The winner in 2011
showed the phenomenon of Whirlpool Galaxy, and this year, the focus is on the
phenomenon of Venus and the transition between the Earth and the Sun.
The fourth version of
the Astronomy Photographer competition, sponsored by the Royal Observatory in
Greenwich, London, and Night Sky magazine, chose the best images of the
universe, which took place in the last contest of 2011 and can be seen from
today and until February 5, 2013, at the headquarters of the observatory, in
London.