IN PICTURES. Who will win the astronomy photographer of the year award? Discover our selection of nine competing shots

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A view of the Milky Way, a dragon-shaped aurora borealis, a total eclipse… These photos taken in Australia, Iceland and Namibia invite you to look up at the sky.

Breathtaking images. The Royal Observatory of Greenwich revealed, Tuesday, July 2, the 30 photos selected for the final of the 16th edition of its astronomy photography competition organized each year in London (United Kingdom). A highly coveted prize, because the organizers received more than 3,500 photos, from 58 countries. Last year, two French and one German won the competition with Andromeda, Unexpected, an image of a gigantic plasma arc next to the Andromeda galaxy.

A view of the Milky Way, a dragon-shaped aurora borealis, a total eclipse… Which shot will win over the jury this year? The winner of the general prize and theThe winners of the various categories will be announced on September 12, before an exhibition of their works in the British capital from September 14. While waiting for the verdict, franceinfo lets you discover nine of the images in the running for this prize for the best astronomy photographer of the year 2024.

This image of the spiral galaxy NGC 6744 was captured by American photographer Kevin Morefield from the El Sauce Observatory in Chile. "NGC 6744 is thought to resemble our Milky Way as it would be seen from 30 million light-years away."says the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. (A MILKY WAY MIMIC / KEVIN MOREFIELD)

José Miguel Picon Chimelis photographed the Eystrahorn mountain in Hvalnesviti (Iceland) during a solar storm. "The intensity of this storm gave rise to an impressive palette of colours in the sky"underlines the Greenwich Observatory. (A NIGHT WITH THE VALKYRIES / JOSE MIGUEL PICON CHIMELIS)

Chilean Carina Letelier Baeza captured this stunning shot of a dragon-shaped aurora borealis, seen from the Arctic Henge tourist site in Raufarhöfn, Iceland. (ARCTIC DRAGON / CARINA LETELIER BAEZA)

Chinese photographer Wenlian Li captured this sunspot eruption from Shaanxi province in July 2023. (SOLAR PULSATION / WENLIAN LI)

Frenchman Gwenaël Blanck traveled to Exmouth, Australia, in April 2023 to capture this total solar eclipse. The image consists of seven superimposed photographs. (TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE / GWENAËL BLANCK)

"A cosmic fireworks display"according to Jakob Sahner. In December 2023, the German photographed a meteor shower of the Geminids above the Roque de los Muchachos observatory, the highest point on the volcanic island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands (Spain). (A COSMIC FIREWORK, THE GEMINID METEOR SHOWER / JAKOB SAHNER)

From the Blue Mountains in Australia, Andy Casely photographed the planet Saturn and six of its moons, including Dione, Titan and Mimas, in September 2023. (SATURN WITH SIX MOONS / ANDY CASELY)

Indian Vikas Chander photographed this imposing sculpture in the Kunene region of northwestern Namibia in September 2023. (RUN TO CARINA / VIKAS CHANDER)

Still in Australia, from Gold Coast, Kelvin Hennessy managed to immortalize the passage of the International Space Station in front of the Moon. (THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION DAYTIME MOON TRANSIT / KELVIN HENNESSY)

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