Photographer's photos of the year in astronomy highlight the sun and the moon – Quartz

The Royal Observatory of the United Kingdom, Greenwich, has selected the winners of its 2018 Astronomy Photographer Contest, which rewards photography of the cosmos through several categories, such as "People and Space", " Aurorae "and" Galaxies ". Present panoramic views with millions of stars, but some of the most breathtaking images focus on the smallest details of the sun and the moon. Two of the winners captured the total solar eclipse that could be seen from the United States in August 2017.

French photographer Nicolas Lefaudeux won the "Our Sun" category with an image taken in Oregon showing the sun's crown, which extends behind the Moon, to the left of the blue Regulus star and to the sun. extreme right of the image, Mars.

Australian photographer Peter Ward saw the eclipse in Utah and used several exhibitions to create a composite image showing the moon illuminated by light reflected by the Earth.

Other winning images in the categories "Our sun and" Our moon "also show the sun and the moon in breathtaking details: