Best Space Images Shortlisted for Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024

Best Space Images Shortlisted for Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024

By Khushi thakur JULY 10, 2024

Aurora Borealis

Image Source: Royal Museum Greenwich /Jose Miguel Picon Chimelis

This stunning view of the aurora is taken from Eystrahorn Mountain, Hvalnesviti, Iceland. This phenomenon is caused by a geomagnetic storm and a power cut happened in the area. 

Isaac Newton Telescope Facility

Image Source: Royal Museum Greenwich / Jakob Sahner

This is the image of the Isaac Newton Telescope facility located in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. In the centre of the picture, there is Milky Way Galaxy. 

Volcanic Crater On Mount Aso

Image Source: Royal Museum Greenwich /  Yoshiki Abe

This is the image of the Nakadake peak volcanic crater on Mount Aso located in Aso City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. 

Abandoned House

Image Source: Royal Museum Greenwich /  Stefan Liebermann

This is the image of the Namib Desert where an abandoned house is present and right above it is the Milky Way located in  Garub, Namibia.

Faint Supernova

Image Source: Royal Museum Greenwich /  Bray Falls 

SNR G156.2+5.7 is a stunning and subtle supernova remnant located within the constellation Auriga. It lies behind the dark clouds of the Taurus-Auriga molecular complex, which is quite close to our Solar System.

Sun

Image Source: Royal Museum Greenwich / Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau 

This is the image of the Sun captured by the telescope where the reminiscent of a colossal plasma whale gliding across the surface of the sun, just above the solar disc.

Arctic Dragon

Image Source: Royal Museum Greenwich / Carina Letelier Baeza

An aurora at Arctic Henge, Raufarhöfn, Iceland that is in the shape of a dragon over the rocky pyramids. 

Galaxy Devourer

Image Source: Royal Museum Greenwich / ShaRa group 

This image of CG4 (Cometary Globule 4) nebulosity located in the constellation Puppis, was taken from the El Sauce Observatory, Río Hurtado, Chile.

Serpentine

Image Source: Royal Museum Greenwich / Paul Haworth  

On the New Moon in April 2023, Snettisham Beach, Norfolk, UK. The name of the image is given by the photographer due to the serpent-type crack in the mud that resembles the trailing stars and highlights the fantastic. 

Blowdryer Galaxy

Image Source: Royal Museum Greenwich / Damon Mitchell Scotting   

This is the image of the Blowdryer Galaxy along with three shining bright planets that have a higher brightness than the host galaxy. These are billion times smaller dwarf planets from the galaxy. 

M45 or Pleiades

Image Source: Royal Museum Greenwich / Sándor Biliczki

This is the image of M45 or Pleiades showing the blue details taken from the light pollution and good atmospheric conditions in AstroCamp Nerpio, Budapest, Spain. 

IC 5070, the Pelican Nebula

Image Source: Royal Museum Greenwich / Bence Toth

This image provides a close look at IC 5070, the Pelican Nebula. Depicting fine dust and gas structures similar to the mist on mountains taken from the telescope at Szödliget, Pest, Hungary.

Run to Carina

Image Source: Royal Museum Greenwich / Vikas Chander

Northwest Namibia where desert is all around. The image displays the Carina arm of the Milky Way, where a stone man is blended in the image using photoshop.  

Total Solar Eclipse

Image Source: Royal Museum Greenwich / Gwenaël Blanck 

Total Solar Eclipse in Australia for 62 seconds of totality on April 2023. Through using photoshop and collage the photographer produced this final image. 

Daytime Moon Transit From Space

Image Source: Royal Museum Greenwich / Kelvin Hennessy  

The image captures the International Space Station (ISS) as it passes in front of the Moon, which is 51 per cent illuminated photographer used the ISS Transit Prediction app to find the perfect location to capture this transition. Transition taken from Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

M81, Spiral Galaxy

Image Source: Royal Museum Greenwich / Holden Aimar    

This image features the spiral galaxy M81, also called Bode’s Galaxy, located approximately 11.75 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. It stands out as one of the brighter galaxies in the night sky.

Solar Prominence

Image Source: Royal Museum Greenwich /  Miguel Claro     

This is a still time-lapse image taken by the telescope at Dark Sky Alqueva, Évora, Portugal. The image reveals  a gigantic prominence in motion on the Sun. 

Martian Dementors

Image Source: Royal Museum Greenwich / Leonardo Di Maggio      

This image, captured during the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) missions, presents a transformed perspective of the Martian landscape, giving it a spooky and atmospheric quality.

Saturn with Six Moons

Image Source: Royal Museum Greenwich / Andy Casely      

In this image, Saturn has six moons. The titan is a large orange moon, Tethys is nearly hidden behind Saturn, Rhea, Enceladus, and Mimas are on the left, and Dione is at the lower right.

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