We are happy to announce the results of “Aperture” Indian Astrophotographer of the Year 2023. The judges had a tough time to select these images out of a pool of amazing space photographs. Congratulations to all the winning and shortlisted photographers! Check the IAPY 2023 Yearbook below to enjoy the images.
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Category: Nightscape
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| Winner | Soumya Banerjee | Stat Tso |
| Rinner-Up | Thiruchitrambalam M | Starry Hanle Nights |
| Highly Commended | Umesh Gogna | Celestial Symphony |
| Shortlisted | Kartik Kota | Milky Way and Lightning Sprites |
| Shortlisted | Himanshu Kasale | Milkyway Arc rising behind Sahyadri Mountain |
| Shortlisted | Sneha Chatterjee | Milky Way in Merak |
| Shortlisted | Ruben | Chasing Stars |
| Shortlisted | Naveen Chellaiah | Cosmic Butterfly |
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Category: Solar System
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| Winner | Sona Shahani Shukla | Eclipse on Jupiter |
| Runner-Up | Nihal S Amin | Coronal Streamers |
| Highly Commended | Aditya Kinjawadekar | Dusty Mars |
| Shortlisted | Kunal Kishor Vaze | Mineral Moon |
| Shortlisted | Prakash Subbanna | Sun in H-Alpha |
| Shortlisted | Prabhakaran | Crater Plato and its surroundings |
| Shortlisted | Shivam Bansal | Moon Crossing |
| Shortlisted | Sandeep Mathur | The Omen |
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Category: Deep Sky
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| Winner | Devesh Pande | CTB1 – The Garlic Pop Nebula |
| Runner-Up | Pravas Deria | Eagle Nebula |
| Highly Commended | Anil Kumar MN | M45 – The Pleiades |
| Shortlisted | Abhinav Maroti Vitekar | Veil Nebula |
| Shortlisted | Harshwardhan Pathak | NGC 7000, North America Nebula Widefield |
| Shortlisted | Shikhar Gupta | M81-82 widefield with surrounding IFN |
| Shortlisted | Prabhakaran | Leo Triplet |
| Shortlisted | Aditya Kinjawadekar | Horse with a Fly |
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Category: Best Mobile Astrophotographer
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| Winner | Aditya Kinjawadekar | Milkyway and the mighty Rajgad Fort |
| Shortlisted | Karthik P | Selfie with Milky Way |
| Shortlisted | Subham Rath | Under the Celestial Canopy: Forest Roads by Starlight |
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Category: Best Women Astrophotographer
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| Winner | Vidya Vasudevan | Milky Way and the Mighty Mountain |
| Shortlisted | Vidya Vasudevan | Milky Way and Venus at Golden Hour |
| Shortlisted | Sona Shahani Shukla | Pelican Nebula |