--- title: The Best Astronomy Photos of 2014 from the Astronomical League description: In honor of Astronomy Day, TIME teamed up with the Astronomical League to publish the organization's top photographs on the year. canonical: https://time.com/94827/astronomy-day-best-astronomical-photos-2014/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-10T09:45:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:08:24.803Z article:section: Science og:title: The Best Astronomy Photos of 2014 from the Astronomical League og:description: In honor of Astronomy Day, TIME teamed up with the Astronomical League to publish the organization's top photographs on the year. og:url: https://time.com/94827/astronomy-day-best-astronomical-photos-2014/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc3491745b37e8bd/69868ec3810bbb59fac91816/astronomical-photography-rosette-nebula-dennis-roscoe.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Rosette nebula, NGC 2237, taken from Waukesha, Wisc., on Jan. 6, 2014. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Best Astronomy Photos of 2014 from the Astronomical League twitter:description: In honor of Astronomy Day, TIME teamed up with the Astronomical League to publish the organization's top photographs on the year. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc3491745b37e8bd/69868ec3810bbb59fac91816/astronomical-photography-rosette-nebula-dennis-roscoe.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Best Astronomy Photos of 2014 from the Astronomical League by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 10, 2014 9:45 AM UTC  The Rosette nebula, also known as NGC 2237 or Caldwell 49, taken from Waukesha, Wisc., on Jan. 6, 2014. The Rosette nebula, also known as NGC 2237 or Caldwell 49, taken from Waukesha, Wisc., on Jan. 6, 2014.Dennis Roscoe, Ph.D. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 10, 2014 9:45 AM UTC  The Rosette nebula, also known as NGC 2237 or Caldwell 49, taken from Waukesha, Wisc., on Jan. 6, 2014. Dennis Roscoe, Ph.D.  The Elephant's Trunk Nebula, also known as IC 1396, on April 14, 2014. Eric Coles  The Pleiades, also known as M45 or the Seven Sisters, imaged from Fayetteville, Ark., on Jan. 25, 2014. Joel Tonyan  Andromeda Galaxy (M31), imaged from Fayetteville, Ark., on Jan. 19, 2014, Joel Tonyan  A time lapse showing star trails above Big Lagoon State Park in Pensacola, Fla., on March 30, 2014. Kenny Alexander  Eta Aquarid meteors above Bryce Canyon in Utah, in May 2014. David Lane  The Orion Nebula, taken from Waukesha, Wisc., on Feb. 7, 2014. Dennis Roscoe, Ph.D.  A star-forming nebula in Gemini, in January 2014. Brian Peterson  Propeller Nebula in Cygnus, also known as DWB111, on May 1, 2014. Eric Coles  The Milky Way, taken from Pensacola Beach in Pensacola, Fla., on March 2, 2014. Kenny Alexander  An aircraft turns over the night sky with the Milky Way in the background above Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., on Jan. 5, 2014. Matt Jylha  Pelican Nebula, taken from Waukesha, Wisc., on Jan. 9, 2014. Dennis Roscoe, Ph.D.  The Horsehead nebula, also known as Barnard 33 in emission nebula IC 434, taken at Seneca and Oswego in Illinois, Feb.-March 2014 Martin Hrdlicka  A panorama of the Milky Way taken from Fall Creek Falls State Park during the Eta Aquarid meteor shower on May 4, 2014. Matt Harbison  The Rosette nebula, also known as NGC 2237 or Caldwell 49, taken from Seneca, Ill., in March 2014. Martin Hrdlicka  The Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as Messier 101, M101 or NGC 5457, taken at the Winter Star Party in the Florida Keys on March 1, 2014. Richard S. Wright Jr.  The Milky Way with Venus rising at Pensacola Beach in Pensacola, Fla., on March 2, 2014. Kenny Alexander  Waxing Moon over Winter Garden, Fla., on Feb. 10, 2014 Matt Jylha ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/94827/astronomy-day-best-astronomical-photos-2014/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/94827/astronomy-day-best-astronomical-photos-2014/"},"headline":"The Best Astronomy Photos of 2014 from the Astronomical League","datePublished":"2014-05-10T09:45:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:08:24.803Z","description":"In honor of Astronomy Day on Saturday, TIME teamed up with the Astronomical League to publish the umbrella organization's top photographs on the year. 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