Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2012

[Big Andy]

Some cracking images for the star gazers amongst us. Astro photography is not one of my strong points but I love looking at other peoples images, this universe is an amazing place.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19637073

 

[RacingSnake]

There was a piece on this on "the one show" just a few mins ago.
Incredible images.

 

[gm43uk]

Awesome images

 

[Delta Skies]

You beat me to the link

There are some absolutely stunning images on there. Well worth the inspiring 6 minutes to take a look.

 

[adz740]

Beautiful stuff there. Really inspires me to go out and give it a go. Need to invest in a decent tripod now

 

[specialman]

Really interesting commentary adds to the slideshow. I thought it would be just lots of stargazing shots all done through telescopes, but the mix of telescope and wide-angle (contextual) is great.

That shot of the transit of Venus in front of the orange sun - wow!

 

[d4nn3h]

Some absolutely fantastic shots in that video... I just watched it twice! Would be very interested to know how some of the wide angle shots are taken - they look like long exposures as the stars/scenery is so bright, but with no 'star movement'?

 

[sl888]

Went to the Royal Observatory on the weekend to check out the gallery. Amazing amazing work!