{"id":110620,"date":"2017-09-25T15:03:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T14:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=110620"},"modified":"2017-09-24T22:07:36","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T21:07:36","slug":"insight-astronomy-photographer-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/insight-astronomy-photographer-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_110637&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 620px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-110637 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/The-Rho-Ophiuchi-Clouds-Artem-Mironov.jpg\" alt=\"The Rho Ophiuchi Clouds Artem Mironov\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/The-Rho-Ophiuchi-Clouds-Artem-Mironov.jpg 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/The-Rho-Ophiuchi-Clouds-Artem-Mironov.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/The-Rho-Ophiuchi-Clouds-Artem-Mironov.jpg?resize=562,372 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Sky-Watcher 200 mm f\/4 reflector telescope, Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro mount, Canon 5D Mark II camera, ISO 1600, 15hr total exposure. \u00a9 Artem Mironov<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>\u2018The Rho Ophiuchi Clouds\u2019<\/h2>\n<h3>by Artem Mironov (Russia)<\/h3>\n<h3>Insight Astronomy Photographer \u00a0of the Year Winner, Stars and Nebulae, and overall winner<\/h3>\n<p>Taken over three nights at a farm in Namibia near Gamsberg Mountain, this image depicts the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. Sometimes known as \u2018Rho Oph\u2019 for short or the Ophiuchus molecular cloud, it is named after a bright star in the region. It is a dark emission and reflection nebula about 14 light years across and is situated approximately 460 light years away from our planet, in the constellation of Ophiuchus (the \u2018serpent-bearer\u2019). It is one of the closest star-forming regions to the solar system.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_110634&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 620px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-110634 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Ghost-World-Mikkel-Beiter.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost World Mikkel Beiter\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Ghost-World-Mikkel-Beiter.jpg 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Ghost-World-Mikkel-Beiter.jpg?resize=300,450 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Ghost-World-Mikkel-Beiter.jpg?resize=267,400 267w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Ghost-World-Mikkel-Beiter.jpg?resize=562,843 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Canon EOS 5D Mark III, 24 mm f\/2 lens, 6secs, ISO 1600. \u00a9 Mikkel Beiter<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>\u2018Ghost World\u2019<\/h2>\n<h3>by Mikkel Beiter (Denmark)<\/h3>\n<h3>Winner, Aurorae<\/h3>\n<p>During October 2016 Beiter observed the waves from the sea slowly rolling up on this long beach in Iceland making the sand wet, resulting in great conditions for catching some reflections. Suddenly, clouds emerged from the nearby mountains and floated across the sea allowing him to capture this other-worldly scene of a powerful, teal aurora sweeping across the night sky in Stokksnes, Iceland.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_110624&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 620px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-110624 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Blue-Tycho-Laszlo-Francsics.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Tycho Laszlo Francsics\" width=\"600\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Blue-Tycho-Laszlo-Francsics.jpg 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Blue-Tycho-Laszlo-Francsics.jpg?resize=300,111 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Blue-Tycho-Laszlo-Francsics.jpg?resize=562,207 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">250 mm f\/4 reflector telescope at f\/10, Sky-Watcher EQ6 mount, ZWO ASI290MM and Sony SLT-A99V, composite of 5,000 monochrome frames and 50 colour frames. \u00a9 L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Francsics<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>\u2018Blue Tycho\u2019<\/h2>\n<h3>by L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Francsics (Hungary)<\/h3>\n<h3>Winner, Our Moon<\/h3>\n<p>This hyper-saturated image depicts the face of the lunar surface in a new light. The impact crater and its ray system appear as blue-white structures that extend over a thousand miles. The Tycho Crater, named after Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, has a bluish shade that is characteristic of the youngest craters on the Moon, with this particular feature estimated to be 108 million years old.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_110627&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 620px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-110627 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Mercury-Rising-Alexandra-Hart.jpg\" alt=\"Mercury Rising Alexandra Hart\" width=\"600\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Mercury-Rising-Alexandra-Hart.jpg 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Mercury-Rising-Alexandra-Hart.jpg?resize=300,292 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Mercury-Rising-Alexandra-Hart.jpg?resize=411,400 411w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Mercury-Rising-Alexandra-Hart.jpg?resize=562,547 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">TEC140 140mm f\/7 refractor telescope, Solarscope DSF100 H-alpha filter, Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro mount, PGR Grasshopper 3, stacked from multiple exposures. \u00a9 Alexandra Hart<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>\u2018Mercury Rising\u2019<\/h2>\n<h3>by Alexandra Hart (UK)<\/h3>\n<h3>Winner, Our Sun<\/h3>\n<p>On 9 May 2016, a transit of Mercury occurred, with the smallest planet in the solar system passing directly between the Earth and the Sun over the course of seven-and-a-half hours. Mercury can be seen towards the centre of the image as a tiny black dot. The day of the transit had dawned cloudy but weather forecasts showed clear skies to the north, and Hart had a kind friend who offered the use of his garden as a viewing area.