Meteor Shower Over the Lighthouse (2024 Custom Print)

 Astronomy Photographer of the Year is an annual competition featuring the world’s greatest space photography. Photographers from across the globe compete to take home the prestigious title.

"Cape Sata, the southernmost tip of mainland Kyushu, has a wonderful starry sky. There is a lighthouse there, the first one built in 1871. I captured the Milky Way rising above the lighthouse and the Perseid meteor shower falling on it. This is a composite photograph. The same night, same location, but with a foreground shot in the blue hour and a slight tripod shift to capture the Milky Way and shooting stars. The Milky Way was stacked and enhanced in Pixinsight and combined with the foreground in Photoshop. Starnet++, Topaz DeNoize AI and RC-ASTRO BlurXTerminator were used in the retouching process." Yoshiki Abe

Our Custom Prints and frames are all handmade to the highest standards. As each Custom Print and frame is made to your required specification, they take a little longer to prepare. Custom Prints are printed on sustainable, matt 250gsm conservation digital paper. Unframed prints are carefully rolled with acid free tissue paper inside a sturdy cardboard tube. Frames are made in the UK from sustainably- sourced woods.

Custom Prints (those which are customised by choosing a size and frame) are made to order and therefore take a little longer than our standard fulfilment times.

Please read our Delivery and Returns page for our latest information about UK and international shipping. Custom Prints cannot be sent via our FedEx delivery service option. Please check the size and frame options carefully so that you are happy as once ordered we will be unable to change. Every purchase supports the work of Royal Museums Greenwich.