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Digital Camera World
Kim Bunermann

From 1-gigapixel images to 22-hour exposures – check out the winners of this inspiring astronomy photography competition

A breathtaking night sky, featuring a vibrant Milky Way arching over jagged mountains and a serene river below, evokes wonder and tranquility.

The night sky remains one of photography's most captivating and challenging subjects – endlessly vast, enormously mysterious and deeply rewarding to capture. Each year, the Royal Observatory Greenwich celebrates this wonder by announcing the winners of the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition – a contest that never fails to inspire with its exceptional entries.

Dr Ed Bloomer, Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomer and judge, puts it well. "Once again, ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year offers up some of the best astrophotography in the world.

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