At a gala ceremony on 18 September 2013, award winners were announced at the Royal Observatory Greenwich in the UK.

Some 1200 entries from around the World were judged and I was honoured to find out my image of NGC 253 in
Sculptor made the final five in the Deep Space category and then received a Highly Commended award in this
prestigious international competition...very cool! This is the third year I have received a Highly Commended
award in the five years that the competition has been running.

For the first time in the competition’s five year history, the award ceremony took place in the observatory’s Peter
Harrison Planetarium. All of the winning images were projected onto the planetarium’s domed roof allowing the audience to really immerse themselves in the spectacular array of celestial shots.

Video of the night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVgBYT6kSAQ

Here is a nice slide show featuring the winning images and narrated by the Royal Observatory Greenwich

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24131917

Congratulations to all the other award winners!

http://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year/2013-winners/

and

http://www.flickr.com/photos/royalobservatory/galleries/72157638349283466/