The Astronomy Photographer of the Year Competition has this year recieved a record number of entries from both amateur and professional photographers. The competition is run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich in association with Sky at Night Magazine, this years winners are:

Overall and Deep Space Winner: M51 – The Whirlpool Galaxy by Martin Pugh (UK/ Australia)

Earth and Space winner: Star Icefall by Mashahiro Miyasaka (Japan)

Our Solar System winner: Transit of Venus 2012 in Hydrogen-Alpha by Chris warren (UK)

Young Astrophotographers winner: Pleiades Cluster by Jacob von Chorus (Canada)

To view more entries from this competition view the RMG webiste