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_110626&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 620px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-110626 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/M63-Star-Streams-and-the-Sunflower-Galaxy-Oleg-Bryzgalov.jpg\" alt=\"M63 Star Streams and the Sunflower Galaxy Oleg Bryzgalov\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/M63-Star-Streams-and-the-Sunflower-Galaxy-Oleg-Bryzgalov.jpg 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/M63-Star-Streams-and-the-Sunflower-Galaxy-Oleg-Bryzgalov.jpg?resize=300,250 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/M63-Star-Streams-and-the-Sunflower-Galaxy-Oleg-Bryzgalov.jpg?resize=480,400 480w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/M63-Star-Streams-and-the-Sunflower-Galaxy-Oleg-Bryzgalov.jpg?resize=562,468 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">QSI 583wsg, 10in f\/3.8 homemade reflector telescope at f\/4.4, Whiteswan 180 mount, 22hrs. \u00a9 Oleg Bryzgalov<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>\u2018M63: Star Streams and the Sunflower Galaxy\u2019<\/h2>\n<h3>by Oleg Bryzgalov (Ukraine)<\/h3>\n<h3>Winner, Galaxies<\/h3>\n<p>A bright spiral galaxy, Messier 63 looks like a star necklace in which the stars have crashed outwards from the galaxy\u2019s centre, producing this fantastic long train. The ghostly star arcs of the Sunflower Galaxy had long been an elusive target for photographers, but upon deciding to take the image in one of the darkest places in Europe \u2013 the Rozhen Observatory in the Rhodopes Mountains, Bulgaria \u2013 Bryzgalov successfully captured such an astronomical object. Despite a warm winter and an early spring, there were snow drifts more than a metre high where he shot this, and it took a lot of effort to break through them.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_110630&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 620px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-110630 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/The-Cone-Nebula-NGC-2264-Jason-Green.jpg\" alt=\"The Cone Nebula NGC 2264 Jason Green\" width=\"600\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/The-Cone-Nebula-NGC-2264-Jason-Green.jpg 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/The-Cone-Nebula-NGC-2264-Jason-Green.jpg?resize=300,364 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/The-Cone-Nebula-NGC-2264-Jason-Green.jpg?resize=330,400 330w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/The-Cone-Nebula-NGC-2264-Jason-Green.jpg?resize=562,681 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">William Optics 132mm f\/5.6 apochromatic refractor telescope, Celestron CGE Pro mount, QSI 660WSG8 Mono CCD, 16 2\/3-hour total exposure. \u00a9 Jason Green<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>\u2018The Cone Nebula (NGC 2264)\u2019<\/h2>\n<h3>by Jason Green (Gibraltar)<\/h3>\n<h3>Winner, Sir Patrick Moore Prize For Best Newcomer<\/h3>\n<p>A vivid deep-red image of the Cone Nebula, lying about 2,700 light years away in the constellation of Monoceros. The image consists of 20 x 10-minute exposures per filter and is an integration of luminance, red, green and blue (LRGB) and hydrogen-alpha (H-Alpha) filters. The image is calibrated with at frames and bias frames, aligned and combined to produce one integrated full-colour image. PixInsight and Photoshop was used to process the image.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_110632&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 620px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-110632 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Wanderer-in-Patagonia-Yuri-Zvezdny.jpg\" alt=\"Wanderer in Patagonia Yuri Zvezdny\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Wanderer-in-Patagonia-Yuri-Zvezdny.jpg 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Wanderer-in-Patagonia-Yuri-Zvezdny.jpg?resize=300,201 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Wanderer-in-Patagonia-Yuri-Zvezdny.jpg?resize=562,376 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">iOptron Sky-Tracker mount, Sony Alpha 7S, 18mm f\/2.8 lens, 30secs, ISO 5000. \u00a9 Yuri Zvezdny<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>\u2018Wanderer in Patagonia\u2019<\/h2>\n<h3>by Yuri Zvezdny (Russia)<\/h3>\n<h3>Winner, People and Space<\/h3>\n<p>A lone stargazer stares up at the stars of our galaxy, the Milky Way, as they stretch across the night sky over the Piedras Blancas glacier in the Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina. Alone in the darkness, Zvezdny made his way over the huge rocks with the mountain river roaring under his feet and the glacier rumbling nearby.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_110628&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 620px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-110628 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Passage-to-the-Milky-Way-Haitong-Yu.jpg\" alt=\"Passage to the Milky Way Haitong Yu\" width=\"600\" height=\"807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Passage-to-the-Milky-Way-Haitong-Yu.jpg 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Passage-to-the-Milky-Way-Haitong-Yu.jpg?resize=300,404 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Passage-to-the-Milky-Way-Haitong-Yu.jpg?resize=297,400 297w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Passage-to-the-Milky-Way-Haitong-Yu.jpg?resize=562,756 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Sony Alpha ILCE-7s, 85mm f\/1.4 lens, panorama of three 8sec exposures, ISO 10,000. \u00a9 Haitong Yu<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>\u2018Passage to the Milky Way\u2019<\/h2>\n<h3>by Haitong Yu (China)<\/h3>\n<h3>Winner, Skyscapes<\/h3>\n<p>The serene sight of the dusky Milky Way viewed through the minimalist outdoor passageway of the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fibre Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) at the National Astronomical Observatory of China. Shot with an 85mm lens, the image is a composite of a three-panel panorama, each one with a single exposure.