Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition attracts record number of entries
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These are some of the stunning images of the heavens submitted by astrophotographers looking to win the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014.
The competition which is run by the Royal Observatory in Greenwich features an amazing selection of images from the night sky.
The winners will be announced on September 18 and will be featured in a special display at the museum in Greenwich. The competition is currently in its sixth year.
The Royal Observatory has even created a guide for enthusiastic amateurs looking to take up astrophotography, whether they want to capture amazing images of auroras, comets, the moon, star trails and even deep space.
Also space fans can purchase a special hardback book featuring last year's winning and shortlisted images.
Organisers of the 2014 event, which is in its sixth year, received a record number of entries, including this one of the wonderfully named Jellyfish Nebula
Photographer Rune Johan Engeboe managed to take these amazing photographs of the northern lights
Dunluce Castle on the North Antrim coast was captured by Martina Gardiner while it was being bombarded by a storm force aurora
Martina Gardiner moved from Antrim to Ireland's most northerly point, Malin Head, where she captured this unbelievable star scene
Star gazers can even capture amazing pictures of the Milky Way without any highly specialised equipment
The Royal Observatory has even produced a handy guide for prospective astrophotographers looking to take part in next year's competition
This stunning photograph was taken in Talmine Bay in the Highlands of Scotland where the lack of light pollution makes it ideal for astrophotography
Again Rune Johan Engeboe has captured another spectacular photograph of the Northern Lights
Fans of 1950s science fiction might be concerned to know this phenomena is known as the Trifid Nebula
Unsurprisingly, this amazing landscape photograph was taken in Skaftafell in Iceland, featuring a range of celestial bodies
This photograph, entitled Venus Rising was captured using a long shutter speed creating an amazing scene
The competition's winners will be announced on September 18 and all will be printed in a special hardback book along with all the shortlisted entries
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