Commons:Wiki Science Competition 2023/Astronomy images

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Wiki Science Competition 2023 had 257 files submitted by 109 uploaders in the astronomy images.

Here are the finalists.

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  Astrophotography of the NGC 3324 nebula in narrowband technique and Hubble palette (SHO). Photo by Cappellettiariel
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  Astrophotography of the NGC6188 nebula in narrowband technique and Hubble palette (SHO). Photo by Cappellettiariel
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  Astrophotography composed of a mosaic of two individual images (Tiles) showing deep sky objects from NGC 3576 to NGC 3293 in narrowband technique. Photo by Cappellettiariel
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  Lights of Ampimpa, a small town that houses an astronomical observatory, under a sky free of light pollution. Photo by Valemops
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  Astrophotography of M20 nebula in LRGB technique. Photo by Cappellettiariel
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  Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396) in Cepheus. Photo by Taavi Niittee
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  The Soul Nebula (above) and The Heart Nebula (below) in the constellation Cassiopeia. Photo by Taavi Niittee
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  Andromeda galaxy (M31) in constellation Andromeda. Photo by Taavi Niittee
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  Northern lights in Maardu, Estonia. Photo by Maxim Bilovitskiy
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  NGC 520 interacting galaxies, picture taken with the Nordic Optical Telescope using B+V+I filters. Photo by Oskari Pekkanen, Myrsky Honkela, Anniina Nurro, Aino Pursula, and Onni Tiukkanen
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  Cassiopeia A, or Cas A for short, is a supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Cassiopeia, located approximately 11,000 light-years away and spanning a diameter of 10 light-years. Photo by Adrien4953
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  Milky Way Galaxy over Indonesia. Photo by Rahmad Himawan
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  Full moon. Photo by Satwika02
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  Night sky. Photo by Syafiq.y
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  Airglow over Maldives. Photo by Aneta Pawska
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  Aurora Borealis, Koronowskie Lake, Poland. Photo by Aneta Pawska
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  Aurora Borealis in Borówno, Poland. Photo by Aneta Pawska
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  The Orion Nebula. Photo by Javier Caldera
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  Star trails over the Neolithic Newgrange site in Meath Ireland. Photo by Anthony's astro
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  Taking pictures of the full moon from the Phoenix park in Dublin, Ireland. Photo by Anthony's astro
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  Milky Way over an old bog train in Offaly, Ireland. Photo by Anthony's astro
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  Northern lights in Ireland. Photo by Olliebailie
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  Aurora at Portmarnock beach Ireland. Photo by Anthony's astro
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  Aurora at Balbriggan beach Ireland. Photo by Anthony's astro
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  Full moon. Photo by 21aannaa
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  Meteor during the Perseid meteor shower in mid-August. Photo by FilipNeshkoski
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  Starry night sky. Photo by DavidGjorgiev
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  Human looking at the stars during Perseids with the Milky Way in the background. Photo by Giles Laurent
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  Sunspots on June 7th 2023. Photo by Juliebern
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  Discovery of the Phantom Stinger Nebula, a new astronomical object found in the Scorpius constellation. Photo by Bsteeve
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  Northern lights over Mývatn, Iceland. Photo by Giles Laurent
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  Moon. Photo by 24april1975
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  LDN1355, known as “The Helping Hand”, located in the constellation Cassiopeia. Photo by Gianni.lacroce
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  Horsehead Nebula IC434 and Flame Nebula NGC2024. Photo by Gianni.lacroce
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  Wolf's Cave Nebula lbn 528. Photo by Gianni.lacroce
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  Jupiter in a wonderful configuration with the satellites Ganymede, Io and its shadow and the Great Red Spot almost in the center. Photo by Astrokoko
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  Periodic comet 62P/Tsuchinshan on December 24th 2023, one day before perihelion. Photo by C messier
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  The famous Andromeda Galaxy and its extensive outer halo, revealing various faint structures, some very recently discovered. Photo by Association of Widefield Astrophotographers
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  2023 annular eclipse taken from the exact midpoint location of eclipse in Southern Utah, at exact midpoint time of the eclipse. Photo by Dpickd1
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  Gamma cas nebula, that is strikingly illuminated by the bright blue star Gamma Cassiopeiae, observed in the bottom right quadrant in the image. Photo by Ram Samudrala
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  The Squid Nebula occupies over one degree of the night sky, representing the largest angular extent ever found in a planetary nebula. It is an extremely faint nebula that resides within the larger Flying Bat Nebula which tends to overshadow it. Photo by Ram Samudrala
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  A trail of Starlink satellites in the night sky over Mt. Rainier National Park. Photo by WhatWeGetFromThisAdventure
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  The Lion Nebula is an extended emission nebula in the constellation Cepheus. Photo by Ram Samudrala
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  A meteor from the 2023 Perseid meteor shower flying in front of the Andromeda galaxy. Photo by Phiteros
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  Two comparative images of the Messier 101 galaxy with and without a supernova. Photo by Serhiy Khomenko
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  Transit of comet C/2022 E3 near the open star cluster Hyades and the star Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus. Photo by Serhiy Khomenko / Astrotryam
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  Comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) on its approach to the Sun. Photo by Serhiy Khomenko
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  Noctilucent clouds in the sky of Ukraine. Photo by Serhiy Khomenko
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  Comet C 2020 F3 NEOWISE over Botievska wind power plant. Photo by Iryna zorg
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  A perseids meteor in Kyiv on Aug 13, 2023. Photo by Alexey laa
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  A sidewalk astronomy evening on June 3, 2017. Photo by Alexey laa