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Czech photographer wins Our Moon award for Venus image

Petr Horalek captured Venus vanishing behind the Moon in a competition judged by the Royal Observatory Greenwich.

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Petr Horalek won the 'Our Moon' category at the 2026 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year with an image of a lunar occultation of Venus. [1]