格林尼治皇家天文台2013年度天文摄影大赛获奖作品揭晓！

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      英国皇家格林尼治天文台和《夜空》杂志联合举办的宇宙摄影师年度摄影比赛已经进入第15年了，今年这个比赛收到了来自全球的1200份作品，拍摄这些作品的有天文爱好者也有专业摄影师。参与者们除了直接用镜头拍摄以外，有些作品还用到了天文望远镜，让地球上的相机可以拍摄到宇宙中的景象。
       这个大赛有4个主要类别的奖项，并且设置了3个特别奖。除了最终大将以外，还包括地球类，太阳系类以及深空类三个大奖。最终大将将会有1500英镑奖金，其余奖项的奖金均为500英镑。
      大赛的最终结果将会在9月18日公布。9月18日开始到2014年2月23日，格林尼治天文台将会有获奖图片展览，当然，在这之前，你依然能好好欣赏一番上述筛选出的优秀作品。
      这场竞赛已经由英国格林尼治天文台和《夜空》杂志合作成功举办了5届。2013年它收到了来自全世界各地的热情的业余和专业摄影师递交的1200多份摄影作品。入选的作品包括美国怀俄明州多雪的背景下令人惊叹的英仙座流星雨，杜德尔侏罗纪海岸杜德尔门上方的银河系壮观景象以及挪威Korgfjellet山一名孤独的观星者观看夜空美到窒息的猎户座流星雨。拍摄地点的多样性决定并不仅限于地球，摄影者可以拍摄太阳系甚至银河系以外的景象。
       这场摄影大赛的评委包括太空科学家兼电台主持人马吉·亚德林-波科克(Maggie Aderin-Pocock)、《夜空》杂志编辑克里斯·布拉姆斯(Chris Bramley)和英国皇家天文台的公众天文学家马雷克·库库拉博士(Dr Marek Kukula)。大赛的奖项最终包含四个单项奖与三个特别奖，结果已于9月18日公布。
       最终获奖者将会获得1500镑的奖金，而年度年轻天文摄影师将获得500镑的奖金。大赛包括三个类别：地球与太空，包括地形地貌、人类和其它地球事物；太阳系最佳图片；太阳系外最佳图片，包括恒星、星云和星系。每个类别的获奖者将获得500镑的奖金，此外还设有亚军和优胜奖。随后，所有的获奖作品将在皇家天文台展出，该展览对公众免费开放，将持续到2014年2月23日。同时，入围与获奖作品也会被出版成册。为了纪念《夜空》杂志的帕特里克·摩尔（Patrick Moore ）爵士，他曾经也是该摄影大赛的评委，最佳新人奖将被命名为“帕特里克·摩尔最佳新人奖”，以表彰那些受到他的激励而仰望星空探索太空美丽的人们。大赛特别奖包括创意奖，年度机械视野图片，后者是指使用全世界各地日益增加的计算机控制望远镜之一拍摄的图片。
       帕特里克·摩尔最佳新人奖将奖励去年才开始天文摄影爱好的新人，并且拍摄的图片从未参加过摄影大赛。评委将尤其考虑那些使用简单、不昂贵的入门摄影设备的摄影爱好者。（文中内容部分来自凤凰网的7月份的消息）

名单如下：
ASTRONOMY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR: FULL LIST OF COMPETITION WINNERS
1.Earth and Space
Mark Gee (Australia) with Guiding Light to the Stars (Winner and Overall Winner)
Fredrik Broms (Norway) with Green Energy (Runner-up)
Dani Caxete (Spain) with A Quadruple Lunar Halo (Highly Commended)
Fredrik Broms (Norway) with Icy Visitor (Highly Commended)
David Kingham (USA) with Snowy Range Perseid Meteor Shower (Highly Commended)
2.Deep Space
Adam Block (USA) with Celestial Impasto: Sh2 - 239 (Winner)
Tom O’Donoghue (Ireland) with Rho Ophiuchi and Antares Nebulae (Runner-Up)
Ignacio Diaz Bobillo (Argentina) with Omega Centauri (Highly Commended)
Ivan Eder (Hungary) with M81-82 and Integrated Flux Nebula (Highly Commended)
Michael Sidonio (Australia) with Floating Metropolis-NGC 253 (Highly Commended)
3.Our Solar System
Man-To Hui (China) with Corona Composite of 2012: Australian Totality (Winner)
Alan Friedman (USA) with Magnetic Maelstrom (Runner-Up)
Ignacio Diaz Bobillo (Argentina) with Cosmic Alignment: Comet Lemmon, GC 47 Tucanae and the SMC (Highly Commended)
Jia Hao (Singapore) with Ring of Fire Sequence (Highly Commended)
Damian Peach (UK) with Saturn at Opposition (Highly Commended)
4.Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year
Jacob Marchio (USA, aged 14) with The Milky Way Galaxy (Winner)
Ariana Bernal (USA, aged 10) with Goodbye Sun, Hello Moon (Runner-up)
Samuel Copley (UK, aged 15) with The Great Nebula (Highly Commended)
Eric Dewar (Canada, aged 15) with The Windows District (Highly Commended)
Jacob Marchio (USA, aged 14) with The Waxing Crescent Moon (Highly Commended)
5.Special Prize: People and Space
Mark Gee (Australia) with Moon Silhouettes (Winner)
Ben Canales (USA) with Hi.Hello (Runner-up)
6.Special Prize: Sir Patrick Moore prize for Best Newcomer
Sam Cornwell (UK) with Venus Transit, Foxhunters Grave, Welsh Highlands (Winner)
7.Robotic Scope Image of the Year
László Francsics (Hungary) with The Trapezium Cluster and Surrounding Nebula (Winner)

From a remarkable meteor shower to stunning pictures of the swirling gases and galaxies in deep space, these are just a few of the phenomenal images entered into this year's Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.
Over a thousand amateur and professional photographers from around the world entered the competition, but Australian Mark Gee won the top prize for his beautiful image of the sky over the southern hemisphere, decorated with a number of astronomical highlights.
The shot shows central regions of the Milky Way Galaxy - over 26,000 light years away - appearing as a tangle of dust and stars, lit up by a lighthouse on the Cape Palliser, New Zealand, shining out to sea.

