‘Geyser’ aurora and mic cosmic bat ‘nebula selected for astronomy photo award
July 15, 2020ScienceComments Off on ‘Geyser’ aurora and mic cosmic bat ‘nebula selected for astronomy photo award
Glowing Arctic Lights sweep across the dark Icelandic sky; Colorful puffs of dust and gas form a spectral ballati shape in a distant nebula; Craters on the lunar surface Yavan and Gap, their rocky textures were captured in stunning detail.
These and other notable ideas of cosmic events were shortlisted by the judges Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2020 The competition was announced on Monday (13 July) by the organizers, along with the Royal Observatory Greenwich in London.
Amateur and professional space photographers from around 70 countries submitted more than 5,200 entries to this year’s competition, the largest international competition of its kind, the delegates announced in a statement.
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Shortlisting photos show the active area on the surface of the sun; After stellar explosions; Star trails on a desert landscape; And peek from behind the face standing in front of the small Saturn Our moon, to name just a few.
From the shortlisted photo, the judges will select an overall winner. Prizes will also be awarded for top photographs in nine categories: Aurora; People and Space; Our sun; Our moon; Planets, comets and asteroids; Stars and Nebula; Galaxies; And Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year, photographers age 16 and younger.
A special award, the Sir Patrick Moore Award for Best Newcomer, honors astronomers who have been shooting photographs of space for less than a year. Another special award, the Annie Mander Prize for Image Innovation, recognizes outstanding image formation using telescope data that is publicly available.
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When a giant star bursts into the form of a supernova, it ejects an enormous amount of material, leaving behind one of the most beautiful examples of a nebula. It is the cradle of the Veer Nebula, a large gas cloud in the constellation Cygnus, Hans. This image shows just a small piece of this nebula. The aesthetic and fine detail of the interlaced vice of oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen, which matches the natural colors here, is breathtaking. (Image credit: copyright Josep Druidis)
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On 12 August 2019, our moon left Saturn and its moons. The shaded limb of the waxing gibbous moon slowly hid on the planet for several minutes. Shaded mountains appear against the luminous planet and ring as an irregular shore where the planet is hidden. To the left of Saturn are its two icy moons, Tethys (lower) and Dion (upper), little splashes in the dark. (Image credit: copyright Andy Cassley)
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After two weeks of storms, clouds and snow in Norway’s Lofoten Islands, the sky finally cleared, creating the perfect conditions for the northern lights to hunt. The photographer patiently waited for his car for the light show to begin and at the first sign of Aurora Borealis in the sky, he set up his camera in this famous scene of the delightful fishing village of Hamno. The image is a manual exposure blend with a base image with a total of seven bracketed images to balance the highlights and shadows in the fishing village and water, in addition to the sky and foreground. (Image credit: copyright Andreas etal)
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The image captures the photographer’s favorite astrophotography area and one of the most vibrant, colorful nebulae in space. It shows many interesting dark sky objects such as Roe Ophiuchi, the star surrounded by the blue reflection nebula IC 4604 on the top-left, the red superimposed star Antares and on the right one of the nearest spherical cluster of solar system 4 . This two panel mosaic was taken in August 2019 under the dark Namibian skies for over two nights. (Image credit: Copyright Mario Kogo)
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This photo was taken while the photographer was staying at the Soussas Dunes Lodge in Namibulfut Park, Namusia. Situated in a quiet and remote area, the lodge has an ideal location for stargazers. The photographer was intrigued by a warning sign in the lodge, which warned guests to keep the door closed if the baboons barged in, hoping to shoot a baboon to spend the night! (Image credit: Copyright Qiqies (Nina) Zhao)
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Many years ago, before fishing, Little Redfish Lake was called because the lake’s color was red due to the vast number of salmon. The red color is no longer visible due to salmon, but the color of sunset and airglow still changes the water to a vibrant red during the night. It is these beautiful warm echoes of the red color, which mirror the mirror-like reflections of the distant Sawanoth Mountains and the Milky Way’s alignment with the mountains, making Little Redfish Lake one of the most spectacular places a photographer ever shoots . night. The photographer remembers that ‘that night we were lucky to have ourselves, the three of us, and a very excited dog who tried his best not to run in our tripod! We spent the sunset here, waiting for the stars to come out and the Milky Way core to rise, amazing in the red of the water. ‘ (Image credit: Bryony Richards)
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The 50th anniversary of ESO’s La Silla Observatory concludes with breathing and a very clear total solar eclipse. In a very long process, the photographer folded, aligned and stacked 96 frames together, revealing streamers and faint corona. Stars also began to appear, most notably the red giant Beteluse (left), which began to shrink after months. Photographers used their action set Realstar for various star flashes of small dots; Therefore he was able to show the brightness of Beteluse during the day compared to Bellatrix and other stars. (Image credit: Sebastian Waltmer)
“Astronomy is one of the most accessible sciences, and everyone has looked at the night sky at one time or another and wondered what is in the universe,” Judge and Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomer Emily Drabik-Mander said in the statement. “.” Astrophotography bridges the gap between art and science, highlighting the natural beauty of our universe. “
According to the statement, the winners of the competition will be announced on 10 September and those photos will be displayed at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.
