Best Astronomy Pictures of the Year 2011

Is now the third year of the Royal Observatory’s competition to uncover the best photographs of stars, planets, galaxies and more. They received nearly 800 entries from astronomers around the world – that’s nearly double the number they received last year!   Picture above: Hunting Moon by Jean-Baptiste Feldmann (France) -People and Space: runner-up

A very clear picture of the king of our solar system, Jupiter, earned top honors in the 2011 Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest:

Category winner and overall competition winner

Jupiter with lo and Ganymede, September 2010 by Damian Peach (UK)

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Winners: Earth and Space

Galactic Paradise by Tunç Tezel (Turkey)

Divine Presence by Ole C. Salomonsen (Norway)

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Winners: Deep Space

Vela Supernova Remnant by Marco Lorenzi (Italy)
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Winners: Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year

Lunar Eclipse and Occultation by Jathin Premjith (India), age 15

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People and Space: winner

Stargazing by Jeffrey Sullivan (USA)

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2011 Astronomy Photographer of the Year

- See also:

• Planetary Conjunction over Paranal
• Ocean Moonrise
• Hublot Antikythera Watch (video)
• The sunspot sourcery
• All Four VLT Unit Telescopes Working as One
• Jupiter Near Opposition
• Mars Interior
• The Milky Way's Black Hole unleashes the brightest Flar...

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