All the greatness of the sky in a series of pictures.
A competition for the best pictures in astronomy Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016, the largest international competition of its kind.
The winners will be announced in September, and today there are some interesting space work.
1. Moonrise in Toronto, Canada. (Photo By Andrew Yee | National Maritime Museum):
2. The Northern lights in Scotland. (Photo By Ross Campbell | National Maritime Museum):
3. The milky Way galaxy in the Hawaiian Islands. (Photo By Gianni Krattli | National Maritime Museum):
4. Night sky in Finland. (Photo By Markus Kiili | National Maritime Museum):
5. The stars and the Northern lights in Norway. (Photo By Matt Walford | National Maritime Museum):
6. The stars in monument Valley, USA. (Photo By Albert Dros | National Maritime Museum):
7. Star tracks, Oregon, USA. (Photo By Garrett Suhrie | National Maritime Museum):
8. Supermoon in Sweden. (Photo Peter Folkesson | National Maritime Museum):
9. The milky Way galaxy is on an island in Spain. (Photo By Javier Martinez Moran | National Maritime Museum):
10. Horse Head — one of the most famous nebulae. It is visible as a dark spot in the shape of a horse head on the background of the red glow. This glow is due to ionization of the hydrogen cloud behind the nebula, under the effect of radiation from the nearby bright stars (ζ Orion). (Photo By José Jiménez Priego | National Maritime Museum):
