From thousands of entries only best pictures this year remain
1/38 Deep in the Heart of Mordor
Andrew Campbell
2/38 The Running Man Nebula
Steven Mohr
3/38 The Horsehead and Flame Nebula
Connor Matherne
4/38 Gum 12
Eddie Trimarchi
5/38 Dancing in the Goafoss
Sutie Yang
6/38 Comet and Mountain
Kevin Palmer
7/38 Fiery Lobster Nebula
Suavi Lipinski
8/38 Seven Colour Feather of the Moon
Yiming Li
9/38 Lord of the Rings and his Court
Jordi Delpeix Borrell
10/38 Aurora Like Phoenix
Wang Zheng
11/38 Silent Spring
Alan Friedman
12/38 Aurora Australis From Beerbarrel Beach
James Stone
13/38 Perseid Fireball
Zhengye Tang
14/38 Bloodborne
Keijo Laitala
15/38 View Point
Nicolai Brugger
16/38 Sharafkhane Port and Lake Urmia
Masoud Ghadiri
17/38 The Carina
Petar Babi
18/38 The Sculptor Galaxy
Bernard Miller / Martin Pugh
19/38 The Remnants
Marcin Zajac
20/38 Orion
Raul Villaverde Fraile
21/38 Out on a Limb
Alastair Woodward
22/38 The Last of Us 2.0
David Ros Garcia
23/38 Road to Glory
Nicolai Brugger
24/38 Aurora is a Bird
Alexander Stepanenko
25/38 Reflections of Mount Hooker
Marc Toso
26/38 Reflections of Aurorae and Meteors
Angel Yu
27/38 Polar
Xiuquan Zhang
28/38 Our Moon
Tom Mogford
29/38 Milky Way Centre
Peter Feltti
30/38 Grand Finale
Gordon Mackie
31/38 First of All
Alessandro Cantarelli
32/38 Embrace of the Mountains, Heart of the Universe
Majid Ghohroodi
33/38 Depth and Height
Liszl Bagi
34/38 Coming in to Land at Mare Crisium Spaceport
Martin Budzynski
35/38 Catching Light
Jason Perry
36/38 Outside the Tiny Cave
Sutie Yang
37/38 Albany Milkyway
Yifan Bai
38/38 A Titanium Moon
Miguel Claro
1/38 Deep in the Heart of Mordor
Andrew Campbell
2/38 The Running Man Nebula
Steven Mohr
3/38 The Horsehead and Flame Nebula
Connor Matherne
4/38 Gum 12
Eddie Trimarchi
5/38 Dancing in the Goafoss
Sutie Yang
6/38 Comet and Mountain
Kevin Palmer
7/38 Fiery Lobster Nebula
Suavi Lipinski
8/38 Seven Colour Feather of the Moon
Yiming Li
9/38 Lord of the Rings and his Court
Jordi Delpeix Borrell
10/38 Aurora Like Phoenix
Wang Zheng
11/38 Silent Spring
Alan Friedman
12/38 Aurora Australis From Beerbarrel Beach
James Stone
13/38 Perseid Fireball
Zhengye Tang
14/38 Bloodborne
Keijo Laitala
15/38 View Point
Nicolai Brugger
16/38 Sharafkhane Port and Lake Urmia
Masoud Ghadiri
17/38 The Carina
Petar Babi
18/38 The Sculptor Galaxy
Bernard Miller / Martin Pugh
19/38 The Remnants
Marcin Zajac
20/38 Orion
Raul Villaverde Fraile
21/38 Out on a Limb
Alastair Woodward
22/38 The Last of Us 2.0
David Ros Garcia
23/38 Road to Glory
Nicolai Brugger
24/38 Aurora is a Bird
Alexander Stepanenko
25/38 Reflections of Mount Hooker
Marc Toso
26/38 Reflections of Aurorae and Meteors
Angel Yu
27/38 Polar
Xiuquan Zhang
28/38 Our Moon
Tom Mogford
29/38 Milky Way Centre
Peter Feltti
30/38 Grand Finale
Gordon Mackie
31/38 First of All
Alessandro Cantarelli
32/38 Embrace of the Mountains, Heart of the Universe
Majid Ghohroodi
33/38 Depth and Height
Liszl Bagi
34/38 Coming in to Land at Mare Crisium Spaceport
Martin Budzynski
35/38 Catching Light
Jason Perry
36/38 Outside the Tiny Cave
Sutie Yang
37/38 Albany Milkyway
Yifan Bai
38/38 A Titanium Moon
Miguel Claro
The most spectacular images of outer space this year have been shortlisted for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year award 2019.
From thousands of entries, the judges have selected the 38 best images of our galaxy and beyond.
Among the shortlisted pictures are those of a nebula appearing to spread its wings like a bird and another known as the Fiery Lobster nebula.
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Winners of the competition will be announced on 12 September.
The Independent has compiled the shortlisted images in the gallery above.
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