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Foto da galáxia de Andrômeda é eleita a fotografia astronômica do ano; veja outras
Com a fotografia “Andrômeda, Inesperado”, da galáxia Andrômeda, os fotógrafos Marcel Drechsler, Xavier Strottner e Yann Sainty, venceram o prêmio principal de “Fotógrafo de Astronomia do Ano” no concurso do Observatório Real de Greenwich, em Londres, Inglaterra.
Ela mostra a descoberta de um arco de plasma (possivelmente a maior estrutura do tipo próxima a nós no universo), um dos objetos mais fotografados do céu profundo.
O arco, que vem sendo estudado por cientistas, tem uma extensão de cerca de 1,5 x 0,45 graus e está a apenas 1,2 graus de distância do centro de Andrômeda e localizado a sudeste do corpo principal da galáxia.
Neste sábado (16), a imagem estará exposta ao lado dos vencedores das demais categorias em uma exposição no Museu Marítimo Nacional, na capital inglesa.
De acordo com o juiz e astrofotógrafo László Francsics, a fotografia “não só apresenta Andrômeda de uma nova maneira, mas também eleva a qualidade da astrofotografia a um nível superior”.
A curadora de arte Katherine Gazzard, do Royal Museums Greenwich, disse que, em seu primeiro ano como juíza na competição, “a sofisticação técnica das inscrições” a surpreendeu. “Tantas imagens lindas entraram na lista, e as vencedoras são absolutamente deslumbrantes. Isto me fez olhar para o céu noturno sob uma nova luz”, completou.
Para a competição de 2023 houve mais de 4.000 inscrições de 64 países. Confira as imagens vencedoras abaixo:
![Andromeda](/wp-content/blogs.dir/8/files/2023/09/Galaxies_Andromeda-Unexpected_72dpi-1-300x360.jpg)
Andromeda, Unexpected © Marcel Drechsler, Xavier Strottner and Yann Sainty
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Black Echo © John White
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Brushstroke © Monika Deviat
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Circle of Light © Andreas Ettl
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Fire on the Horizon © Chester Hall-Fernandez
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Sh2-132: Blinded by the Light © Aaron Wilhelm
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Neighbours © Paul Montague
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The Eyes Galaxies © Weitang Liang
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Last Full Moon of the Year Featuring a Colourful Corona During a Close Encounter with Mars © Miguel Claro
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Mars-Set © Ethan Chappel
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Sundown on the Terminator © Tom Williams
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A Sun Question © Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau
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Dark Star © Peter Ward
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The Great Solar Flare © Mehmet Ergün
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Jupiter Close to Opposition © Marco Lorenzi
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Suspended in a Sunbeam © Tom Williams
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Uranus with Umbriel, Ariel, Miranda, Oberon and Titania © Martin Lewis
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A Visit to Tycho © Andrew McCarthy
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Close Encounters of The Haslingden Kind © Katie McGuinness
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Zeila © Vikas Chander
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Celestial Equator Above First World War Trench Memorial © Louis Leroux-Gere
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Grand Cosmic Fireworks © Angel An
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Noctilucent Night © Peter Hoszang
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LDN 1448 et al. © Anthony Quintile
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New Class of Galactic Nebulae Around the Star YY Hya © Marcel Drechsler
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The Dark Wolf – Fenrir © James Baguley
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Blue Spirit Drifting in the Clouds © Haocheng Li and Runwei Xu
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Lunar Occultation of Mars © Joshua Harwood-White
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Moon at Nightfall © Haohan Sun
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Roses Blooming in the Dark: NGC 2337 © Yanhao Mo
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The Running Chicken Nebula © Runwei Xu and Binyu Wang