{"id":27754,"date":"2022-01-06T11:50:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T11:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/?p=103255"},"modified":"2022-01-06T12:07:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T12:07:10","slug":"astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-2022-how-to-enter","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-2022-how-to-enter\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2022: How to enter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Iain Todd\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 06 January 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2022 competition is open to receive entries from 10 January to 4 March 2022.<\/p>\n

Hosted by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the annual astrophotography<\/a> competition is the biggest in the world, and each year welcomes thousands of images of the cosmos submitted by photographers from across the globe.<\/p>\n

For more on photographing the night sky, read our guides on deep-sky astrophotography<\/a>, image processing<\/a> and the best astrophotography cameras<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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The Golden Ring by Shuchang Dong (China) was the overall winner of the 2021 Astronomy Photographer of the Year award.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

2022 marks the competition\u2019s 14th year, and \u00a310,000 will be awarded to the overall winner, with runners-up and highly commended entries receiving \u00a31,500 and \u00a3750 respectively.<\/p>\n

2022 also sees a new addition to the judging panel: Dr Hannah Lyons, Assistant Curator at Royal Museums Greenwich.<\/p>\n

Entrants will have until Friday 4 March 2022 to enter up to ten images into the various categories of Astronomy Photographer of the Year 14.<\/p>\n

The winners, runner-up and highly commended and shortlisted entries will be displayed in an exhibition at the National Maritime Museum from September 2022.<\/p>\n

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Lockdown by Deepal Ratnayaka (UK) was the winner of the People & Space category in the 2021 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

How to enter Astronomy Photographer of the Year 14<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Astronomy Photographer of the Year welcomes entries from photographers of all ages and abilities, and each entrant can submit 10 images across the 9 main categories:<\/p>\n