Astronomy Photographer of the Year
Introducing astrotags
We want to make a giant, zoomable photo-collage of the Universe – but we need your help… we need your ‘astrotags’. Find out what astrotags are, and how it’s easy to add them to your pictures, with our guide, Astrotags explained.
Winners announced!
What's your favourite picture?
The results are in – but what’s your favourite? Join the astrophoto group on Flickr and tell us your pick of all the amazing entries.
Exhibition now open
See all this year’s winning entries on display at the Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. It’s free, so come along and bring your friends.
Category winners
Earth and Space
Star Trails, Blue Mountains by Ted Dobosz won our category for pictures of landscape alongside an astronomical subject.
Our Solar System
The judges thought Blue Sky Moon by Michael O’Connell was the best photo of a subject within our Solar System.
Deep Space
Overall winner as well as category winner, Horsehead Nebula by Martin Pugh won the Deep Space section.
About the Astronomy Photographer of the Year showcase
Check out the Astronomy Photographer of the Year showcase to see some of our favourite photos and view them in Google Sky, thanks to the amazing astrotagging robot..
CALLING ALL ASTRO-PHOTO GEEKS!
We’d love you to use everyone’s astrotags to build your own astro-photo stuff. We've got some astrotag tips for developers to get you started. If you do make something, please tell us so we can show it off here too.
- Find out about the Astronomy Photographer of the Year group on Flickr
