18 awesome images from the 2025 Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards

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18 awesome images from the 2025 Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards

Astrophotography can make you feel two very different things: tiny and insignificant in a vast universe or absolutely and complete amazed at our vast universe. We wouldn’t fault you for feeling either way. We’re a tiny occupier of a medium-sized planet in a universe made of billions of galaxies. That universe is stunning to behold.

For the photographers honored at the 2025 Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards, the universe is their muse. From our fiery sun to dazzling aurorae, and a sparkling Milky Way to captivating nebulae, the images capture our celestial neighborhood in beautiful detail.

500,000-km Solar Prominence Eruption
**Credit: PengFei Chou / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year**

Total Solar Eclipse
**Credit: Louis Egan / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year**

“The ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition is now in its seventeenth year and returns with an expert panel of judges from the worlds of art and astronomy,” a statement about the honorees says. “The winners of the competition’s nine categories, two special prizes and the overall winner will be announced on Thursday 11 September.”

The Arctic Flower
**Credit: Vincent Beudez / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year**

NGC 2997 The Antlia Cabbage Galaxy
**Credit: Xinran Li / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year**

Moonrise Over Villebois-Lavalette
**Credit: Flavien Beauvais / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year** LRTimelapse 7.1.0 (Windows) – UNLICENSED, no commercial use allowed!

Lunar Occultation of Saturn
**Credit: Chayaphon Phanitloet / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year**

Looking Beyond
**Credit: Chester Hall-Fernandez / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year**

Into the Past
**Credit: Jim Hildreth / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year** Jim Hildreth

Radiant Canopy The Lustrous Realms of the Running Chicken Nebula
**Credit: Rod Prazeres / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year**

Galactic Catch Salt and Vinegar With Your Cosmos
**Credit: Paul Joels / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year**

Fireworks
**Credit: Bence Tóth, Péter Feltóti, Bertalan Kecskés / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year**

Encounter Within One Second
**Credit: Zhang Yanguang / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year**

Comet Over Waikiki
**Credit: Ran Shen / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year** SHEN_RAN

Blood Moon Rising Behind the City Skyscrapers
**Credit: Tianyao Yang / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year**

Aurora Over Mono Lake A Rare Dance of Light
**Credit: Daniel Zafra / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year** Daniel Zafra Portill

Close-up of a Comet
**Credit: Gerald Rhemann and Michael Jäger / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year**

A Rainbow Mosaic of the Rosette and the Christmas Tree Nebulae
**Credit: Shaoyu Zhang / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year**

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