Astronomy Photographs of the Year 2012

The Royal Observatory Greenwich have selected their picks for the best astronomy photographs for the year.

Deep Space category winner – M51 – The Whirlpool Galaxy, Martin Pugh (UK/Australia)

Earth and Space category winner – Star Icefall, Masahiro Miyasaka (Japan)

Our Solar System category winner – Transit of Venus 2012 in Hydrogen-Alpha, Chris Warren (UK)

Young astronomy photographer category winner – Pleiades Cluster, Jacob von Chorus (Canada)

Special prize category winner – Venus-Jupiter Close Conjunction, by Laurent Laveder (France)

Best Newcommer category winner – Elephant’s Trunk with Ananas, by Lóránd Fényes (Hungary)

Robtic Scope category winner – The Sunflower Galaxy, by Thomas Read (UK)

Congratulations to all the contestants and the winners. Click on the link above to see all the amazing photographs that were entered into the contest.

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