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Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the winners of this 
year’s international astronomy photography competition. The 
observatory’s annual free exhibition, which opened on Thursday, 
showcases these dazzling images of the sky, ranging from within our 
solar system to far into deep space. British photographer James 
Woodend beat over a thousand amateur and professional 
photographers to win the top prize
Aurora over a Glacier Lagoon 
James Woodend (UK), Earth & Space: winner and overall winner 
Aurora over a Glacier Lagoon 9 January 2014 
The pale-green glow of the aurora comes from oxygen atoms high in the atmosphere, energized by subatomic particles 
blasted out by the Sun. The particles are funnelled down towards the north and south poles by the Earth’s magnetic field, 
which is why these spectacular light shows are so often juxtaposed with the frozen scenery of the Arctic and Antarctic 
regions. Here the photographer has skilfully captured the delicate, icy colouration of land, water and sky.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
Wind Farm Star Trails by Matt James (Australia) – runner-up 
Taken in Australia near the town of Bungendore, this image captures the Capital Wind Farm on the shore of Lake George. 
The striking monochromatic composition depicts the power of the wind along with the motion of the sky, illustrated by the 
shower of stars transforming into trails as the Earth rotates.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
Totality From Above the Clouds by Catalin 
Beldea (Romania) – highly commended 
A fantastic view of one of nature’s greatest 
spectacles, a total solar eclipse, taken from 
an airplane, 3200m above Turkana, Kenya. 
The photographer was due to shoot this 
rare occurrence from the eastern shore of 
Lake Turkana but a huge sand-storm hit the 
region forty minutes before totality. 
However, the pilot of the plane decided to 
fly the plane to intercept the eclipse, and 
Beldea was lucky enough to capture the 
phenomenon, which lasted a mere ten 
seconds, through the open door of the 
small airplane.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
Moon Balloon by Patrick Cullis (USA) – highly commended 
Poised on the brink of space, this astonishing shot shows the curvature of the Earth with the towering Rocky Mountains 
reduced to tiny wrinkles on the surface below. Taken with the aid of a high altitude balloon, launched from Boulder, 
Colorado, the photograph captures the breath-taking view of the Earth from 87,000 feet about its surface. The tiny dot of 
the Moon pictured in the distance emphasizes the vast expanse between our planet and its nearest cosmic neighbour.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
Venus-Lunar Occultation by O Chul Kwon (South Korea) – highly commended 
In 2012, O Chul Kwon succeeded in his goal of photographing a Venus-Lunar Occultation with this stunning time-lapse 
image over Mount Hambaek in South Korea; an ambition he had held since seeing the phenomenon in 1989. The 
photograph shows us what happens when the Moon and Venus appear to occupy the same position in the sky. Venus 
becomes temporarily hidden by the Moon, only to re-emerge in less than an hour, highlighting the relatively quick apparent 
motion of the latter through our skies as it makes its 27.3 day orbit around the Earth. Spectacular occultations can be 
viewed from locations on Earth several times throughout the year.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
Lost Souls by Julie Fletcher (Australia) – runner-up 
The zodiacal light seems to rise from the horizon like a pyramid with the brilliant point of Venus at its apex. Comprised of 
sunlight scattered and diffused by tiny grains of dust that drift between the planets, this pale feature marks out the plane of 
the Solar System. The stillness of the skies contrasts with the transience of the scene below, with its shifting human 
figures reflected in the temporary waters of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
Deep space 
The Horsehead Nebula (IC 434) by Bill 
Snyder (USA) – winner 
The Horsehead Nebula is one of the most 
photographed objects in the night sky, but 
this image portrays it in a brand new light. 
The photographer draws the eye down to 
the creased and folded landscape of gas 
and dust at its base rather than focusing 
solely on the silhouette of the horsehead 
itself. Snyder also includes the glowing 
cavity surrounding a bright star situated to 
the lower left of the horsehead.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
The Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) by David Fitz-Henry (Australia) – runner-up 
Resembling a giant eye looking across 700 light years of space, the Helix Nebula is one of the closest planetary nebula to 
Earth. The image reveals intricate details in the glowing gas that comprises the nebula, including the tadpole-like ‘cometary 
knots’ that appear to stream from the inner edge of the gaseous ring. These are actually clumps of gas being bombarded 
by severe radiation from the dying star at the centre of the nebula, and the ‘head’ of each one is approximately the size of 
our solar system.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
Veil Nebula Detail (IC 340) by J.P. Metsävainio (Finland) – highly commended 
IC 1340 is part of the Veil Nebula, a supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus approximately 1470 light years away. 
