Astroshots
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Samuel Bleyen Location: Dublin, Ireland
Telescope: Solarscope SV-60 Solarview H-alpha
“My interest in astronomy began when I was a teenager. Although I do a great deal of astronomy during the night – observing galaxies, nebulae, star clusters, planets and the constellations – my real passion lies with solar astronomy. Using my solar telescope and a Canon EOS 600D DLSR camera, I imaged a large prominence lifting off the solar limb back in July.
The Sun was about to set behind the rooftops and some clouds were gathering on the western horizon as well. The prominence lifted off quite suddenly, and it was over in a few minutes – luckily I was in the right place at the right time.”
“The prominence lifted off quite suddenly, and it was over in a few minutes”
Warren Keller Location: West Virginia, US
Telescope: 16” RCOS Ritchey-Chrétien owned by the University of North Carolina
“I’m an advanced astrophotographer and teacher and have been published as an author and photographer in many astronomy magazines, as well as many places on the internet, including NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD). I have also been a consultant for Celestron, where I co-designed AstroFX software for the Nightscape camera. And I’m now a part-time representative for QSI Imaging.”
Jaspal Chadha
Location: London, UK
Telescope: Takahashi TOA-130
“I have been imaging for around two-anda-half years now after spending years looking through various telescopes and eyepieces, where I enjoyed learning all about the objects in the night sky. After months of research and trial and error, I finally invested in a set-up that I thought would work for me. My biggest challenge has been to fend off the myths around imaging in light-polluted areas, as I live in London. I started out with DSLR astrophotography, but now use a CCD to capture a wide range of night-sky targets.”