2023-09-15 18:33:33
The universe keeps its imperceptible mysteries. Impossible to reach for the human eye. Planets that shine in the distance, details of the Sun never before revealed, stars still undiscovered.
Part of this mystery pushes the contest of Royal Greenwich Observatory in Londonwhich this week chose the winners of the 2023 Astronomy Photographer award.
The award highlights specialists who manage to capture the most amazing astronomical phenomena with their equipment and provide a unique experience.
Therefore, after analyzing more than 100 photographs from specialists around the world, the British museum highlighted a handful of images that show the sky like never before.
The winning images of the 2023 Astronomy Photographer award
This edition took the main prize for a photograph of a huge plasma arc next to the Andromeda galaxy.
As explained, amateur astronomers Marcel Drechsler, Xavier Strottner and Yann Sainty captured the phenomenon that could be the largest structure of this type in the immediate vicinity of the Universe.
Marcel Drechsler, Xavier Strottner, Yann Sainty Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023
For this reason, judge and astrophotographer László Francsics said that the image was as spectacular as it was valuable. “It takes the quality of astrophotography to a higher level,” he said.
The Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, which runs the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, also awarded two 14-year-old Chinese boys the Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year award.
Runwei Xu and Binyu Wang collaborated to capture this image of the Running Chicken Nebula, cataloged as IC 2944, which is located in the constellation Centaurus, 6,000 light years from Earth.
In this case, the Young Astronomical Photographer of the Year award is intended for children under 16 years of age. In this area, the judges examined more than 4,000 applications from around the world.
Skyscapes Winner
S-42849-80 Grand Cosmic Fireworks © Angel An
In the “celestial landscapes” category, the winner was the team that managed to capture the great cosmic fireworks of Angel An. “We really loved that the photographer did not capture the entire structure, which extends far beyond the top of the frame. He creates a strange and disturbing image that cannot help but attract attention,” the judges noted.
Sun Winner
OS-161368-27 The Sun Question © Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau
In the photos of the Sun, Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau won, who managed to capture the star in a way never seen before. “This is such a clever image that, while we have seen the granulation and surface of the Sun before, I have never seen a filament shaped like a question mark before,” they celebrated.
Winner of “our Moon”
OM-3676-17 Mars-Set © Ethan Chappel
The photo “Mars set”, by Ethan Chapell, won the award for the “our Moon” category. “Capturing the level of detail on Mars seen here requires a great deal of skill and practice. Combined with a sharp, clear and perfectly processed lunar limb, the result is like carrying a gigantic telephoto lens into lunar orbit,” they commented.
The other winners
Aurora Winner
Brush Stroke © Monika Deviat
Winner of Planets, Comets and Asteroids
PCA-195480-155 Suspended in a Sunbeam © Tom Williams
Winner People and Space
PCA-195480-155 Suspended in a Sunbeam © Tom Williams
Stars and Nebulas Winner
New Class of Galactic Nebulae Around the Star YY HYA © Marcel Drechsler
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