Rarely photographed Shark Nebula showing oceanic predator prowling the skies above Kuwaiti desert wins world's largest astrophotography competition. It took over 28 hours to capture it, says award-winning photographer
650 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus, the Shark Nebula is made of dense interstellar dust. Now, this outstanding, detailed photograph wins a prestigious astrophotography award
The Royal Observatory Greenwich recently named the photographer who captured The Quiet Predator, an image of the Shark Nebula (LDN 1235), as the global winner of the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. The nebula, located 650 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus, is a dark nebula composed of dense interstellar dust that obscures starlight.
Photographer Ali Alobaidly spent over 28 hours and 30 minutes capturing the rarely photographed celestial object. Alobaidly described the nebula as a poetic representation of an oceanic predator prowling the skies above the Kuwaiti desert, a region that holds significance due to its connection to his ancestors' homeland. Art Editor at BBC Sky at Night Magazine and judge Steve Marsh praised the image for being a flawless presentation with pin-sharp details, revealing even detail-rich distant galaxies through it.
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