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Old September 16th 17, 06:42 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Chris.B[_3_]
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Default Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2017

On Saturday, 16 September 2017 12:31:51 UTC+2, StarDust wrote:
http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-41231623

The winning images from this year's competition have now been announced, with Artem Mironov's vibrant clouds of dust and gas in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex scooping first place.


I admit a preference for Jordi Delpeix Borrell's remarkable close-up of the moon's surface.

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...eixborrell.jpg

Few lunar images provide that unique level of sharpness combined with an image scale which suggests one can go even closer to see yet finer detail.

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