Video transcript of the meeting
- Astrophotography SIG – intro by John McDonald
- Special Interest Group meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month
- Challenge project – processing the recent Plaskett data
- Martin Gisborne – a short journey to astrophotography
- Professional photographer – worldwide
- Telescope shop tempted Martin while he lived in Paris
- Lived close to the Ames Research Centre and Orion Telescopes in the Bay Area of California – more temptations and motivation
- Review of his astronomy equipment acquisitions, processing software and apps
- Refined his methodology over the last few years since moving to Canada
- Reviewed early astrophotos and how they are progressing
- The Deep-Sky Imaging Primer – Charles Bracken series of books
- His Heart and Soul Nebula photo featured on the RASC Journal
- Pandemic supply chain issues a challenge to new amateur astronomers to acquire equipment
- Photo show: Pleiades (M45), Triangulum Galaxy (M33), Heart Nebula (IC 1805), Hercules Cluster (M13), Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, Comet Atlas C/2019 Y4, Comet NEOWISE, California Nebula, Bubble Nebula, Flaming Star Nebula widefield, Iris Nebula, Moon with Mars nearby, M81 Bode’s Galaxy & M82 Cigar Galaxy 6-hour exposure.
- He is fascinated by the history of photography being used for astronomy
- Instagram page
- Photo gallery
- Joe Carr – Southern Sky Celestial Objects
- Observing and photographing celestial objects from the southern hemisphere
- How far south to go: Costa Rica, Atacama Desert in Chile, Namibia or Botswana in southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand
- Photo show: Small and Large Magellanic Cloud galaxies, 47 Tucanae and Omega Centauri globular clusters, Tarantula Nebula, Jewel Box open cluster, Crux and Carina constellations, Eta Carinae Nebula
- Southern Sky time lapse video from Atacama Lodge, San Pedro de Atacama by Jerry Black
- Advice on observing and photographing from the souther hemisphere – some challenges for “northerners”.
- Resources
- Southern Hemisphere Splendours – Alan Whitman – pages 330-31 in the 2021 Observer’s Handbook
- List of 74 the best objects to observe
- Read the intro paragraphs – Alan is a voice of experience!
- RASC Victoria members’ photos of the southern skies
- Pocket Sky Atlas (S&T) or other printed atlases with southern charts
- Stellarium, Starry Night, Sky Safari – software and apps
- Southern Hemisphere Splendours – Alan Whitman – pages 330-31 in the 2021 Observer’s Handbook
- Photo gallery
- Alec Lee
- Wide field astrophotos
- Planets
- Photo gallery
- Brock Johnston
- Andromeda Galaxy in narrowband
- Rosette Nebula
- Photo gallery
- John McDonald
- Reprocessing previous astrophotos
- Milky Way from Cave Creek in the mountains of southern Arizona
- Witch Head Nebula
- Closeup of the Moon – Gassendi Crater from the Victoria Centre
- Uranus and Neptune
- Photo gallery
- Lauri Roche
- RASC 2022 Calendars – signup for a copy – contact Lauri
- RASC workbooks and almanacs also available
- Native skywatcher planispheres
- FDAO Star Party last Saturday – thanks to our members who helped
- James Web Star Party 2 on Dec 18th – Dr. Madeline Marshall, Dr. Wes Fraser
- Alberta Astrophotos – Dave Robinson
- Lunar Eclipse series – Alistair Ling
- Chris Gainor
- James Web Space Telescope – launch delayed until Dec 22nd
- Restoring Hubble Space Telescope to full operation – another instrument is working
- Lunar Sketch – Randy Enkin
- Presenting to Nanaimo Astronomy Group this Thursday
- A new sketch of Petavius and other nearby craters on the terminator of a Waning Gibbous phase