Sentences with word «astrophotographer»

The Moon is the most obvious celestial object in the night sky, of course, and a favorite for amateur astrophotographers.

DISCOVER and Celestron sponsored the Capture the Universe contest for astrophotographers who use Celestron equipment to bring the heavens down to Earth.

Alan Friedman is an artist and avid astrophotographer who lives and works in Buffalo, N.Y.. His photographs of the sun have been featured on NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day and exhibited at Palm Court Gallery, Bates College Museum of Art, photo - eye Gallery, Astronomy Photographer of the Year at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and the international touring exhibition From Earth to the Universe.

With just time, talent and their own gear, citizen astrophotographers create brilliant and innovative images.

This image, taken by accomplished astrophotographer R. Jay Gabany in collaboration with David Martinez - Delgado from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and his international team, shows for the first time in intricate detail the aftermath of a large galaxy destroying and consuming its dwarf neighbor.

For instance, when the $ 1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope revealed the stunning Pillars of Creation in 1995, amateur astrophotographers armed only with grainy film couldn't come close to capturing such a sight.

The book features the work of 35 of the world's best astrophotographers, from 14 countries.

Experienced astrophotographers have discovered a few ways to overcome some of these obstacles, like creating handmade brackets that allow for the use of a shutter release cable (to improve camera stability).

Pioneer astrophotographer Isaac Roberts found that this was not a double, but a single nebula, and first suspected it might be a broad ring seen edgewise.

Astrophotographers take a wide - angle shot every few minutes to record the event's progression, and then have all the stages appear as one finished image.

Award - winning astrophotographer Adam Block brings us more of his stunning images of the universe — this time of cosmic dances through space.

Amateur and professional astrophotographers aim their telescopes and cameras toward the heavens to capture vivid, breathtaking shots of everything from nearby stellar neighbors to nebula too far to comprehend.

Even though it appears almost edge - on, M108 is a popular target among amateur astronomers and astrophotographers because details of its structure can be seen even in amateur telescopes.

David is a fabulous astrophotographer — check out his site if you want to see some stunning images.

«An amateur astrophotographer wouldn't be very impressed by these images, but they show that Junocam is correctly aligned and working just as we expected», said Mike Caplinger, Junocam systems engineer.

For astrophotographers, Rokinon has wide angle, wide aperture manual focus lenses available with focal lengths of 8 mm, 14 mm, 16 mm, 24 mm, and 35 mm.

Entries are scored by a panel of judges, consisting of scientists, engineers, astrophotographers, and other professionals from NSF and Astronomy magazine.

Qualifying entries (those that meet eligibility criteria and abide by all competition rules) are scored by a panel of judges, consisting of scientists, engineers, astrophotographers, and other professionals from NSF.

This astrophotographer relaxes on a Florida beach while his computer - driven telescope records the Orion Nebula.

Often, astrophotographers must stack the images in order to get a high - quality finished product.

The Lagoon Nebula is a magnificient object for the amateur astrophotographer, as Brad Wallis and Robert Provin have demonstrated with their outstanding images, and Dr. Andjelko Glivar with his photos taken through a Celestron 8.

Don't worry, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, in collaboration with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope, invite you to become an astrophotographer.

I love «informed stargazing» and I definitely think of myself as a skywatcher and amateur astrophotographer.

Astrophotographers have a rule for taking photos of the moon (it's more of a guideline really) called Looney 11.