Astronomy photography continues to shine on the horizon.
As we await more crisp and otherwordly pictures of the cosmos from the newly-minted James Webb Telescope, which is set to foray deep into the universe's uncharted regions, or if we simply can't get enough with the Hubble Space Telescope's wondrous images.
This article will give you a feast of astronomy photographs!
Thanks to our exceptional photographers on Earth, they are giving us a glimpse of what it is like to be out there in space. With the annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, we have no shortage of stunning space images for 2022!
As reported first by Mashable, the contenders for this year's crop have been revealed by the Royal Museums Greenwich in London. Over 3,000 submissions were submitted to the astrophotography competition, which has been going on for 14 years and is open to 57 different nations.
The winners will be revealed in an online ceremony on September 15 and will be shown in an exhibition starting on September 17 at the National Maritime Museum in London.
Check out some of the images below!
Is This A Pollen? A Cotton?
Is this pollen? Cotton? No! It's just the Sun.
In this pollen-like image, taken by Simon Tang, hydrogen gas clouds give way when the Sun's magnetic field lines break and collide. The prominences produced on the Sun's limb by this natural phenomenon are astounding!
A Bright Coral In Space?
Captured by Bray Falls, this high-definition image features the Cygnus crescent nebula.
What is fascinating about this nebula is that it was still created by a star that is alive as a result of stellar wind affecting the slower stellar wind that the star releases out in its past.
Pinwheel Galaxy
On February 23, 1752, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille made the first observation of the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. A deep sequence of H-alpha exposures and color data are combined in this image, which was captured 270 years later to showcase the ruby-like star-forming regions of this spiral galaxy.
Solar Inferno
The photographer revealed an active region of change on the Sun by selectively filtering out all light wavelengths except for a small red band referred to as the H-alpha line.
The Winds of Aurora
A striking auroral corona behind the wind turbine creates the impression that there is an interplay between the two, as if the turbine is scattering the aurora. This was captured in northern Finland during a severe auroral storm.
Farewell, Solar System
On December 27, 2021, Lionel Majzik was able to obtain some time with the robotic telescope at the Skygems Remote Observatories in Namibia to capture this exceptional view of a comet leaving the solar system.
Mystic Cherry Blossoms
On both banks of the embankment, about 280 Yoshino cherry trees were planted during the 1957 Funakawa River renovation. They direct the line of vision towards the far horizon, where there is nothing but a hazy moonlight poking through the night's darkness in the deep blue sky.
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Written by Joaquin Victor Tacla