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_110629&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 620px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-110629 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Saturn-Olivia-Williamson.jpg\" alt=\"Saturn Olivia Williamson\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Saturn-Olivia-Williamson.jpg 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Saturn-Olivia-Williamson.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Saturn-Olivia-Williamson.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Saturn-Olivia-Williamson.jpg?resize=170,170 170w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Saturn-Olivia-Williamson.jpg?resize=562,562 562w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Saturn-Olivia-Williamson.jpg?resize=150,150 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Celestron C11 355.6mm f\/10 reflector telescope at f\/2.7, Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 GT mount, ZWO ASI224MC. \u00a9 Olivia Williamson<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>\u2018Saturn\u2019<\/h2>\n<h3>by Olivia Williamson (UK)<\/h3>\n<h3>Winner, Young Astronomy Photographer Of The Year<\/h3>\n<p>An incredibly detailed image of the ringed planet, Saturn, which 13-year-old Olivia Williamson captured on a trip to the desert near Al Khazna, Abu Dhabi with her dad. The conditions on 27 May meant the body of Saturn appeared to have more detail than she had seen before, resulting in a trip to the desert to escape the light pollution of the city. Using her new ZWO ASI244 colour camera for the first time coupled with excellent conditions, the photographer even managed to capture the beauty of the Cassini Division in the rings.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_110631&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 620px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-110631 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Venus-Phase-Evolution-Roger-Hutchinson.jpg\" alt=\"Venus Phase Evolution Roger Hutchinson\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Venus-Phase-Evolution-Roger-Hutchinson.jpg 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Venus-Phase-Evolution-Roger-Hutchinson.jpg?resize=300,170 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Venus-Phase-Evolution-Roger-Hutchinson.jpg?resize=562,318 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Celestron C11 EdgeHD 355.6mm f\/10 reflector telescope, Celestron CGE Pro mount, ZWO ASI174MM. \u00a9 Roger Hutchinson<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>\u2018Venus Phase Evolution\u2019<\/h2>\n<h3>by Roger Hutchinson (UK)<\/h3>\n<h3>Winner, Planets, Comets and Asteroids<\/h3>\n<p>This image shows the changing face of Venus as it grew from 86.6% illuminated and 11.9in in diameter (as seen from the same spot in London) on 25 September 2016, to 1% illuminated and 59.3in in diameter six months later. Infrared and ultraviolet filters captured cloud features during the larger crescent phases, and those where the apparent diameter is small or the crescent is thin, were taken using only an Infrared pass filter. All were stacked in Autostakkert! and sharpened in RegiStax. Final processing was performed in Photoshop CC.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_110625&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 620px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-110625 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Encounter-of-Comet-and-Planetary-Nebula-Gerald-Rhemann.jpg\" alt=\"Insight Astronomy Photographer \" width=\"600\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Encounter-of-Comet-and-Planetary-Nebula-Gerald-Rhemann.jpg 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Encounter-of-Comet-and-Planetary-Nebula-Gerald-Rhemann.jpg?resize=300,209 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Encounter-of-Comet-and-Planetary-Nebula-Gerald-Rhemann.jpg?resize=576,400 576w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/Encounter-of-Comet-and-Planetary-Nebula-Gerald-Rhemann.jpg?resize=562,391 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">ASA Astrograph 12in N 300mm f\/3.6 reflector telescope, ASA DDM 85 mount, FLI Microline ML 16200, 94min. \u00a9 Gerald Rhemann<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>\u2018Encounter of Comet and Planetary Nebula\u2019<\/h2>\n<h3>by Gerald Rhemann (Austria)<\/h3>\n<h3>Winner, Robotic Scope<\/h3>\n<p>A vibrant image showing the glowing green, comet C\/2013 X1 (PanSTARRS) whizzing past the luminous pink-and-blue Helix Nebula, on 5 June 2016. This photograph was taken at an observatory on Tivoli Farm in Namibia, where the photographer installed a mount and telescope with a friend of his. The observatory is fully remote-controlled and frequently maintained during visits, and enabled Rhemann to capture this mosaic image of two panels.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>For information about entering next year\u2019s competition visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmg.co.uk\/astrophoto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.rmg.co.uk\/astrophoto<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-110633\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/APOTY_2017-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"APOTY 2017 book cover\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/APOTY_2017-book-cover.jpg 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/APOTY_2017-book-cover.jpg?resize=170,170 170w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/09\/APOTY_2017-book-cover.jpg?resize=150,150 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p><strong>Now in its ninth year, the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition is run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich in association with Insight Investment and BBC Sky at Night Magazine. The category winning images can be seen at the Royal Observatory\u2019s Astronomy Centre in Greenwich, London until 28 June 2018. Winners and shortlisted entries will also be published in the competition\u2019s official book Astronomy Photographer of the Year Collection 6, ISBN 978-0008-249502, published by Collins in November, priced \u00a325.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winners have been announced for this year\u2019s Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. 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