Sidereal day won the second place in the category of "Stars and Nebulae". As we all know, the rotation period of the earth is 24 hours. In fact, it takes only 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds for the earth to rotate once, and this day is called sidereal day. This photo records the trajectory of the stars above the Earth in sidereal day-showing the beautiful concentric star trajectories. Photographed by Hungarian Andras Papp on 20 16 1 1.2.
Pac-Man Nebula is classified as "stars and nebulae" and is highly regarded. NGC 28 1 is named after Pac-Man in video games. Judging from the ordinary color of the visible spectrum, this nebula is quite boring. When this photo uses the Hubble palette function, the bright blue central region of this nebula and the surrounding rust belt are vividly displayed. Andrei Borovkov of Ukraine took this photo in August, 20 16.
Aurora category champion: Ghost World. Danish photographer Mikkel Beiter stood by the sea watching the waves. The waves slowly washed the beach and soaked the sand, creating good conditions for reflecting light. Suddenly, clouds emerged from the nearby mountains and spread to the sea. This ghostly dark green aurora spans the night sky. 20 16 10 10, taken in Skorsk, Iceland.
"Aurora" category runner-up. The green aurora arc runs through the night sky of Siberian forest frozen soil. The photographer took eight vertical photos. In the process of shooting, every second is precious, because the aurora is dynamic, and the photographer needs to press the shutter as soon as possible to truly capture the scene. Kamil Nureev of Russia took this photo on September 28th, 20th16th.
The aurora map of Ye Ziyi, a female photographer in China, also stands out. When shooting, she was on the plane from Amsterdam to Beijing, and saw the green aurora coiled on the dark blue sky and orange dusk through the window. Ye Ziyi expected to observe the aurora during the flight and chose the most suitable seat for observation. In addition to intense aurora activity, Ye Ziyi was lucky enough to capture the twilight on the horizon at the same time during the white night. 2065438+Photographed over Novosibirsk, Russia on August 24th, 2006. White night is a unique phenomenon visible in high latitudes in summer, that is, the afterglow of dusk meets the dawn of dawn.
In M63: Stellar Streams and Sunflower Galaxies, the champion of the category of "Galaxies", a bright spiral galaxy M63 is like a necklace, spreading from the center to the periphery. The ghostly star arc has always been difficult for photographers to capture. On April 6th, 20 16, Oleg Bryzgalov of Ukraine took this photo at the Bulgarian Luo Zhen Observatory, which is located in one of the places with the least light pollution in Europe.
Runner-up in "Galaxy" category "NGC733 1: Deer Lick Galaxy Cluster". This spiral galaxy is about 40 million light years away from the Earth and is located in Pegasus. In this cluster, the Lulik cluster is the largest, occupying the main part of this map. Several smaller galaxies NGC 7335, NGC 7336, NGC 7337, NGC 7338 and NGC 7340 are located above it. 2016101October 30th, American photographer Bernard Miller filmed in New Mexico.
In the category of "galaxy", NGC 4565: Needle galaxy was highly praised by the judges. The galaxy is located in the constellation Perseus, about 40 million light years away from the earth, and its brightness is higher than Andromeda. When we look at the Milky Way from this side of the earth, its spiral arms look like a beam of light. March 20 14 16 was shot by Andrei Borovkov of Ukraine.
Tycho Blue, the champion of the "Moon" category, showed us the surface of the moon from a new angle. This picture is extremely saturated. Tycho Crater and its vicinity are the youngest craters in the history of the moon. Photographed by Hungarian laszlo Francisco on 20 16 12 12.
"Moon" category runner-up "Night of Ptolemy Crater and Ruppes Recta". Compared with the side facing the earth, there are more craters on the side facing away from the earth. This photo is a close-up of the back, showing the spectacular landforms in the south-central part of the moon: it is mainly composed of Ptolemy crater, alfin crater and alzas Cher crater in alzas. Photographed by Spanish photographer Jordi Delpeix Borrell on August 25th, 20 16.
In the category of "Moon", "The Moon Falling of Monaque Subvolcano" was highly appraised. Compared with the moon, Monaque Asian Observatory is very petite. Mauna Kea Mountain in Monaque is located in Hawaii, but it is 4,200 meters above sea level, so the top of the mountain will be covered with snow in winter. From left to right, the telescopes in the picture are British infrared telescope, University of Hawaii 2.2m caliber telescope, Gemini Northern Telescope and Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. The picture was taken by Sean Goebel of the United States on 2065438+200765438+1013.