                               
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冠军：Winning shot: Mark Gee's image of the Milky Way came first in the Earth and Space Category as well as being voted overall winner

                               
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Stunning: Fredrik Broms from Norway was voted runner-up for this beautiful picture of the Aurora Borealis

                               
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Night sky: Fredrik Broms was also highly commended in the category for this image of the Comet Panstarrs over the mountains in his native Norway

                               
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Extraordinary: American David Kingham's image of a Perseid Meteor Shower over a mountain range was also highly commended

In the top left corner of the picture are two M[size=1.2em]agellanic Clouds, or small satellite galaxies in orbit around the Milky Way, which look like two round smudges in Mr Gee's image.
Framing the photograph is the rugged landscape of the cape, which looks almost like the surface of a distant planet in itself.
Mr Gee, who won £1,500 for his incredible picture, impressed the judges with the depth and clarity of his winning shot.
Judge and Royal Observatory Public Astronomer, Dr. Marek Kukula said: 'I love the tranquil combination of sea and sky in this beautiful image, along with the comforting human element of the cliff-top lighthouse.

                               
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Surreal: Spaniard Dani Caxete's image shows a quadruple lunar halo illuminating the landscape below

                               
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Far away: An image of the Celestial Impasto, a star formation composed off dust and gas, taken by American Adam Block

                               
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Deep space: Ivan Eder, from Hungary, took this wonderful shot of M81 and M82 galaxies - twelve million light years from Earth

                               
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Dust cloud: The Rho Ophiuchi and Antares Nebulae cloud complex - a dark nebula of gas - taken by Tom O'Donoghue

'This view from the shores of New Zealand makes me think of the long voyages the Maori's ancestors made into unchartered oceans, guided by the stars. We're in a similar situation today, as we set out to explore the Universe.'
Mr Gee was crowned both overall winner and winner of the Earth and Space category.
There were six other categories, including Deep Space, Our Solar System, People and Space, Robotic Scope Image of the Year, Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year and the Sir Patrick Moore prize for Best Newcomer.
Runner-up in the Earth and Space category was a striking vision of a green Aurora Borealis captured by Fredrik Broms from Norway.

                               
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Cluster: Omega Centauri - a spherical cloud containing several million stars taken by Ignacio Diaz Bobillo from Argentina

                               
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Haunting: A Corona Composite - or eclipse of the sun - taken in 2012 in Australia by Man-To Hui

                               
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Spectacular: Winning the Sir Partick Moore prize for Best Newcomer was Sam Cornwell for his image of the transit of Venus

The beautiful image clearly shows the shapes and forms of the Aurora Borealis as they are moulded by the Earth’s complex magnetic field above Grøtfjord in Norway.
The photographer was also highly commended for his image of Comet Panstarrs over Norway's snow-topped mountains.
A breath-taking total eclipse of the Sun, sometimes called a ‘cosmic coincidence’ due to the similar apparent sizes of the Sun and Moon, taken by Man-To Hui from China won the Our Solar System category.
Adam Block won the Deep Space category for his image of star-formation Celestial Impasto with Ireland's Tom O'Donoghue winning runner up for his picture of gas and dust cloud complex Rho Ophiuchi and Antares Nebulae, appearing like spots of ink floating through water.
Briton Sam Cornwell took first place in the newly renamed Sir Patrick Moor prize for Best Newcomer for his ghostly, visceral depiction of the 2012 Transit of Venus - which will not take place again until 2117.

                               
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Double: Overall winner Mark Gee also won the People and Space Category for this image of a group of individuals silhouetted against the moon

Cosmic Alignment: Comet Lemmon, GC 47 Tucanae and the SMC by Ignacio Diaz Bobillo (Argentina)

                               
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Alight: Jia Hao's 'Ring of Fire Sequence' showing an 'annular eclipse' in which a ring of the sun remains visible

Teenager Jacob Marchio from the USA impressed the judges with two images.
The first was a portrait of a waxing crescent Moon and the second a moody picture of the Milky Way Galaxy rendered with a dusky brown colour palette, which won the 14-year-old the accolade of Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year.
From today, the best of these exceptional photographs will be showcased in a free exhibition in the Royal Observatory’s Astronomy Centre.
BBC Sky at Night Magazine’s Editor Chris Bramley, who is a judge for the competition, said of this year’s contest: 'With more entries than ever, and so many displaying superb compositions and a spectacular eye for detail, the judges faced a real challenge this year.
'The exhibition will really show the drama and majesty of the night skies – never has our cosmos been captured so beautifully!'

                               
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Expanse: A dark lane of dust marks the plane of the Milky Way in this photograph taken by Ben Canales

这两张没有获奖，有点可惜了

牛人出牛片，个个是精品。

确实拍的好。

过来洗洗眼。。。。。。{:soso_e102:}

喜欢第二张。