The angular shapes and dazzling colour palette help to convey the violent origins of this gaseous structure, formed from 
part of the debris of an exploding star which detonated over 5000 years ago. The entire nebula currently covers an area of 
the sky about 36 times bigger than the full Moon, and is still expanding.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
California vs Pleiades by Rogelio Bernal Andreo (USA) – highly commended 
Known since ancient times as the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades Cluster, to the right of the image consists of around a 
thousand stars, which formed together about 100 million years ago. This unusual view shows the Pleiades Cluster in the 
broader context of its local environment, drifting through a chaotic region of dark dust. The glowing cloud of hydrogen gas 
to the left of the image is the California Nebula, named for its resemblance to the US state.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
At the Feet of Orion (NGC 1999) – Full Field by Marco Lorenzi (China) – highly commended 
This image is centred on NGC 1999, an area situated below Orion’s Belt and oft overlooked due to its proximity to a number 
of popular targets in one of the richest constellations of the sky. The photograph serves to remind us that there is often 
much more happening in our galaxy than meets the eye and that the space between the stars is rarely empty. The scatter of 
the bright blue stars illuminates the billowing dust and gas clouds dancing across the image.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
Our solar system 
Ripples in a Pond by Alexandra Hart (UK) - winner 
The Sun’s boiling surface curves away beneath us in this evocative shot that conveys the scale and violence of our star. 
The region of solar activity on the left could engulf the Earth several times over with room to spare. The Sun’s outer layers 
behave as a fluid, as alluded to in the image’s title, and are constantly twisted and warped by intense magnetic forces.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
Calcium K Eruption by Stephen Ramsden (USA) – highly commended 
‘Calcium K’ refers to a very specific wavelength of violent light emitted by calcium ions in extreme environments such as 
the Sun’s atmosphere. By imaging the Sun only in the very narrow colour range astronomers can isolate evidence of 
extreme events, such as this colossal prominence rising off the solar surface. To the photographer’s knowledge this is the 
longest prominence ever imaged by anyone on Earth and one of only a handful of Calcium K solar prominences ever 
captured.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
Diamonds and Rubies by Tunç Tezel 
(Turkey) – highly commended 
Many features of the Sun only 
become apparent during a total 
eclipse, when the Moon blocks the 
dazzlingly bright star from our view. 
This image depicts the Sun’s 
atmosphere as a diffuse white haze, 
and further in the Sun’s atmosphere 
appears in the red light of hydrogen. 
The photographer has captured the 
moment when a tiny part of the 
Sun’s disc shines out between the 
mountains on the edge of the 
Moon’s disc, creating an effect 
known as the ‘diamond ring’.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
Robotic Scope 
NGC 3718 by Mark Hanson (USA) 
Taken from Ranch Hidalgo in Animas New Mexico, NGC 3718 is found in the constellation of Ursa Major and known as a 
peculiar barred spiral galaxy. Gravitational interactions with its near neighbour NGC 3729 (the spiral galaxy below and to 
the left) are the likely reason for the galaxy’s warped spiral arms, whilst a dark dust streak wraps around the centre.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
Best of the Craters by George Tarsoudis (Greece) – runner-up 
The crater Tycho, although not the largest on the Moon, can still be seen easily on the Moon’s surface, boasting a diameter 
of 86km. Formed by meteoric impacts over billions of years, these bowl-shaped lunar features are typically named after 
scientists, artists and explorers. The central peak of the large crater featured here, was most likely formed when the rocks 
of the crater floor rebounded immediately after it was formed.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
Sir Patrick Moore Prize for Best Newcomer 
Coastal Stairways by Chris Murphy (New Zealand) 
Rock formations in the Wairarapa district of New Zealand create a stark foreground and contrast to the dusty clouds 
dancing across the Milky Way. No light pollution and a clear, crisp night afforded the photographer a fantastic opportunity 
for this superb image.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year 
The Horsehead Nebula (IC 434) by Shishir & Shashank Dholakia (USA) – winner 
This image clearly depicts the well-known red glow that appears to come from behind the horsehead, produced by 
hydrogen gas that has become ionized by neighbouring stars. The photograph draws particular attention to the cloud of 
heavily concentrated dust within the horsehead, which is silhouetted against the red glow as it blocks so much of the light 
that is trying to get through.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
New Year over Cypress Mountain by Emmett 
Sparling (Canada) – runner-up 
Captured as the year changed from 2013 to 2014, 
the juxtaposition of the very still land against the 
circular movement of the stars in the sky around a 
central point (the pole star) creates a magnificent 
contrast to this image. Looking closely at the light 
coming from each of the stars we can see different 
colours which are incredibly useful for their study. 
