Astronomy Photographer of the Year
- Publisher: Collins
- ISBN: 9780007482801
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- €35.00
- Ex Tax: €35.00
by Royal
Observatory Greenwich (Author), Collins Astronomy (Author), Sir Patrick Moore (Foreword)
This collection
of beautiful images of space taken by photographers from all over the world
comprises images from the first four years of the Astronomy Photographer of the
Year competition, which is organized by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in
association with Sky at Night Magazine, and powered by the photo-sharing website
Flickr.
From giant storm
systems in Jupiter’s atmosphere to the colourful wispy remnants of a supernova
explosion and the dazzling green curtain of the Northern Lights, the
competition brings together some of the last four years’ best space imagery of astronomical
objects from within our solar system and far into deep space by astrophotographers
from around the world.
All winning,
runner-up and highly commended entries from all four years of the Astronomy
Photographer of the Year competition are included, as well as all shortlisted
images from the 2012 competition.
The images are
submitted in one of the following categories:
• Earth and Space
• Our Solar
System
• Deep Space
• Young Astronomy
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