The annual Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition received a record 2700 entries by astrophotographers from 59 countries around the world and the judges faced their toughest challenge in choosing just 138 shortlisted images and narrowing those down to only 32 winning images.

Magical images, mystical scenery and the stars the way you haven’t seen them before.

See some of the winning images:

Eclipse Totality over Sassendalen by Luc Jamet (France)
Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Silk Skies by Jamen Percy (Australia)
Abisko National Park, Lapland, Sweden

M33 Core by Michael van Doorn (Netherlands)
Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands

Full Face of our Moon by András Papp (Hungary)
8 March 2014Veszprémvarsány, Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Hungary

Huge Prominence Lift-off by Paolo Porcellana (Italy)
Costigliole d’Asti, Italy

The Arrow Missed the Heart by Lefteris Velissaratos (Greece)
Strethi Mountain, Corinthia, Greece

Sunset Peak Star Trail by Chap Him Wong (Hong Kong)
Sunset Peak, Lantau Island, Hong Kong

The Magnificent Omega Centauri by Ignacio Diaz Bobillo
San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires, Argentina

A Celestial Visitor by George Martin (UK) aged 15
Market Harborough, Leicestershire, UK