The results of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy, “
Astronomy Photographer of the Year” competition are in!.... and Australian imagers have featured very well in the final results!
Last night at a gala ceremony in London at the Royal Observatory Greenwich no less than five Aussies received awards for their spectacular Astronomical photography!
Congratulations to
Martin Pugh who was crowned
Astronomy Photographer of the Year last night in London.
Martins beautiful image of the Horsehead Nebula was last night judged winner of the Deep Space category and the
Overall Winner in this most prestigious contest
Martin also received a highly commended award in this category for his outstanding image of Corona Australis.
Michael Sidonio (strongmanmike) proudly hoisted the Aussie flag too in the Deep Space category, being awarded a Highly Commended for his amazing Ultra Deep Centaurus A image
Ted Dobosz (Star Catcher) from the Blue mountanis won the Earth and Space category for his wonderful SCP star trails image
Vincent Miu (cookie8) was awarded a highly commended in the Earth and Space category for his lovely image of Venus, Jupiter and moon over the Napean River.
** Although not an Australian, another notable award winner and also an IceInSpace member, was
Tom Davis whose magnificent image of the Eta Carinae received a highly commended award in the Deep Space category
About the Competition
This prestigious world wide competition was hosted by the Royal Observatory Greenwich in London, in conjunction with The “Sky at Night” magazine and “Flickr” image posting web site.
The competition was open from January to July this year and over 1500 astronomical images, taken by imagers form all over the world, were displayed on the Flicker web site setup for the event.
There were four categories:
1) Deep Space
2) Earth & Space
3) Our Solar System
4) Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year
Five images were chosen as finalists in each category with a category winner, runner-up and three highly commended awards being given in each category plus the overall winner.
** To have images from 4 Aussie astrophotographers chosen as finalists from this field is simply amazing and testament to the wealth of imaging talent we have down under.
Entries were assessed by a judging panel made up of nine eminent amateur and professional astronomers, writers and publishers including Sir Patrick Moore and renowned Solar System photographer Damien Peach.
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitio...e-year/judges/
See all the results and winning images here:
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitio...-year/winners/
All of the awarded images will be on exhibition at the Royal Observatory Greenwich in London from 10 Sept 2009 until 10 January 2010, so if you are in that neck of the woods…pop in for a look!
Congrats to all winners and honourable mentions!
Australians scoop the pool in the International "Astronomy Photographer of the Year"!
Well done!
