The judges have chosen their winners, now it's over to you to decide who is your ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year.
Scroll through this year's shortlisted images below and vote for your favourite in the People's Choice Award 2025.
Voting closes on at 12pm GMT on 28 April 2026.
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Raining Down on Dunstanburgh Castle
© Peter Greig
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The Vela Supernova Remnant
© Steeve Body
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Sun Dogs
© Andrea Altherr
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Looking Beyond
© Chester Hall-Fernandez
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Almost to Shackleton
© Andrew McCarthy
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An Eruption of Light
© Kevin Read
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Glowing Shark Fin
© Ran Shen
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IC 1613 - A Ghostly Galaxy in Cetus
© Charles Pevsner
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Startrails Over the Abruzzo Coast
© Matteo Strassera
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Cave of Stars
© Yoshiki Abe
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Kongen
© Filip Hrebenda
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An Unknown Supernova Remnant Near Barnard's Galaxy
© Bray Falls and Marcel Drechsler
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Illuminated
© Matthew Newman
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A Winter Ghost
© Ionut Emil Andronic
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Moonrise Over Villebois-Lavalette
© Flavien Beauvais
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Solar System Portrait
© Sophie Paulin
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The Eagle Nebula
© Qasim Syed
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Dragon Tree Trails
© Benjamin Barakat
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M33 The Galaxy of Stellar Birth
© Ziyang Chang
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Tracing the Moon's History
© Julian Zoller
Data credit: USGS Astrogeology Science Center
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