How to watch Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024 awards ceremony live online tonight

How to watch Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024 awards ceremony live online tonight

The Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024 awards ceremony will be live-streamed tonight.

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Published: September 12, 2024 at 10:33 am

The winning images of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 16 competition will be announced during a live online ceremony on 12 September 2024, beginning at 7pm BST (6pm UTC)

The ceremony will be available to watch online via the Royal Museums Greenwich YouTube channel.

How to watch Astronomy Photographer of the Year 16

The 2024 awards ceremony will be broadcast live on 12 September and can be viewed via the YouTube livestream below.

Astronomy Photographer of the Year is the world's biggest astrophotography competition and is hosted by the Royal Observatory Greenwich.

This year’s competition saw judges wowed by over 3,500 entries from 58 countries.

Images included skyscapes, captures of the planets, the Sun and the Moon, comets and asteroids, aurorae and deep-sky objects like galaxies and nebulae.

You can see some of the top images judges received this year by checking out the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024 shortlist.

The International Space Station Daytime Moon Transit © Kelvin Hennessy (Australia) Taken with a Saxon ED127 FCD100 Triplet Refractor telescope, Baader IR/UV filter, Sky-Watcher EQ6-R mount, ZWO 294MC Pro camera, 952 mm f/7.5, Gain 192, 1-millisecond exposure Location: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 3 February 2024
The International Space Station Daytime Moon Transit by Kelvin Hennessy (Australia) was shortlisted in the 2024 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.

This year's ceremony will be presented by Royal Observatory astronomer Dr Ed Bloomer and special guests.

Keep up with news and goings-on before the event by following the #APY16 hashtag on social media.

You can see all the top entries from this year’s competition in an exhibition at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London, opening 13 September 2024.

Check the Royal Museum Greenwich's Facebook and Twitter accounts for more info.

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