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The Insight Investment Astronomy Awards of the Royal Observatory of the Year announced their selection for the best space photos of the year
This year, incredible images of the Northern Lights, The Sun's Surface and Representations
The award is now in its tenth year and has received more than 4,200 spectacular entries from "enthusiastic enthusiasts and professional photographers", from 91 countries around the world.
"This year has also seen a phenomenal" The Royal Observatory wrote in a statement
Here are some of our favorite images of the awards.
<img data-orig-id = "7741622 "data-orig-w =" 1024 "data-orig-h =" 664 "data-max-width =" 964 "width =" 964 "height =" 625 "data-rsz =" shrink "src =" https: //metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/sei_223869041.jpg?w=964&h=625&crop=1 "alt =" Here are our favorite photos from the astronomy photographer's awards of the year 2018 [19659007] Earth Shine by Peter Ward depicts a solar eclipse with the crown of the sun visible behind the moon
![AR 2665 and Quiescent Prominence? ? ukasz Sujka (Poland) The AR2665 sunspot was one of the most active regions in 2017 on the right, you can see a phenomenal quiescent prominence extending from our star, the Sun. This type of prominence lasts a very long time and its structure is quite stable. The photo is a composition of two images: one of the magnificent projection and one of the surface of the Sun. The surface is much brighter than prominence, so it is negative to reveal the details of the sun's chromosphere (spicules and filaments). Budy Dlutowskie, Poland, July 9, 2017 TS Individual 102/1100 telescope, Lunt50ThaPT + B1200 + BelOptik ERF standard + Barlow x2 TV, NEQ6 Pro SkyWatcher mount, ZWO 178 MM-C ASI camera, 1100mm f / 11 objective, 10ms exposure [19659008] AR 2665 and Quiescent Protinence by Sukasz Sujka shows the surface of the sun, with a sunspot on the left and a rocket on the right </figcaption></figure>
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