20 space (truly space) photographs that won the Royal Observatory Greenwich competition

Through the lenses of experienced photographers, the sky, revealing the boundless space of space, is felt in a new way. Nebulae and galaxies, the Moon and the Sun, as well as stars – they all inevitably take on pleasing to the eye artistic outlines that cannot be seen otherwise. Just look at these footage, which has reached the top spot in the Royal Observatory’s Astronomical Photographer of the Year competition, a 13th consecutive year of space enthusiasts competition at the Greenwich National Maritime Museum.

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The Golden Ring

An annular solar eclipse captured from the Ali region of Tibet

• photographer: Shuchang Dong from China;
• equipment: Fujifilm XT-4 camera; 386mm f / 10 lens, ISO 160, exposure 1/2000 second (for the Sun); ND1000 filter, 386mm f / 16 lens, ISO 160, 1 second exposure (for clouds).

The Sun sharing its Crown with a Comet

Bailey Beads effect on the Sun during its eclipse from Argentina

• photographer: Vincent Bouchama from France;
• Equipment: William Optics ZenithStar 61II APO telescope, Williams Optics Flat 61 lens at f / 5.9, Vixen GPD SkySensor 2000PC mount, Canon EOS 760D camera; ISO 200-800, exposure 1 / 800-0.6 (sky, sun and comet); ISO 200, exposure 1/4000 second (Bailey’s Beads).

Curtain of Hydrogen

Details of the Sun that can be captured only with low atmospheric turbulence

• photographer: Alan Friedman from USA;
• Equipment: Astro-Physics 92 mm f / 4.8 refractory telescope, working with a focal length of 1.7 m, Coronado Solarmax filter 90 mm, Astro-Physics 1200 mount, Grasshopper 2MP monochrome streaming camera, exposure 1/1000 second.

Polar Lights Dance

Northern Lights near the Kara-Bogaz-Gol Strait from the Russian side

• photographer: Dmitry Rybalka from Russia;
• Equipment: Sony ILCE-7M3 camera, 28mm f / 2.8 lens, ISO 100, exposure 25 seconds.

Proper Welcome for the Moon

Northern lights on the background of moonrise in Lapland

• photographer: Thomas Kast from Finland;
• Equipment: Nikon D850 camera, 15mm f / 2.8 lens, ISO 400, exposure 1.6 seconds.

Goðafoss Flow

Frozen Godafoss waterfall in northern Iceland against the backdrop of the northern lights

• photographer: Larryn Rae from Iceland;
• Equipment: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV camera, 24mm f / 2.5 lens, ISO 2500, 16x exposure for 2.5 seconds.

The Milky Ring

360-degree image of the Milky Way from images taken in China and New Zealand

• photographer: Zhong Wu from China;
• Equipment: Nikon D810a camera, 40mm f / 1.4 lens, ISO 8000, 1000x exposure for 6 seconds.

The Nebulae of the Triangulum Galaxy

A galaxy from New Mexico that can sometimes be seen even with the naked eye

• photographer: Russell Croman from USA;
• equipment: telescope Takahashi FSQ106 EDX4 530 mm at f / 5 and telescope PlaneWave 14 “CDK 2543 mm at f / 7.2, filters and mounts Software Bisque Paramount MX + and Paramount ME-II.

A Smiley in Space

Galaxy NGC 1055 forms a smile, and the stars of the Milky Way form eyes

• photographers: Nicolas Rolland and Martin Pugh from France and Australia respectively;
• equipment: 17-inch Planewave CDK telescope with f / 6.8, Astrodon filters, Bisque Paramount ME software, SBIG STXL-11002 camera, L-RGB-Ha composite, total exposure 27.5 hours.

Beyond the Limb

The surface of the moon with a crescent moon of the satellite of Venus rising above the horizon

• photographer: Nicolas Lefaudeux from France;
• equipment: Celestron C11 2800 mm telescope at f / 10, iOptron iEQ30 mount, Basler ACA2500-14GC camera; 2.5 millisecond exposure (eclipse); 50x exposure at 2.5 milliseconds (Venus); 200x exposure for 15 milliseconds.

Lunar Halo

Moonlight is reflected in ice over a snowy landscape in Östersund, Sweden

• photographer: Goran Strand from Sweden;
• Equipment: Nikon Z6 II camera, 14mm f / 5.6 lens, ISO 200, 6x exposure for 15 seconds.

“From Iridum to Imbrium”

The saturation of this image has been greatly increased to emphasize the desert surface.

• photographer: Stefan Buda from Australia;
• equipment: homemade Dall-Kirkham 405 mm telescope at f / 16, homemade Alt-Azimuth fork mount, Astrodon RGB filters, ZWO ASI120MM camera, exposure 9000x 0.0625 seconds.

«Локдаун» (Lockdown)

Photo that highlights the 2020 lockdown was taken in Windsor, UK

• photographer: Deepal Ratnayaka from UK;
• Equipment: Sony ILCE-6600 camera, 8mm f / 4 lens; ISO 1600, 8 second exposure (foreground); ISO 1000, 844x 30 second exposure (Moon).

A Lonely Ship Under the Stars

Comet C / 2020 F3 (NEOWISE) flies over a ship sailing along the Nieuwe-Waterweg Canal

• photographer: André van der Hoeven from the Netherlands;
• Equipment: Tamron telescope 24–70 mm at f / 2.8, Nikon D810a camera, ISO 800, 5-second exposure.

A colorful quadrantid meteor

A meteor of quantization, which was completely accidentally removed in a blazing light

• photographer: Frank Kuszaj from USA;
• Equipment: Sony a7R III camera, SkyWatcher Star Adventurer star tracker, 70 mm f / 2.8 lens, ISO 3200, 1 minute exposure.

Perseverance

It took over 100 nights to take this photo of Mars

• photographer: Damian Peach (Damian Peach);
• there is no information about the equipment used.

The Horn Extensions of Venus

In this image, the atmosphere of Venus is illuminated by residual light from the Sun.

• photographer: Martin Lewis from USA;
• there is no information about the equipment used.

Luna Dunes

Deserted dunes of Death Valley National Park (USA) against the background of the same deserted moon

• photographer: Jeffrey Lovelace from USA;
• equipment: Sony ILCE-7RM4 camera; 70mm f / 8 lens, ISO 400 (sand and sky); 30 second exposure (sand); exposure 1 second (sky); 200mm f / 2.8 lens, ISO 100 (Moon), exposure 2.5 seconds (Moon’s edge); exposure 1/100 second (edge ​​of the moon).

Van Gogh’s Sketchpad

Space landscape over Lugu Lake in Yunnan (China)

• photographer: Jin Yang from China;
• Equipment: Canon 6D2 camera, Sigma 546mm f / 8 lens, ISO 100, exposure 1/640 second.

«Облака в IC 2944» (Clouds in IC 2944)

Running Chicken Nebula in the constellation Alpha Centauri

• photographer: Bogdan Borz from Romania;
• Equipment: Nieton Astro Systeme Austria 500 mm telescope at f / 3.8, Astrodon filters, ASA DDM85 equatorial mount, FLI Proline PL16803 camera, Ha-SII-OIII composite, total exposure 2 hours 42 minutes.

A source: Live Science.