{"id":12965,"date":"2016-07-29T13:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12965"},"modified":"2016-07-29T13:00:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T17:00:59","slug":"video-astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-competition-shortlists-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12965","title":{"rendered":"Video: Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition shortlists finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmg.co.uk\/discover\/astronomy-photographer-competition\">Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year Competition<\/a>, which is run\u00a0by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmg.co.uk\/discover\/\" target=\"_blank\">Royal Museums Greenwich<\/a>, had over 4500 entries this year from amateur and professional astrophotographers from around the world. The RMG just announced this week that they have shortlisted the entries from which the final winners will be announced on September 15th:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmg.co.uk\/work-services\/news-press\/press-release\/insight-astronomy-photographer-year-2016-royal-observatory\" target=\"_d\">Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016 at The Royal Observatory Greenwich: shortlisted images to this year\u2019s competition selected &#8211;\u00a0Royal Museums Greenwich<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/33582-astronomy-photography-competition-2016-shortlist.html\">Otherworldly Beauty: Astronomy Photography Contest Highlights Astounding Shots &#8211; Space.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a video about the 2016 competition:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gsCdDZf9oag?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is last year&#8217;s winning image in the aurora category was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmg.co.uk\/file\/silk-skies-%C2%A9-jamen-percy-astronomy-photographer-year-aurora-winner-2015\" target=\"_d\">Silk Skies<\/a>\u00a9 \u00a0by <a href=\"http:\/\/aurorachasers.co\/\">Jamen Percy<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ROGAstronomers\/status\/644579734966419456\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12966\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=12966\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CPLNI8yWUAAA2Q81.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CPLNI8yWUAAA2Q8[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CPLNI8yWUAAA2Q81.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12966\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CPLNI8yWUAAA2Q81.jpg\" alt=\"CPLNI8yWUAAA2Q8[1]\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CPLNI8yWUAAA2Q81.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CPLNI8yWUAAA2Q81-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year Competition, which is run\u00a0by the\u00a0Royal Museums Greenwich, had over 4500 entries this year from amateur and professional astrophotographers from around the world. The RMG just announced this week that they have shortlisted the entries from which the final winners will be announced on September 15th: Insight Astronomy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12965\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition shortlists finalists<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,16,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-contests-and-games","category-multiple-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3n7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27396,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=27396","url_meta":{"origin":12965,"position":0},"title":"Night sky highlights for April 2025","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Check out the night sky this month, April 2025. 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