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PHOTOGRAPH: YOUNG ASTRONOMY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR CATEGORY – GREAT AUTUMN MORNING FABIAN DALPIAZ

The night skies have helped sailors chart their course for millennia, and with a trip to London’s National Maritime Museum in the World Heritage site of Greenwich, you too can set your sights on the stars. In a new gallery, you’ll find more than 100 winning images from 10 years of the Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year Exhibition. Some peer deep into the cosmos, such as a view of the spiral galaxy NGC 3521, 26 million light years from Earth. Other photographs may inspire more realistic travels, such as this stellar, autumn view of the Alpe di Siusi in Italy’s Dolomites, taken by 15-year-old Fabian Dalpiaz, the winner of this year’s youth category.

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