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Astronomy Photographer of the Year judges explain how to get involved in astrophotography

26 August 2016 Astronomy Now

Get expert advice on how to take up astrophotography from the judges of the Royal Observatory Greenwich Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Learn more about the competition.

 

  • Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016
  • Royal Observatory Greenwich

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This glorious image of the core of Local Group galaxy Messier 33 (NGC 598) in the constellation Triangulum was captured from Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands by astrophotographer Michael van Doorn — winning image of the Galaxies category in the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition 2015.

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“Silk Skies” by Jamen Percy

5 October 2015 Astronomy Now

Jamen Percy’s ethereal view of an auroral display over Abisko National Park, Lapland, Sweden was captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III camera, 24mm f/1.4 lens and a 4-second, ISO 2000 exposure — winning image of the Aurorae category in the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition 2015.

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Researchers explain why the Greenwich prime meridian moved

13 August 2015 Astronomy Now

In 1884, a delegation of international representatives convened in Washington, D.C. to recommend that Earth’s prime meridian marking zero degrees longitude should pass through the Airy Transit Circle (ATC) at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England. But according to the GPS receivers of surveyors and smartphones of London tourists today, why does the line of zero longitude run 102 metres east of the ATC?

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News Headlines

  • Researchers spot whirlwind marking possible exoplanet in the making

    21 January 2021
  • NASA InSight’s ‘Mole’ no longer digging the red planet

    14 January 2021
  • Most distant quasar – and youngest supermassive black hole – identified

    13 January 2021
  • Researchers find strong hints of background ‘sea’ of gravity waves

    12 January 2021
  • Review board recommends extending Juno and Insight missions

    8 January 2021
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