The winner of the "Sun" category is "Mercury Rising". On May 9th, 20 16, people on earth can see the transit of Mercury. Mercury, the smallest planet in the solar system, swept the surface of the sun for 7.5 hours. Every century, the transit of mercury will occur 13 or 14 times. This is the longest time in this century. In the picture, Mercury is just a small black dot on the sun's disk. Photographed on May 9th, 20 16 by Alexandra Hart, UK.
The runner-up in the category of "Sun" is "Prominences and Sunspots on the Edge of the Sun". Eric Toops, an American photographer, used a customized telescope and a Lunt H-alpha filter to capture the details of solar activity at high magnification. Due to the blurred vision caused by the earth's atmosphere, he stacked several photos to stabilize the image and improve the "visual conditions". Photographed on April 9, 2006, 20 16.
Ghost Sun, the representative work of the category of "Sun", shows us the chromosphere of the sun. After color processing, the surface of the sun darkens and sunspots appear as bright spots, but the contrast of areas outside the sun's edge increases, highlighting several prominences on the west edge of the sun. Photographed by British photographer Michael Wilkinson on April 4th, 20 17.
Champion of "Man and Space": Patagonian stargazer. A stargazer stares at the stars in the Milky Way on the Baishi Glaciares National Park in Argentina. Yuri Zvezdny of Russia took this photo on September 27th, 20th16th.
Third place in the category of "People and Space": Half Dome: The Track of Night. On August 29th, 20 16, Kurt Lawson filmed in Yosemite National Park, California. The semi-dome is the highest peak of the park and has become an important symbol. Kurt Lawson and his filming partner Sean Gaubert climbed the mountain along the cable line at night. The near-clear sky created excellent conditions for shooting star trails. Shooting at night enables photographers to capture the light traces appearing on the cable road.
"Star Trek" by China photographer has been highly praised in the category of "People and Space". In order to recreate the atmosphere of space travel, Fu stayed away from the city lights and came to reunion island, near the Madagascar coast. Wearing a spacesuit, he stood under the Milky Way and Magellanic Cloud, vividly simulating the image of an interstellar traveler. Taken on September 3, 20 16.
The phase evolution of Venus won the first prize in the category of "Planets, Comets and Asteroids". On September 25th, 20 16, Venus was illuminated by the sun, accounting for 86.6%. After half a year, the proportion dropped to 1%. Roger Hutchinson, a British photographer, took a series of photos with the same camera settings, so the size of Venus in the same photo changed obviously with the change of its position.
Retrograde Mars and Saturn won the second place in the category of "Planets, Comets and Asteroids". During the period of 20 11month in 6 years, the paths of Mars and Saturn in dark space were clearly recorded in this picture. Last year was a special year for these two planets. Because in this year, the distance between the two is getting closer and closer. 1 1 month, Turkish photographer Tun? Tezel takes photos about once a week, and * * * takes 46 photos.
The winner of the "Sky Scenery" group is Hai Tong, a photographer from China. This work is called The Road to the Galaxy. This photo was taken at the National Astronomical Observatory of China where the LAMOST telescope was set up. Through this simple outdoor passage, the photo recorded the quiet scene of the Milky Way. Taken on April 9th, 20 16.
The runner-up work in the category of "Land of the Sky", "Stars over Cavaca Erpo", was shot by China photographer Wu Zhong. Carvajal Slope is the main peak of Meili Snow Mountain and the first peak in Yunnan Province. Its beauty is world-famous and it is one of the most sacred peaks in Tibetan Buddhism. The moonlight falling on the top of the mountain cast an ethereal veil over the mountain. Shot on 20 17 10 16.
The winner of the "Robot Photography Group" is called "The Meeting of Comets and Planetary Nebulae". This group of works was shot with a remote-controlled robot telescope and post-processed by the contestants. The green comet C/2013x1(PANSTARS) is passing through the spiral nebula with pink outer layer and blue inner core. Gerald Rhemann of Austria filmed on June 5th, 20 16. (Chen Xi)