Royal Observatory announces Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners
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The Royal Observatory Greenwich named Ali Alobaidly winner of its 18th annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition for his image of the Shark Nebula, a dark nebula made of interstellar dust 650 light-years away. Alobaidly won £10,000 for the overall prize. Multiple category winners were also announced including Nikolaos Strimpoulis, 15, in the Young Astronomy Photographer category; Tom Williams in Planets, Comets and Asteroids; Max Inwood in People and Space; and Radoslav Sviretsov in Aurorae.
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“The Shark Nebula is already a striking object, but when it is resolved to the point where even detail-rich distant galaxies can be seen through it, you know you're looking at something very special.”