The different colours tell us about what stage of life 
the stars are a: hot blue stars are young whereas 
red stars are nearing the end of their lives.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
The Heart Nebula (IC 1805) by Shishir & Shashank Dholakia (USA) – highly commended 
The Heart Nebula is an emission nebula that lies 7500 light years away in the constellation Cassiopeia that takes its name 
from its resemblance to a heart. The centre of the nebula is illuminated by the open cluster Melotte 15.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year 
Moon Behind the Trees by Emily Jeremy, UK, Aged 12 
Earth’s nature and its satellite seem to have merged into one another in this picture. Using relatively basic equipment with 
striking compositional and aesthetic results, this photographer uses the Moon as a backdrop to frame her subject. The 
simple yet effective silhouetted effect recalls early glass plates of the Moon, or camera-less photography, in which 
shadows are fixed on light-sensitive surfaces.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year, Highly commended 
The Martian Territory by Olivia Williamson, UK, Aged 10 
To the naked eye Mars looks like a red star but, with a large enough telescope and the appropriate image post-processing, 
the true face of the planet is revealed. This image contains the polar ice-caps of the planet, amazing dust storms on left and 
right sides, and the mainly orange-brown colour of the surface. The surface gets its signature look from a thin layer of iron 
oxide – more commonly known as rust.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
People and space 
Hybrid Solar Eclipse 2 by Eugen Kamenew (Germany) – winner 
Sun and Moon sink together behind a Kenyan savannah skyline, locked in an eclipse in which the Moon is silhouetted 
against the Sun’s bright disc. This rare example of a hybrid solar eclipse took place in November 2013, beginning at 
sunrise over the western Atlantic as an annular eclipse, in which the Moon does not entirely block the Sun, leaving a bright 
ring uncovered. As the Moon’s shadow swept across the ocean the eclipse became total, with the entirety of the Sun 
concealed from view. By the time the eclipse reached Kenya the Sun was once again emerging from behind the Moon, 
creating this breath-taking crescent shape at
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Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced

  • 2. Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced
  • 3. The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the winners of this year’s international astronomy photography competition. The observatory’s annual free exhibition, which opened on Thursday, showcases these dazzling images of the sky, ranging from within our solar system to far into deep space. British photographer James Woodend beat over a thousand amateur and professional photographers to win the top prize
  • 4. Aurora over a Glacier Lagoon James Woodend (UK), Earth & Space: winner and overall winner Aurora over a Glacier Lagoon 9 January 2014 The pale-green glow of the aurora comes from oxygen atoms high in the atmosphere, energized by subatomic particles blasted out by the Sun. The particles are funnelled down towards the north and south poles by the Earth’s magnetic field, which is why these spectacular light shows are so often juxtaposed with the frozen scenery of the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Here the photographer has skilfully captured the delicate, icy colouration of land, water and sky.
  • 6. Wind Farm Star Trails by Matt James (Australia) – runner-up Taken in Australia near the town of Bungendore, this image captures the Capital Wind Farm on the shore of Lake George. The striking monochromatic composition depicts the power of the wind along with the motion of the sky, illustrated by the shower of stars transforming into trails as the Earth rotates.
  • 8. Totality From Above the Clouds by Catalin Beldea (Romania) – highly commended A fantastic view of one of nature’s greatest spectacles, a total solar eclipse, taken from an airplane, 3200m above Turkana, Kenya. The photographer was due to shoot this rare occurrence from the eastern shore of Lake Turkana but a huge sand-storm hit the region forty minutes before totality. However, the pilot of the plane decided to fly the plane to intercept the eclipse, and Beldea was lucky enough to capture the phenomenon, which lasted a mere ten seconds, through the open door of the small airplane.
  • 10. Moon Balloon by Patrick Cullis (USA) – highly commended Poised on the brink of space, this astonishing shot shows the curvature of the Earth with the towering Rocky Mountains reduced to tiny wrinkles on the surface below. Taken with the aid of a high altitude balloon, launched from Boulder, Colorado, the photograph captures the breath-taking view of the Earth from 87,000 feet about its surface. The tiny dot of the Moon pictured in the distance emphasizes the vast expanse between our planet and its nearest cosmic neighbour.
