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
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