsari<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year award winner captured the California Nebula<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year award was won by Daniel Borsari for his image “NGC NGC 1499, A Dusty California”. <\/p>\n

This image features the California Nebula – also known as NGC 1499 – an emission nebula in the constellation of Perseus. <\/p>\n

The image was created by taking lots of pictures of the nebula and combining them into one.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s located about 1,000 light years from Earth and it\u2019s visible thanks to the ionization of gases by the blue giant star Persei.<\/p>\n

Neal White, a prize judge and an artist, said Mr Borsari’s image showed “the future of astronomy photography being fearlessly, and openly, taken forward by a new generation”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

See more of the winning images:<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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\"BenceBence T\u00f3th \/ P\u00e9ter Felt\u00f3ti<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

NGC 5128 can only be seen from the southern hemisphere, so the photographers travelled to Namibia<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Bence T\u00f3th and P\u00e9ter Felt\u00f3t from Hungary were the winners in the Galaxies category.<\/p>\n

Their picture shows the galaxy NGC 5128 and its relativistic jet – beams of radiation and particles travelling close to the speed of light.<\/p>\n

The galaxy can only be seen from the southern hemisphere, so the photographers travelled to Namibia to capture the image.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"LarrynLarryn Rae<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The aurora australis seen over Queenstown, New Zealand<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Larryn Rae triumphed in the Aurorae category with a picture of the aurora australis over Queenstown, New Zealand.<\/p>\n

The image is a panorama composed of 19 pictures, capturing the pink beams of solar radiation that lit up the sky in February 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\" by G\u00e1bor Bal\u00e1zs<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

G\u00e1bor Bal\u00e1zs captured Sinus Iridum on the Moon, also known as the Bay of Rainbows<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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“Shadow peaks of Sinus Iridum” by G\u00e1bor Bal\u00e1zs, from Hungary, took the top spot in the Our Moon category.<\/p>\n

The photograph captures Sinus Iridum – also known as the Bay of Rainbows – a massive crater 260km across.<\/p>\n

Part of the crater’s wall has effectively been destroyed, giving it the appearance of a bay. <\/p>\n

The photographer used a monochrome camera with a filter to capture the area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"TomTom Williams<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

This picture shows the rare moment the International Space Station goes across the Sun<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Tom Williams from the UK was first in the People and Space category with his image which captured the silhouette of the International Space Station (ISS) on a backdrop of the Sun.<\/p>\n

Crossing the field-of-view in just 0.2 seconds, ISS transits of the Sun are particularly rare to see on Earth. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"TomTom Williams<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Tom Williams also took home another prize for his composite of Venus<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Mr Williams was also selected as the winner in the Planets, Comets and Asteroids category.<\/p>\n

His composite shows the phases of Venus, using ultra-violet and infrared filters that reveal the cloud structure within the upper atmosphere of the planet. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"TomTom Rae <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Milky Way and Gum Nebula light up the sky over the Tasman Valley in New Zealand<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Tom Rae captured this image of peaks of the Tasman Valley in New Zealand set against the night sky of the southern hemisphere during summer.<\/p>\n

It includes the hydrogen clouds of the Gum Nebula – the red blob near the centre – as well as a band of the Milky Way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"MarcelMarcel Drechsler, Bray Falls, Yann Sainty, Nicolas Martino, Richard Galli<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Capturing this supernova remnant required 260 hours of photography<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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This impressive photograph is the result of 3,559 frames, 260 hours of exposure time and telescopes located on three continents. <\/p>\n

The team worked to explore and photograph a previously unknown gigantic supernova remnant (SNR) in the centre of the famous constellation Cassiopeia.<\/p>\n

“SNR G107.5-5.2, The Nereides Nebula in Cassiopeia” was created by Marcel Drechsler in Germany, Bray Falls in the USA, and Yann Sainty, Nicolas Martino and Richard Galli in France.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"XinXin Feng \/ Miao Gong<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Sir Patrick Moore Prize for Best Newcomer award<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The Sir Patrick Moore Prize for Best Newcomer award went to Xin Feng and Miao Gong from China.<\/p>\n

Their image is of SH2-308, the Dolphin Head Nebula, which appears low in the northern hemisphere and can only be seen for five hours a day.<\/p>\n

Their image comprises a total of ten days of shooting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"SergioSergio D\u00edaz Ruiz<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Annie Maunder Prize for Image Innovation<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Sergio D\u00edaz Ruiz from Spain was awarded the Annie Maunder Prize for Image Innovation for his image of Earth.<\/p>\n

This image was created by mixing the 16 bands monitored by the GOES-18 weather satellite to encode land masses, oceans and atmospheric features as different colours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The winning and highly commended images will be on display in exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, London from 13 September 2024.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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