AstroAA Awarded Astrophotography

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AstroAA4Y Jac

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RMG - Astronomy Photographer of the Year
www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/astronomy-photographer-year/exhibition

Royal Museums Greenwich (London): Astronomy Photographer of the Year is an annual competition featuring the world’s greatest space photography. Photographers from across the globe compete to take home the prestigious title.

Type: competition
Country: UK
Topics: Galaxies, Skyscapes, Our Sun, Our Moon, Aurorae, Planets/Comets/Asteroids, People and Space, Best Newcomer, Young competition

2022: https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/astronom ... nners-2022
2023: https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/astronom ... nners-2023
2024: https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/astronom ... nners-2024

AstroAA4Y Jac

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RMG - Astronomy Photographer of the Year
www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/astronomy-photographer-year/exhibition

Royal Museums Greenwich (London): Astronomy Photographer of the Year is an annual competition featuring the world’s greatest space photography. Photographers from across the globe compete to take home the prestigious title.

Type: competition
Country: UK
Topics: Galaxies, Skyscapes, Our Sun, Our Moon, Aurorae, Planets/Comets/Asteroids, People and Space, Best Newcomer, Young competition

2022: https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/astronom ... nners-2022
2023: https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/astronom ... nners-2023
2024: https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/astronom ... nners-2024

AstroAA4Y Jac

I think my favorite image is this one by Tom Rae:

Starlight highway. Credit: Tome Rae.

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The juxtaposition of the Milky Way and the road sign is cute and funny, of course, but what I really like is the portrait of the Milky Way. This is what I see in it:

Starlight Highway Tom Rae .png

What I find most interesting about Tom Rae's picture is the sharp contrast between one long non-starforming dust lane and another dust lane behind it that is merrily forming stars. Of course this is partly an illusion. The non-starforming dust lane is almost certainly nearby, quite probably at more or less the same distance as the Sco-Cen association of B-type stars, at some 400 light-years. By contrast, the main dust lane of the Milky Way is far in the background, and many of the nebulas we see there are located at distances of some ~5000 light-years.

Still, I do find it interesting that some dust lanes in spiral galaxies really don't form (massive) stars:

AM 1316dash241 NASA ESA Hubble Heritage.png

This pair of galaxies is collectively known as AM 1316-241.
One long stretch of arm from the spiral galaxy is not forming (massive) stars.
Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage

I guess galactic dust lanes are like soil: some dust lanes are fertile, while others are not.

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Ann

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I think my favorite image is this one by Tom Rae:

Starlight highway. Credit: Tome Rae.

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The juxtaposition of the Milky Way and the road sign is cute and funny, of course, but what I really like is the portrait of the Milky Way. This is what I see in it:

Starlight Highway Tom Rae .png

What I find most interesting about Tom Rae's picture is the sharp contrast between one long non-starforming dust lane and another dust lane behind it that is merrily forming stars. Of course this is partly an illusion. The non-starforming dust lane is almost certainly nearby, quite probably at more or less the same distance as the Sco-Cen association of B-type stars, at some 400 light-years. By contrast, the main dust lane of the Milky Way is far in the background, and many of the nebulas we see there are located at distances of some ~5000 light-years.

Ann

ThanX Ann

Good choice.

The following picture would also be a spectacular APOD:

Click to view full size image

Category: People and Space 2024
https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/astronom ... space-2024 At the end.
Title: Big Brother is Watching You by Matt Jackson

"The digital age has brought wonders beyond comprehension, but also new concerns related to privacy and the power that comes from controlling technology," says Matt.
"At times, it can feel like we are never alone, like there is no such thing as solitude, or 'own life' in George Orwell’s newspeak. It feels like Big Brother is always watching you. This image includes all the satellites captured during one hour of a time-lapse series."
Taken in Gallatin County, Montana, USA, 10 August 2023