Look up at the night sky,  there is amazement everywhere you look. These incredible winners of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year Contest. show us that.

Learn more about the contest on the Royals Museums Greenwich website.

 

Winner: Andromeda, Unexpected by Marcel Drechsler, Xavier Strottner and Yann Sainty

 

Runner-up: The Eyes Galaxy by Weitang Liang

 

Highly commended: Neighbours by Paul Montague

 

Shortlist: Nebulae of the Small Magellanic Cloud by Jonathan Lodge

 

Shortlist: NGC 1097 and Tidal Tails by Mark Hanson and Mike Selby

 

 

Shortlist: NGC 4945: Caldwell 83 by Jonathan Lodge