  • 12. Venus-Lunar Occultation by O Chul Kwon (South Korea) – highly commended In 2012, O Chul Kwon succeeded in his goal of photographing a Venus-Lunar Occultation with this stunning time-lapse image over Mount Hambaek in South Korea; an ambition he had held since seeing the phenomenon in 1989. The photograph shows us what happens when the Moon and Venus appear to occupy the same position in the sky. Venus becomes temporarily hidden by the Moon, only to re-emerge in less than an hour, highlighting the relatively quick apparent motion of the latter through our skies as it makes its 27.3 day orbit around the Earth. Spectacular occultations can be viewed from locations on Earth several times throughout the year.
  • 14. Lost Souls by Julie Fletcher (Australia) – runner-up The zodiacal light seems to rise from the horizon like a pyramid with the brilliant point of Venus at its apex. Comprised of sunlight scattered and diffused by tiny grains of dust that drift between the planets, this pale feature marks out the plane of the Solar System. The stillness of the skies contrasts with the transience of the scene below, with its shifting human figures reflected in the temporary waters of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre.
  • 16. Deep space The Horsehead Nebula (IC 434) by Bill Snyder (USA) – winner The Horsehead Nebula is one of the most photographed objects in the night sky, but this image portrays it in a brand new light. The photographer draws the eye down to the creased and folded landscape of gas and dust at its base rather than focusing solely on the silhouette of the horsehead itself. Snyder also includes the glowing cavity surrounding a bright star situated to the lower left of the horsehead.
  • 18. The Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) by David Fitz-Henry (Australia) – runner-up Resembling a giant eye looking across 700 light years of space, the Helix Nebula is one of the closest planetary nebula to Earth. The image reveals intricate details in the glowing gas that comprises the nebula, including the tadpole-like ‘cometary knots’ that appear to stream from the inner edge of the gaseous ring. These are actually clumps of gas being bombarded by severe radiation from the dying star at the centre of the nebula, and the ‘head’ of each one is approximately the size of our solar system.
  • 20. Veil Nebula Detail (IC 340) by J.P. Metsävainio (Finland) – highly commended IC 1340 is part of the Veil Nebula, a supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus approximately 1470 light years away. The angular shapes and dazzling colour palette help to convey the violent origins of this gaseous structure, formed from part of the debris of an exploding star which detonated over 5000 years ago. The entire nebula currently covers an area of the sky about 36 times bigger than the full Moon, and is still expanding.
  • 22. California vs Pleiades by Rogelio Bernal Andreo (USA) – highly commended Known since ancient times as the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades Cluster, to the right of the image consists of around a thousand stars, which formed together about 100 million years ago. This unusual view shows the Pleiades Cluster in the broader context of its local environment, drifting through a chaotic region of dark dust. The glowing cloud of hydrogen gas to the left of the image is the California Nebula, named for its resemblance to the US state.
  • 24. At the Feet of Orion (NGC 1999) – Full Field by Marco Lorenzi (China) – highly commended This image is centred on NGC 1999, an area situated below Orion’s Belt and oft overlooked due to its proximity to a number of popular targets in one of the richest constellations of the sky. The photograph serves to remind us that there is often much more happening in our galaxy than meets the eye and that the space between the stars is rarely empty. The scatter of the bright blue stars illuminates the billowing dust and gas clouds dancing across the image.
  • 26. Our solar system Ripples in a Pond by Alexandra Hart (UK) - winner The Sun’s boiling surface curves away beneath us in this evocative shot that conveys the scale and violence of our star. The region of solar activity on the left could engulf the Earth several times over with room to spare. The Sun’s outer layers behave as a fluid, as alluded to in the image’s title, and are constantly twisted and warped by intense magnetic forces.
  • 28. Calcium K Eruption by Stephen Ramsden (USA) – highly commended ‘Calcium K’ refers to a very specific wavelength of violent light emitted by calcium ions in extreme environments such as the Sun’s atmosphere. By imaging the Sun only in the very narrow colour range astronomers can isolate evidence of extreme events, such as this colossal prominence rising off the solar surface. To the photographer’s knowledge this is the longest prominence ever imaged by anyone on Earth and one of only a handful of Calcium K solar prominences ever captured.
