See the raging inferno of the sun’s surface captured in the winning and shortlisted entrees for the 2018 Our Sun category of Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year.

Almost unbelievably brilliant! With the detail and breathtaking starkness captured in the corona, we could be forgiven for thinking we were seeing an eclipsed pulsar.
Jon Culshaw; Comedian, impersonator and regular guest on The Sky at Night
Winner - Sun King, little King, and God of War
Winner - Sun King, little King, and God of War
© Nicolas Lefaudeux
Nikon D810 camera, AF S NIKKOR 105mm f/1.4E ED lens at 105 mm f/1.4, untracked tripod, ISO 64, multiple exposures of 0.3-second, 0.6-second and 1.3-second

Such a distinctive shot of prominence activity. Evocative of a microscopic image of a wasp stinger. A most unusual and alluring solar view.
Ed Robinson; Award-winning photographer, creative director, visual consultant and founder of OneRedEye Visual Communications
Runner-up - Coloured Eruptive Prominence
Runner-up - Coloured Eruptive Prominence
© Stuart Green
Home-built telescope based on iStar Optical 150 mm f/10 lens, double stacked hydrogen alpha filter at 5250 mm, Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro mount, Basler acA1920-155um camera, 150 mm f/35 lens, multiple 0.006-second exposures as an AVI

This photograph stood out as a superb example of documentation of a phenomenon that played with representation by taking the black and white data and describing space and movement resonant of early magnetic field and scientific analogue photography.
Sarah Pickering; Award-winning artist and Teaching Fellow at the Slade School of Fine Art
Highly commended - AR2673
Highly commended - AR2673
© Haiyang Zong
Sky-Watcher DOB10 GoTo telescope, Optolong R filter, Sky-Watcher DOB10 GoTo mount, QHY5III290M camera, 3600 mm f/4.7, ISO 16, 0.7-millisecond exposure

Total Solar Eclipse Flash Spectrum
Total Solar Eclipse Flash Spectrum
© Kenneth Wilson
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT camera, 200 mm f/4.5 lens, ISO 200, 1/90-second exposure

AR 2665 and Quiescent Prominence
AR 2665 and Quiescent Prominence
© Łukasz Sujka
TS Individual 102/1100 telescope, ZWO ASI 178MM-C camera etalon from Lunt50ThaPT + B1200 + BelOptik ERF + TV Barlow x2 lens at 1100 mm f/11, Z 178 mm-C camera, 10-millisecond exposure

Tower-Like Prominence
Tower-Like Prominence
© Peter Barnes
TEC140ED APO refractor telescope at 980 mm f/7, Daystar Quantum PE 0.4A lens, iOptron EQ45 mount, Point Grey Grasshopper USB3 camera, 1000 frames at 31.1-millisecond exposure

Solar Swirl in Hydrogen-Alpha Light
Solar Swirl in Hydrogen-Alpha Light
© Edward Dobosz
Explore Scientific ES127mm carbon fibre refractor telescope, Daystar Quark and Lunt DSSII lens at 4000 mm f/7.5, Basler acA1920-155um camera, 300 x 1/60-second exposures

ISS Sunspots
ISS Sunspots
© Dani Caxete (Fernández Méndez)
Long Perng ED 80 telescope, 2x Barlow and 1x Herschel Prism lens at 1100 mm f/12, Nikon D610 camera, ISO 1000, 1/4000-second exposure

Looping Tunnel
Looping Tunnel
© Gary Palmer
TMB 130 mm telescope, Daystar Quantum PE 0.2A lens at 3000 mm f/130, Sky-Watcher EQ6 AZ-GT mount, ZWO ASI 290MM Cool camera, multiple 20-millisecond exposures
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