Astrophotographers, begin your engines.
The Royal Observatory Greenwich’s fifteenth annual Photographer of the 12 months competitors is about to start. From Jan. 9 via 7:00 a.m. EST (1200 GMT) on March 3, photographers from around the globe can submit as much as 10 space-related pictures to the competitors, which seeks to seek out “essentially the most putting pictures of our cosmos” — ones which were taken after Jan. 1, 2022, that’s.
2023 appears to be like to be a promising 12 months for skywatching with a naked-eye comet visiting for the primary time in 50,000 years and an annular solar eclipse on high of the same old highlights akin to annual meteor showers, so there shall be loads of tantalizing targets for astrophotographers to level their cameras at.
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Awards shall be granted to an total winner, plus winners throughout the next eight classes:
There’s additionally a Younger Astronomy Photographer of the 12 months for photographers below the age of 16, in addition to two particular awards: the Sir Patrick Moore Prize for Greatest Newcomer and the Annie Maunder Prize for Picture Innovation, which celebrates pictures processed with open-source information.
The general Astronomy Photographer of the 12 months will win £10,000, whereas winners of the sub-categories and the Younger Astronomy Photographer of the 12 months will win £1,500.
Runners-up and highly-commended entries within the sub-categories will get £500 and £250, respectively, and every particular award winner will obtain £750. All winners may even obtain a one-year subscription to BBC Sky at Night time Journal, and the Younger Astronomy Photographer of the 12 months will obtain a Celestron Astromaster 130EQ MD telescope.
To enter the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s fifteenth annual Photographer of the 12 months competitors, learn via the competition rules (opens in new tab), then head to apy.rmg.co.uk (opens in new tab) to submit your entries. The winners shall be introduced on Sept. 14, 2023, with all profitable pictures being exhibited at London’s Nationwide Maritime Museum afterward.
Occupied with getting into, however have not taken your picture but? Photographers on the lookout for useful suggestions ought to try our beginner’s guide to astrophotography. And for those who’re in want of an tools improve, we have got you lined there, too: have a look via our guides to the best astrophotography cameras and best astrophotography lenses.
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