
Cosmic contest narrows: Finalists named for 2026 Astronomy Photographer of the Year
Final contenders are announced for the 2026 Astronomy Photographer of the Year, a Royal Observatory Greenwich contest that drew nearly 4,000 submissions from 769 photographers in 66 countries. The shortlisted images include Takanobu Kurosaki’s Setsu-getsu-ka, Richard Addis’s Shadow Moon, Chuhong Yu and Zuoming Wang’s The Crimson Vortex and Sapphire Blossoms of Andromeda, AJ Smadi’s Golden Moonrise Over Seattle, Julien Cadena’s An Auroral Deluge, Ksawery Wrobel’s Solargraph 182 Days, and more. The winner will receive £10,000, category winners £1,500 each, with runners-up and others receiving smaller prizes. The winners will be announced on Sept. 17 and exhibited at London’s National Maritime Museum.