  • 30. Diamonds and Rubies by Tunç Tezel (Turkey) – highly commended Many features of the Sun only become apparent during a total eclipse, when the Moon blocks the dazzlingly bright star from our view. This image depicts the Sun’s atmosphere as a diffuse white haze, and further in the Sun’s atmosphere appears in the red light of hydrogen. The photographer has captured the moment when a tiny part of the Sun’s disc shines out between the mountains on the edge of the Moon’s disc, creating an effect known as the ‘diamond ring’.
  • 32. Robotic Scope NGC 3718 by Mark Hanson (USA) Taken from Ranch Hidalgo in Animas New Mexico, NGC 3718 is found in the constellation of Ursa Major and known as a peculiar barred spiral galaxy. Gravitational interactions with its near neighbour NGC 3729 (the spiral galaxy below and to the left) are the likely reason for the galaxy’s warped spiral arms, whilst a dark dust streak wraps around the centre.
  • 34. Best of the Craters by George Tarsoudis (Greece) – runner-up The crater Tycho, although not the largest on the Moon, can still be seen easily on the Moon’s surface, boasting a diameter of 86km. Formed by meteoric impacts over billions of years, these bowl-shaped lunar features are typically named after scientists, artists and explorers. The central peak of the large crater featured here, was most likely formed when the rocks of the crater floor rebounded immediately after it was formed.
  • 36. Sir Patrick Moore Prize for Best Newcomer Coastal Stairways by Chris Murphy (New Zealand) Rock formations in the Wairarapa district of New Zealand create a stark foreground and contrast to the dusty clouds dancing across the Milky Way. No light pollution and a clear, crisp night afforded the photographer a fantastic opportunity for this superb image.
  • 38. Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year The Horsehead Nebula (IC 434) by Shishir & Shashank Dholakia (USA) – winner This image clearly depicts the well-known red glow that appears to come from behind the horsehead, produced by hydrogen gas that has become ionized by neighbouring stars. The photograph draws particular attention to the cloud of heavily concentrated dust within the horsehead, which is silhouetted against the red glow as it blocks so much of the light that is trying to get through.
  • 40. New Year over Cypress Mountain by Emmett Sparling (Canada) – runner-up Captured as the year changed from 2013 to 2014, the juxtaposition of the very still land against the circular movement of the stars in the sky around a central point (the pole star) creates a magnificent contrast to this image. Looking closely at the light coming from each of the stars we can see different colours which are incredibly useful for their study. The different colours tell us about what stage of life the stars are a: hot blue stars are young whereas red stars are nearing the end of their lives.
  • 42. The Heart Nebula (IC 1805) by Shishir & Shashank Dholakia (USA) – highly commended The Heart Nebula is an emission nebula that lies 7500 light years away in the constellation Cassiopeia that takes its name from its resemblance to a heart. The centre of the nebula is illuminated by the open cluster Melotte 15.
  • 44. Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year Moon Behind the Trees by Emily Jeremy, UK, Aged 12 Earth’s nature and its satellite seem to have merged into one another in this picture. Using relatively basic equipment with striking compositional and aesthetic results, this photographer uses the Moon as a backdrop to frame her subject. The simple yet effective silhouetted effect recalls early glass plates of the Moon, or camera-less photography, in which shadows are fixed on light-sensitive surfaces.
  • 46. Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year, Highly commended The Martian Territory by Olivia Williamson, UK, Aged 10 To the naked eye Mars looks like a red star but, with a large enough telescope and the appropriate image post-processing, the true face of the planet is revealed. This image contains the polar ice-caps of the planet, amazing dust storms on left and right sides, and the mainly orange-brown colour of the surface. The surface gets its signature look from a thin layer of iron oxide – more commonly known as rust.
  • 48. People and space Hybrid Solar Eclipse 2 by Eugen Kamenew (Germany) – winner Sun and Moon sink together behind a Kenyan savannah skyline, locked in an eclipse in which the Moon is silhouetted against the Sun’s bright disc. This rare example of a hybrid solar eclipse took place in November 2013, beginning at sunrise over the western Atlantic as an annular eclipse, in which the Moon does not entirely block the Sun, leaving a bright ring uncovered. As the Moon’s shadow swept across the ocean the eclipse became total, with the entirety of the Sun concealed from view. By the time the eclipse reached Kenya the Sun was once again emerging from behind the Moon, creating this breath-taking crescent shape at
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  • 50. cast Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014: winners announced images and text credit www. www.telegraph.co.uk www.rmg.co.uk news.msn.com www.theguardian.com Music Moby created o.e. thanks for watching