Astroshots
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Chris Grimmer Location: Norwich, UK Telescope: Celestron C9.25 Schmidt-Cassegrain and William Optics GT-81 refractor
“My route into astrophotography started a couple of years back when one night in my local pub, I discovered that the pub landlord’s son owned a telescope. In the early hours of the morning, we headed outside to the car park to observe the night sky. I soon paid a visit to my local astronomical society, and the following day bought my first scope. I have always been interested in photography, so it wasn’t long before I had modified a cheap webcam and got my first picture of Jupiter.
“It was then that the astronomy bug really hit. From that point on my kit became rapidly upgraded, to the point where not a month passed without something new being delivered to me.”
Ian Griffin Location: Dunedin, New Zealand Telescope: N/A
“Just over three years ago, a new job meant that I moved from Oxford in the UK to Dunedin on the South Island of New Zealand. Since moving here I’ve developed a passion for astrophotography, both with and without a telescope. The Southern Hemisphere sky is teeming with fascinating objects, and it’s a real pleasure to live in a part of the world where the centre of the galaxy passes overhead in winter. Here in Dunedin we also get frequent displays of the aurora australis, which can look truly spectacular against the backdrop of the beautiful New Zealand landscape.”
Michael Saltsman Location: Greater Manchester, UK Telescope: Celestron NexStar 127SLT
“I am an estate agent by day and an astrophotographer by night. I studied photography at school, but also loved physics – I was even at school with Brian Cox.
“I have always loved taking photographs of the sky, and I own a computerised scope to observe the planets and deep-sky objects. One of my great passions is to share my wide-field Milky Way shots on social media, where large corporations have shared my work. My aim is to image the galaxy from the Atacama Desert in Chile one day.”