This document contains summaries of winning and highly commended photographs from several astronomy photography competitions. The winning photo in the "Earth and Space" category shows the central region of the Milky Way galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds as seen from the southern hemisphere. The winning photo in the "Deep Space" category depicts the nebula Sh2-239 and notes that structures like this appear timeless but change dramatically over astronomical timescales. The winning photo for "Our Solar System" captures the corona during the 2012 Australian total solar eclipse.
42. Highly Commended – Our Solar
System: 'Saturn at opposition system'
by Damian Peach (UK). This incredibly
sharp portrait brilliantly captures the
jewel of our solar system, revealing the
subtle banding around the orb that
results from the planet’s weather. It also
shows the exquisite gradation of
brightness and colour in the planet’s
rings. The ultra-faint inner ‘D-Ring’ and
outermost Encke gap are clearly visible.
The hexagonal storm at the North Pole –
a scientific curiosity – shows off three
of its angular kinks. Images with this
much clarity challenge our ideas of
what can be achieved with amateur
telescopes.
Picture : Damien Peach
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