1. Luna
This photograph was winner in the category "Young Photographer". It reflects an innovative image of the Moon, where you can appreciate the details of the landscape as if we could be a few centimeters from it.
2. Lunar craters.
This photograph was a winner in the category "Our Moon". It is a very close and detailed view of one of the various lunar landscapes where the craters produced by meteorites and asteroids are drawn.
3. City and stars.
Even in Hong Kong, where streets and buildings are laden with neon lights, some stars can be seen in the sky.
4. Pearls or beads by Baily.
This photograph was winner in the category "Our Sun". It was taken in Indonesia and reveals the phenomenon known as "Baily beads or beads", which occurs during total solar eclipses. When the Moon passes in front of the Sun, its surface causes some beams of light to escape forming a kind of bright pearls.
5. Aurora borealis.
This photograph was a winner in the category "Auroras". It was taken on a night of solar eclipse in Norway, and reveals a show of natural lights in the form of aurora borealis. At that moment the sun shone 9 degrees below the horizon and the Adventtoppen mountain was lit by the western-northwest horizon.
6. Galaxies.
This photograph was a winner in the "Galaxies" category. It reveals a spiral galaxy, 16 million light years from Earth. The approach was done with a telescope and you can see all the small galaxies in the background. Awesome, right?
7. Saturn.
This photograph gained the category "Planets, comets and asteroids". In it is Saturn, the second largest planet in our solar system, where you can see in detail its rings. Small storms and changes of color can be seen next to him.
8. Magical dream landscape.
This photo gained the category "Landscapes of the sky", portraying a morning of fog in the Isle of Wight (England), a day in which the Moon, Venus, Mars and Jupiter were aligned.
9. Stars.
Winner in the category "Stars and Nebulae", this photo portrays Sirius, the brightest star in our sky that, due to the alterations in the Earth's atmosphere, can be observed in a very varied range of shades. The author came up with the idea of recording it on video and making this selection inspired by pop art.
10. Cloud of stars.
Winner in the category "Best artist revelation", this photo portrays The Great Magellanic Cloud, with a diameter of 14,000 light years, which can be observed with the naked eye from the southern hemisphere in some opportunities.
source: National Geograpihic - Royal Museums
Photo credits: 1) Brendan Devine / Royal Observatory Greenwich's Insight Astronomical Photographer of the Year 2016 contest / National Maritime Museum.
2) Jordi Delpeix Borrell / Royal Observatory Greenwich's Insight Astronomical Photographer of the Year 2016 contest / National Maritime Museum.
3) Ka Ho Wing / Royal Greenwich Insight Observatory Astronomical Photographer of the Year 2016 National Maritime Competition / Museum.
4) Yu Jun / Royal Observatory Greenwich's Insight Astronomical Photographer of the Year 2016 Competition / National Maritime Museum.
6) Nicolas Outters / Royal Observatory Greenwich's Insight Astronomical Photographer of the Year 2016 National Maritime Museum / Competition.
7) Damian Peach / Royal Observatory Greenwich's Insight Astronomical Photographer of the Year 2016 contest / National Maritime Museum.
8) Ainsley Bennett / Royal Greenwich's Insight Observatory Astronomical Photographer of the Year 2016 Competition / National Maritime Museum.
9) Steve Brown / Royal Observatory Greenwich's Insight Astronomical Photographer of the Year 2016 Competition / National Maritime Museum.
10) Carlos Fairbairn / Royal Observatory Greenwich's Insight Astronomical Photographer of the Year 2016 contest / National Maritime Museum.