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Royal Observatory of Great Britain announced winners of the annual competition “Astronomical Photography 2014 of the Year “and the magnificent image of British photographer James Woodend aurora borealis over icelandic night sky was named the winner.
The competition has been held for the sixth year. “Every year everything becomes more and more difficult to judge, and we always marvel at mastery photographers, “said Dr. Maggie Aderyn-Pocock, one of the contest judges. “Deep Space” category, where applicants were able to capture such amazing details of objects found in many light years from us, which are almost on par with the images, obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope, cannot but produce impression”.
Below you can see photos of the winners in various categories.
The main winner of the competition, the category Earth and space: polar shine over Iceland and its reflection in the glacier of the reserve Vatnajokull. Photographer James Woodend, UK.
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Deep space: Horsehead Nebula (IC 434). Photographer Bill Snyder, USA.
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Solar system: red-hot plasma on a boiling surface Of the sun. Photographer Alexander Hart, Great Britain.
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Young astronomer photographer: Horsehead Nebula (IC 434). Photographers twins Shishir and Shashank Dholakia, 15 years old, USA.
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Special prize: people and space: hybrid solar eclipse. Photographer Eugene Kamenev, Germany.
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Special Prize: Sir Patrick Moore Prize for Novice Photographer: rocks on the background of the Milky Way. Photographer Chris Murphy, New Zealand.
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Image from a robotic telescope: a series of images Spiral Galaxy NGC 3718. Photographer Mark Henson, USA.
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United Kingdom Aurora USA Telescope
