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People's Choice Award 2019
Vote now for your favourite astrophotograph from our selection of entries to this year's Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.
Winners of the People's Choice Awards will be announced in February 2020.
A Flash of Colour
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
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
The Return of Green Lady
© Ruslan Merzlyakov
Canon EOS 6D camera, 24 mm f/2 lens, ISO 320, 6-second exposure
The Sculptor Galaxy
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
A Titanium Moon
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
The Sun - Atmospheric Detail
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
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
Comet and Mountain
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
Noontime Venus
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
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, Floyd & the Core
© Ben Bush
Nikon D810 camera, 24 mm f/1.4 lens, ISO 4000, 10-second exposure
Catching Light
Catching Light
© Jason Perry
Nikon D850 camera, 14 mm f/2.8 lens, ISO 6400, 9 x 25-second exposures
Dwarfed by Galaxies
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
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
Mars above the Keck Lasers
© Sean Goebel
Canon EOS M5 camera, 24 mm f/2 lens, ISO 6400, 15-second exposure
The Christmas Comet
The Christmas Comet
© Tommy Eliassen
Nikon D810A camera, 70 mm f/2.8 lens, ISO 12800, 8-second exposure
Flower Power
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
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
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
Sharafkhaneh Port and Lake Urmia
© Masoud Ghadiri
Nikon D850 camera, Vixen Polarie mount, 24 mm f/4 lens, ISO 3200, 60-second exposure
Ageless
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
Deep in the Heart of Mordor
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
The Tarantula Nebula
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
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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