Astonishing Astrophotography

September 30, 2015 Marco | Editor

By dinahhillsdon

Sunset Peak Star Trail by Chap Him Wong

The 2015 Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year Awards marked the seventh annual competition whereby astrophotographers from around the world compete against one another in a variety of categories such as ‘Star and Nebulae’, ‘Aurorae’ and ‘Planets, Comets and Asteroids’.

A Celestial Visitor by George Martin

The assortment and quality on display is staggering, and that’s just looking at those taken in the ‘Under 15′ category (the winner of which shown above, taken by 15 year old George Martin from the UK with his photo of the comet C/2014 (Lovejoy) entitled ‘A Celestial Visitor’.

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