Photo: Jianfeng Dai
American photographer Ryan Imperio has been named overall winner in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.
Imperio's work, Distorted Shadows of the Moon's Surface Created by an Annular Eclipse, was shot in Texas during a solar eclipse last year.
It is a composite of more than 30 separate images of the Sun and captures the optical illusion - known as Baily's beads - when sunlight shines through mountains and other topographical features of the Moon.
Distorted Shadows of the Moon's Surface Created by an Annular Eclipse, by Ryan Imperio, has won the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Photo: Ryan Imperio
New Zealand teenager Tom Rae was one of the finalists with his image of the Milky Way over the Alps.
Starlight Highway by New Zealand teenager Tom Rae is one of over 100 photographs on show at the National Maritime Museum in London as part of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Photo: Tom Rae
Members of the public are encouraged to vote for the competition's People's Choice Award.
Here are some of the other finalists.
Photo: Jakob Sahner
Photo: Gwenaël Blanck
Boo! by Thomas Kast is one of over 100 photographs on show at the National Maritime Museum in London as part of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Photo: Thomas Kast
A Whale Sailing the Sun by Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau is one of over 100 photographs on show at the National Maritime Museum in London as part of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Photo: Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau
Like Blue Lava by Petr Horalek is one of over 100 photographs on show at the National Maritime Museum in London as part of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Photo: Petr Horalek
M16: the Pillars of Creation by Diego Pisano - with data from NASA/ESA/SCScI - is one of over 100 photographs on show at the National Maritime Museum in London as part of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Photo: Diego Pisano
Winter Light by Mikkel Beiter is one of over 100 photographs on show at the National Maritime Museum in London as part of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Photo: Mikkel Beiter
Arctic Dragon by Carina Letelier Baeza is one of over 100 photographs on show at the National Maritime Museum in London as part of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Photo: Carina Letelier Baeza
A Crown on the Castle by Donato Lioce is one of over 100 photographs on show at the National Maritime Museum in London as part of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Photo: Donato Lioce
