Photo credit: Marcel Drechsler, Xavier Strottner and Yann Sainty | Royal Museums Greenwich
Marcel Drechsler, Xavier Strottner and Yann Sainty’s ‘Andromeda, Unexpected’ is the overall winner of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023 competition. What makes it unexpected is the hazy blue cloud in the bottom left of the galaxy, which is actually a massive plasma arc that has never been seen before.
Grand Cosmic Fireworks by Angel An – Skyscapes Winner
The pinkish strands of light you see are actually the lower tendrils of red lightning, a rarely seen electrical discharge that is seen much higher in the atmosphere typical lightning.
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Mars-Set by Ethan Chappel – Moon Winner
This rare event, called a lunar occultation, occurs when one celestial body like Mars, appears to hide behind another. Like a solar eclipse, you have to be in the right place and time to see it. Astrophotographer Ethan Chappel just happened to be in the right place and time to capture the last and greatest celestial event of 2022.
New Class of Galactic Nebulae Around the Star YY Hya by Marcel Drechsler – Stars and Nebula Winner
YY Hya is a compact binary star system that consists of a K dwarf star and a hote white dwarf companion. This nebula was discovered during a study for previously unknown galactic emission nebulae. Marcel Dreschler captured this breathtaking image from 360 hours of exposure time.
Zeila by Vikas Chander – People and Space Winner
These long-exposure star trails peering through the grey sky gives this abandoned ship a surreal look, almost as if it’s floating on a sea of mist.
Suspended in a Sunbeam by Tom Williams – Planets, Comets and Asteroids Winner
On a clear night, you can see Venus without a telescope or binoculars, but not with this kind of detail. Tom Williams used a small telescope to capture the atmospheric details from the sunlit side of the planet to show the different colors.
