{"id":55245,"date":"2024-02-20T11:07:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T11:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3a32f9e9-e93b-4489-999c-c1b922f15f68"},"modified":"2024-02-20T11:33:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T11:33:40","slug":"two-weeks-left-to-enter-worlds-biggest-astrophotography-competition","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/two-weeks-left-to-enter-worlds-biggest-astrophotography-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Two weeks left to enter world&#8217;s biggest astrophotography competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\">How to enter Astronomy Photographer of the Year 16 before entries close on 5 March. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Iain Todd\n      <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 20 February 2024 at 11:07 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced there are just two weeks left to enter the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition before entries for the 2024 awards close on 5 March.<\/p><p>\u00a310,000 is on offer to the winner of APY 16, which is open to seasoned astro imagers and complete beginners alike.<\/p><p>The competition, now in its 16th year, has nine main categories covering a variety of astronomical subjects, from nearby Solar System objects to deep-sky behemoths.<\/p><p>Any astro image captured after 1 January 2023 can be entered into this year&#8217;s Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.<\/p><p><strong><em>Need inspiration? See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/astrophotography\/astronomy-photographer-year-winning-images-2023\">winners of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023 competition<\/a> and read our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/astrophotography\/a-beginners-guide-to-astrophotography\">beginner&#8217;s guide to astrophotography<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Visit to Tycho \u00a9 Andrew McCarthy. Runner-up in the Our Moon category of Astronomy Photography of the Year 15.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>The best image in each category takes home \u00a31,500, with the Runner-up and Highly Commended winners receiving \u00a3500 and \u00a3250 respectively.<\/p><p>And the Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition is open to all entrants under 16 years old.<\/p><p>Each entrant is able to submit a maximum of 10 images to the competition, and the winning entries will be available to view in an exhibition at the National Maritime Museum from September 2024.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/news\/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-2024-entries\">Entries to Astronomy Photographer of the Year 16 opened in January 2024<\/a>.<\/p><p><strong><em>You can find out more via the official <a href=\"https:\/\/apy.rmg.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Astronomy Photographer of the Year<\/a> page or by following Royal Museums Greenwich on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RMGreenwich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/royalmuseumsgreenwich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to enter Astronomy Photographer of the Year 16 before entries close on 5 March. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":55246,"template":"","categories":[34],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/02\/two-weeks-left-to-enter-worlds-biggest-astrophotography-competition.jpg",1200,1001,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/02\/two-weeks-left-to-enter-worlds-biggest-astrophotography-competition-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/02\/two-weeks-left-to-enter-worlds-biggest-astrophotography-competition-300x250.jpg",300,250,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/02\/two-weeks-left-to-enter-worlds-biggest-astrophotography-competition-768x641.jpg",768,641,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/02\/two-weeks-left-to-enter-worlds-biggest-astrophotography-competition-1024x854.jpg",800,667,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/02\/two-weeks-left-to-enter-worlds-biggest-astrophotography-competition.jpg",1200,1001,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/02\/two-weeks-left-to-enter-worlds-biggest-astrophotography-competition.jpg",1200,1001,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"How to enter Astronomy Photographer of the Year 16 before entries close on 5 March.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/55245"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}