British photographer Martin Pugh was named as Astronomy Photographer of the Year on September 9 in a ceremony at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
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Martin Pugh, an amateur British stargazer, stands right next to his space telescope. His image of the Horsehead Nebula in Orion was awarded first prize in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2009 run by the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. The winning entry was taken over a period of 19 hours, over 14 nights, in a period of two months (of a subject 1,500 light years away) [CFP]
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