Hungarians have achieved their best ever performance in the Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomy Photography Competition, the results of which were announced on Thursday evening. It has been announced.
At the online Astronomy Photographer of the Year Awards 2024, 12 galactic images were presented, and 5 awards were given to Hungarian astrophotographers, two of which received first place.
the CNN According to his report, both the main prize of this year's competition and the Napunk category Ryan Imperio An American photographer won with his shot of the moon's shadow.
From a Hungarian point of view, what is most interesting is that Gábor Balázs won the Moon category for his lunar image taken with the 30-centimeter telescope of the Svabí Star Observatory, which is also the most important achievement of his career so far.
A Hungarian winner was also born in the Galaxy class. Peter Veltoti and penny tooth During. Beside them Andras Babb Our day in the nebula class penny tooth He came in third place. Orient Lorand In the moon category, he won second place with his photo.
You can view award-winning Hungarian photos and category winners in our gallery below.
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Balazs Gabor
Our Moon Class, 1st Place
Astronomically, this year has been eventful so far in our country. A Hungarian astronomer discovered two new comets in July, and in Germany the Hungarians also found pieces of an asteroid.
