Astronomy Photographer Of The Year 2013 – Winning Pictures - GuardiaUK

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Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2013 – winning pictures
GuardianUK
Thursday 19 September 2013 10.23 EDT

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The competition is run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich and BBC Sky at Night Magazine. The winners, runners-up and highly commended photographs are showcased in a free exhibition at the Royal Observatory's Astronomy Centre.





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Fist two of seventeen...

The rest are here: http://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2013/sep/19/astronomy-photographer-year-2013-winning-pictures#/?picture=417742446&index=0

[shraby]

1. Thank you for the treat! Beautiful pictures.

[longship]

2. Wow! The Trapezium is my favorite.

The Orion Nebula is the only one of its kind from earth. It's visible with the naked eye. But at the heart of this exquisite jewel is the Trapezium, the quartet of young, very hot stars that light up this wonderful glow that one can see without magnification.

It is an exquisite and iconic object when seen from earth. And if one has a telescope the quarter of stars, the Trapezium itself, is always an inescapable lure. How many can you split?

The fact that stars are being born in this nebula almost seems like a side effect to its awesome beauty. But astronomers know better. The beauty wouldn't be there if the star generation wasn't also.

[samsingh]

3. nice

[oldandhappy]

4. zowie!

Beautiful. Thank you for the link. I love these photos. Amazing - overworked word but !!!

I go to a local planetarium several times a year. Wonderful to connect with the sky.