insight astronomy photographer of the year 2015
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Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
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Eclipse Totality over Sassendalen by Luc Jamet (France)20 March 2015Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway (The bright spot in the upper left of the photo is Venus.)
Winners: Skyscapes
Skyscapes winner and overall winner
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Sunderland Noctilucent Cloud Display by Matt Robinson (UK)7 July 2014Seaburn Beach, Sunderland, UK
Runner-up
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River of Light by Martin Campbell (UK)21 July 2014Lac d’Aumar Parc National des Pyrénées, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Highly commended
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Winners: Galaxies
M33 Core by Michael van Doorn (Netherlands)28 October 2014Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands
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Runner-upThe Antennae Galaxies – Extreme Deep Field by Rolf Olsen (Denmark)75 Hours – 20 July 2014Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
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Highly commended
Cosmic Oasis by Marcus Davies (Australia)28 September 2014Sydney, Australia
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Winners: Aurorae
Silk Skies by Jamen Percy (Australia)19 February 2014Abisko National Park, Lapland, Sweden
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Runner-up
April Aurora by Kolbein Svensson (Norway)20 April 2014Hitra, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
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Highly commendedSumo Waggle Adventure by Arild Heitmann (Norway)11 November 2014Lomaas River, Skånland, Norway
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Winners: Our Sun
Huge Prominence Lift-off by Paolo Porcellana (Italy)27 March 2015Costigliole d’Asti, Italy
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Runner-up
Totality Ends by David Wrangborg (Sweden)20 March 2015Slakbreen, Svalbard, Norway
14Highly commended Solargraph by Chris Bakley (USA)
Six Months – 21 December 2014Cape May, New Jersey, USA
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Winners: Our Moon
Full Face of our Moon by András Papp (Hungary)8 March 2014Veszprémvarsány, Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Hungary
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Runner-up
ISS Terminator Moon by Daniel Fernández Caxete (Spain)8 April 2014Los Ranchos, Colmenarejo, Madrid, Spain
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Highly commendedA Tainted Eclipse by Phil Hart (Australia)8 October 2014Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia
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Winners: People & Space
Sunset Peak Star Trail by Chap Him Wong (Hong Kong)1 November 2014Sunset Peak, Lantau Island, Hong Kong
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Runner-up
Eternity and Astrophotographer by Yuri Zvezdny (Russia)14 April 2015San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa Province, Chile
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Highly commended
Interaction by Tommy Eliassen (Norway)17 March 2015Hemnesberget, Nordland, Norway
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Winners: Planets, Comets & Asteroids
The Arrow Missed the Heart by Lefteris Velissaratos (Greece)21 August 2014Strethi Mountain, Corinthia, Greece
Runner-upSaturn by András Papp (Hungary)13 May 2014Gamsberg Pass, Windhoek, Namibia
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Highly commended Mars Next to the Moon by Eric Toops (USA)6 July 2014Hoschton, Jackson County, Georgia, USA
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Winners: Stars & Nebulae
The Magnificent Omega Centauri by Ignacio Diaz Bobillo (Argentina)31 May 2014San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Joint runner-upSirius 9798 by David Pye (UK)16 January 2015Finchley, London, UK
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Joint runner-up
Orion Mega Mosaic by Tom O’Donoghue and Olly Penrice (Ireland)15 February 2015Almanzora Valley, Almeria, Spain, and Haute-Provence, France
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Winners: Young competition
A Celestial Visitor by George Martin (UK) aged 1518 December 2014Market Harborough, Leicestershire, UK
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Runner-up
Mega Moon by Ethan Chappel (USA) aged 1513 March 2015Cibolo, Texas, USA
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Highly commended
Celestial Drift by Scott Carnie-Bronca (Australia) aged 1314 February 2015Stockport, Wakefield, South Australia
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Highly commendedTotal Solar Eclipse over North Atlantic Ocean by Philippe Rowland (UK) aged 7
20 March 2015DAT charter plane flight, Faroe Islands
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Highly commended Jupiter and Moons by Ethan Chappel (USA) aged 1523 March 2015Cibolo, Texas, USA
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Winners: Special prizes
Sir Patrick Moore Prize for Best Newcomer: Winner
Orion DT by David Tolliday (UK)24 November 2014Elan Valley, Powys, UK
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Robotic Scope: WinnerComet C/2013 A1 alongside Mars by Sebastian Voltmer (Germany)22 October 2014Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia
34September 18, 2015 王文堯 Kaohsiung Taiwan R.O.C All photos were taken from Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year. THE END