People's Choice Award 2019

The winner of Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year People's Choice 2019 has been revealed!

Photographer Miguel Claro's spectacular image 'A Titanium Moon' has been voted the public's favourite photo from this year's exhibition.

Over 22,000 votes were cast online and in the Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year gallery, with Claro's high resolution image of the Moon emerging as the winner.

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Claro's winning work is composed of four panels, each one made from 30 images combined together to reveal a sharp and detailed surface of the Moon's surface. See the image below, along with all the other shortlisted entries.

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A Titanium Moon by Miguel Claro Our Moon Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2019

Winner: A Titanium Moon

© Miguel Claro

Celestron 14” EdgeHD 355 mm Schmidt-Cassegrain reflecting telescope at f/11, Celestron CGEM mount, Nikon D810A camera, ISO 250, 120 x 1/320-second exposures

A Flash of Colour

© Matt Robinson 

Canon EOS 6D camera, 14 mm f/2.8 lens, ISO 5000, 5-second exposure

Aurora is a Bird

© Alexander Stepanenko

Nikon D850 camera, 12 mm f/2.8 lens, ISO 1600, 4-second exposure

The Return of Green Lady

© Ruslan Merzlyakov

Canon EOS 6D camera, 24 mm f/2 lens, ISO 320, 6-second exposure

The Sculptor Galaxy

© Bernard Miller, Martin Pugh

Planewave CDK-17 432 mm Dall-Kirkham reflecting telescope at f/6.8, Paramount ME mount, SBIG STXL-11002 camera, L-RGB-Ha composite, 13 hours 10 minutes total exposure

The Sun - Atmospheric Detail

© Jason Guenzel

Explore Scientific AR152 Achromatic Refractor telescope, DayStar QUARK Chromosphere filter, Celestron AVX mount, ZWO ASI174MM-Cool camera, 4150 mm f/27 lens, 500 x 8.5-millisecond exposures

Jupiter Unravelled

© Damian Peach

Celestron C14 355 mm Schmidt-Cassegrain reflecting telescope at f/22, Losmandy G11 mount, ZWO ASI290MM camera, mosaic from 30,000 stacked exposures

Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2019: Planets, Comets and Asteroids - Comet and Mountain © Kevin Palmer

Comet and Mountain

© Kevin Palmer

Nikon D750 camera, iOptron Sky-Tracker mount, Nikon 180 mm
f/2.8 lens at 180 mm f/5, ISO 1000
Sky: 4 x 2.5-minute exposures
Foreground: 2 x 15-minute exposures
Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2019: Planets, Comets and Asteroids - Noontime Venus © Martin Lewis

Noontime Venus

© Martin Lewis

Venus: Home-built 222 mm Dobsonian Newtonian reflecting telescope at f/15.7, Baader 685 nm IR filter, home-built equatorial tracking platform, ZWO ASI290MM camera, c. 2,700 stacked exposures
Sky: iPhone 5S camera, 4 mm f/2.2 lens, ISO 32, 1/2160-second exposure

Road to Glory

© Nicolai Brügger

Nikon D810 camera, 15 mm f/2.8 lens, ISO 1600 (foreground), ISO 5000 (sky), 30 x 20-second exposures

Ben, Floyd & the Core

© Ben Bush

Nikon D810 camera, 24 mm f/1.4 lens, ISO 4000, 10-second exposure

Catching Light

© Jason Perry 

Nikon D850 camera, 14 mm f/2.8 lens, ISO 6400, 9 x 25-second exposures

Dwarfed by Galaxies

© Ekant Veer

Sony ILCE-7 iii camera, iOptron SkyGuider Pro mount
Sky: 28 mm f/2.8 lens, ISO 1600, 3 x 120-second exposures
Foreground: 28 mm f/8 lens, ISO 1600, 120-second exposure

Cosmic Plughole

© James Stone

Nikon D750 camera, 15 mm f/3.5 lens, ISO 2000, 250 x 15-second exposures

Mars above the Keck Lasers

© Sean Goebel 

Canon EOS M5 camera, 24 mm f/2 lens, ISO 6400, 15-second exposure

The Christmas Comet

© Tommy Eliassen 

Nikon D810A camera, 70 mm f/2.8 lens, ISO 12800, 8-second exposure

Flower Power

© Brandon Yoshizawa

Nikon D750 camera, 50 mm f/8 lens 
Sky: ISO 1600, 5-second exposure
Foreground: ISO 50, 25-second exposure

Worimi

© Jay Evans 

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV camera, 14 mm lens
Sky: f/2.5, ISO 6400, 20-second exposure
Foreground: f/4, ISO 3200 & 1600, 151-second and 28-second exposures

Deadvlei

© Stefan Liebermann

Sony ILCE-7S camera, 14 mm f/1.8 lens, ISO 5000, 13 x 30-second exposures

Sharafkhaneh Port and Lake Urmia

© Masoud Ghadiri

Nikon D850 camera, Vixen Polarie mount, 24 mm f/4 lens, ISO 3200, 60-second exposure

Ageless

© Marcin Zajac

Nikon D600 camera, 24 mm lens 
Sky: f/1.4, ISO 1600, 32 x 15-second exposures
Foreground: f/2, ISO 400, 30-second exposure
Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2019 | Stars and Nebulae - Deep in the Heart of Mordor - NGC 7293 by Andrew Campbell

Deep in the Heart of Mordor

© Andrew Campbell

GSO RC8CF 200 mm Ritchey-Chretien reflecting telescope at f/5.8, Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro mount, QSI 683 WSG 8 camera, HDR RGB-Ha-OIII composite, 63 hours 58 minutes total exposure

NGC 2070 - The Tarantula Nebula by Thomas Klemmer | Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2019 | Stars and Nebulae

The Tarantula Nebula

© Thomas Klemmer

GSO 150 mm Newtonian reflecting telescope at f/5, Baader H-alpha, OIII, RGB filters, Sky-Watcher AZEQ6 GT mount, ZWO ASI183MMC Pro camera, RGB-Ha-OIII composite, 8 hours 15 minutes total exposure

The Jewels of Orion

© Ross Clark

Canon 450D astro-modified camera, Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer mount, Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8L USM lens at 200 mm f/3.5, ISO 800, two-panel mosaic, 3-hour total exposure
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