The Royal Observatory in Greenwich has announced its shortlist for the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.
This year’s competition was the biggest yet. With judges from the Royal Observatory in Greenwich going through 4,500 entries submitted by amateurs and professionals from over 80 countries.
The winners of the competition’s nine categories will be announced on September 15, 2016, and the winning images will be put on display in a free exhibition at the Observatory’s Astronomy Center.
![Photographer: Rick Whitacre (USA)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/zx0bc8bg2q1ipw0qnqcn.jpg)
![Photographer: Andrew Caldwell (New Zealand)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/ysedgkimjg5fkogyvsps.jpg)
![Photographer: Yuyun Wang (Singapore)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/y0f3yfx6zmbu6ysxobam.jpg)
![Photographer: Jan R Olsen (Norway)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/xrgm4ptliceuvewrr35z.jpg)
![Photographer: Brad Goldpaint (USA)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/wzgt1zzxywibmwpwe07k.jpg)
![Photographer: Gabriel Octavian Corban (Romania)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/wudxf0trz2d1r96c0abg.jpg)
![Photographer: Michael Jäeger (Austria)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/wmfpb6r67y53otsh1ird.jpg)
![Photographer: Lee Cook (UK)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/uihdtm1etiuza51sqf3v.jpg)
![Photographer: Der Mits (Greece)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/t5ncisnh6xlnd5ips0oa.jpg)
![Photographer: Philippe Jacquot (France)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/r5ah0ldtbh4ehq5ymhfc.jpg)
![Photographer: Rafael Defavari (Brazil)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/pjrhxuojb9lcwyb2rqku.jpg)
![Photographer: Eric Toops (USA)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/mmihfsiivgbosshpipdo.jpg)
![Photographer: Scott Carnie-Bronca (Australia)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/mdqbau3uuvheueobrzlg.jpg)
![Photographer: Melanie Thorne (UK)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/m7yng7a1wylndknsodtf.jpg)
![Photographer: Ivan Eder (Hungary)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/lucpvbnqjvp0uc6yzwi7.jpg)
![Photographer: Nicholas Roemmelt (Germany)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/l5vzbpnghhhql4tqefr0.jpg)
![Photographer: Richard Inman (UK)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/jknj2bmzyd5ouwyzwcrg.jpg)
![Photographer: Leonardo Orazi (Italy)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/hh8itayadh75jqut6v7l.jpg)
![Photographer: Damian Peach (UK)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/gvcv0dwz5ynzwtkeqcsa.jpg)
![Photographer: Nicholas Roemmelt (Germany)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/gfmtjnlglkfclhsa0dr8.jpg)
![Photographer: Tommy Richardsen (Norway)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/fpolqxehx337rc4ft7b7.jpg)
![Photographer: Sean Goebel (USA)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/eolbtkcz2hy7sgsydb9l.jpg)
![Photographer: Lee Cook (UK)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/ctqjbwstwvcqm7f3qcbn.jpg)
![Photographer: José Francisco Hernández Cabrera (Spain)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/ctchqccero4gbyrltz1o.jpg)
![Photographer: Ivan Slade (Australia)](https://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/files/media/31483/cgfgfeanijzpjdsd42zw.jpg)
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Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.
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