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Space and Imaginary Sex With A Woman Who Does Anythingphotography fans are in for a treat. The Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition has returned, with its sixteenth edition shortlist featuring a stunning array of photographs.

London's Royal Museums Greenwich received a whopping 3,500 entries from both amateur and professional photographers globally, each of whom captured a breathtaking glimpse of space. The 30 shortlisted entries range from visuals from the Geminid meteor shower to an aurora in the shape of a dragon to ancient supernova remnants. Categories cover everything from stars and nebulae to asteroids to lunar and solar images.

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The official winners of the competition will be revealed in September, but for now the shortlist is an incredible first look at the intersection between art and astronomy. Take a look:

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"Abandoned House" by Stefan Liebermann. Credit: Stefan Liebermann "A Whale Sailing the Sun" by Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau. Credit: Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau "Observations at Night" by Jakob Sahner. Credit: Jakob Sahner "Earth and Milky Way Galaxy Show" by Yoshiki Abe. Credit: Yoshiki Abe "SNR G156.2+5.7, a Faint Supernova Remnant in Auriga" by Bray Falls. Credit: Bray Falls "A Night with the Valkyries" by Jose Miguel Picon Chimelis. Credit: Jose Miguel Picon Chimelis "Arctic Dragon" by Carina Letelier Baeza. Credit: Carina Letelier Baeza "The Galaxy Devourer" by ShaRA (Shared Remote Astrophotography) Team. Credit: ShaRA (Shared Remote Astrophotography) Team "Serpentine" by Paul Haworth. Credit: Paul Haworth "The Blue Details of M45: The Pleiades" by Sándor Biliczki. Credit: Sándor Biliczki "Misty Mountains" by Bence Toth. Credit: Bence Toth "Run to Carina" by Vikas Chander. Credit: Vikas Chander "M100 (the Blowdryer Galaxy) and Ceres" by Damon Mitchell Scotting. Credit: Damon Mitchell Scotting "International Space Station Daytime Moon Transit" by Kelvin Hennessy. Credit: Kelvin Hennessy "Total Solar Eclipse" by Gwenaël Blanck. Credit: Gwenaël Blanck "M81, a Grand Design Spiral Galaxy" by Holden Aimar. Credit: Holden Aimar "Gigantic Solar Prominence in Motion" by Miguel Claro. Credit: Miguel Claro "Martian Dementors" by Leonardo Di Maggio. Credit: Leonardo Di Maggio "Saturn with Six Moons" by Andy Casely. Credit: Andy Casely "The Fire-Spitting Dragon" by Moritz Telser. Credit: Moritz Telser

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