Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year is run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich in association with Insight Investment and BBC Sky at Night Magazine. 

Now in its eighth year, the competition received a record number of more than 4,500 entries from over 80 countries. 

Our Sun runner-up: Sun Flower Corona by Catalin Beldea and Alson Wong (Romania; USA)

Our Sun highly commended: Huge Filaprom by Gabriel Octavian Corban (Romania)

Aurorae winner: Twilight Aurora by György Soponyai (Hungary)

Aurorae runner-up: Black and White Aurora by Kolbein Svensson (Norway)

Aurorae highly commended: Corona by Bernt Olsen (Norway)

People & Space winner: City Lights by Wing Ka Ho (Hong Kong)

People & Space runner-up: Man on the Moon by Dani Caxete (Spain)

People & Space highly commended: A Wise Son Makes a Glad Father by Robin Stuart (Kenya)

Our Sun winner and overall Astronomy Photographer of the Year winner: Baily’s Beads by Yu Jun (China)

Skyscapes winner: Binary Haze by Ainsley Bennett (UK)

Skyscapes runner-up: Silent Waves of the Sky – Noctilucent Clouds by Mikko Silvola (Finland

Skyscapes highly commended: Geminids over the LAMOST Telescope by Yu Jun (China)

Our Moon winner: From Maurolycus to Moretus by Jordi Delpeix Borrell (Spain)

Our Moon runner-up: Rise Lunation by Katherine Young (Sweden)

Our Moon highly commended: Moonrise at the Pier by Sergio Garcia (Mexico)

Stars & Nebulae winner: The Rainbow Star by Steve Brown (UK)

Stars & Nebulae runner-up: Perseus Molecular Cloud by Pavel Pech (Czech Republic)

Stars & Nebulae highly commended: Starlight and Silhouettes by Tom O’Donoghue (Ireland)

Planets, Comets & Asteroids winner: Serene Saturn by Damian Peach (UK)

Planets, Comets & Asteroids runner-up: Comet Catalina by Gerald Rhemann (Austria)

Planets, Comets & Asteroids highly commended: King of the Planets by Damian Peach (UK)

Galaxies winner: M94: Deep Space Halo by Nicolas Outters (France

Galaxies runner-up: Towards the Small Magellanic Cloud by Ignacio Diaz Bobillo (Argentina)

Galaxies highly commended: Antlia Galaxy Cluster: Extreme Deep Field, 152 Hours by Rolf Wahl Olsen (Denmark)

Best newcomer: Large Magellanic Cloud by Carlos Fairbairn (Brazil)

Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year winner: Lunar Reversal by Brendan Devine (USA – aged 15)

Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year runner-up: What the City Does Not Show You by Jasmin Villalobos (USA – aged 15)

Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year highly commended: Jupiter by Olivia Williamson (UK – aged 12)

Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year highly commended: Northumbrian Aurora by Jonathan Farooqi (UK – aged 15)

Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year highly commended: Just Missed the Bullseye by Scott Carnie-Bronca (Australia – aged 14)

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