Star trails that sweep above the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland, a bright meteor that races above smoke-spewing Mount Bromo in Indonesia and images of the Aurora Borealis dancing across the Northern skies are just some of the incredible images that have been shortlisted for the 2014 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.
Now in its sixth year, the competition, which is run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich in association with BBC Sky at Night Magazine, has received a record number of more than 2,500 spectacular entries from around the world.
The winners of the competition’s four categories and three special prizes will be announced on September 17 and an exhibition of the winning images opens the following day on September 18 at the Royal Observatory.
The exhibition is free of charge and runs until February 2015.
Winners and shortlisted entries will also be published in the competition’s official book, available on September 18 from bookstores and online. All entries to the competition were submitted via a dedicated Flickr group (flickr.com/astrophoto). The awards ceremony can be followed live on Twitter #astrophoto2014.
