Now in its fifth year, the Royal Observatory of the Royal Museums Greenwich conducts the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.

This time, the competition received a record number of over 1200 entries from 49 countries. The best of these exceptional photographs – winners, runners-up or highly commended in the competition’s different categories and special prizes – are showcased in a free exhibition in the Royal Observatory’s Astronomy Centre which is open to the public from 19 September 2013 until 23 February 2014 from 10.00 – 17.00.

Without further ado, here are the winners:

| Guiding Light to the Stars from markg<<,
overall winner of the competition and of the Earth and Space category.

  

| Celestial Impasto: sh2–239 from ngc1535, winner of the Deep Space category
| The Milky Way Galaxy from Jacob Marchio, winner of the Young Astrophotographers category
| Corona Composite of 2012: Australian Totality from Pachacoti, winner of the Our Solar System category

      

| Moon Silhouettes from markg<<, winner of the People and Space category
| The Trapezium Cluster and Surrounding Nebulae from László Francsics, winner of the Robotic Scope category

| Venus Transit, Foxhunter’s Grave, Welsh Highlands from Sam Cornwell, winner of the Best Newcomer category

Congratulations to our members who won or have been lauded as runners-up or highly recommended in one of the competition’s categories!