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Craig StarkAstrophotographerwww.stark-labs.comFriday Workshop: Improved AutoguidingGeneral Weekend Session Presentation: Astrophotographyon a BudgetIn his general session presentation, Craig will answer the questions:In his Friday workshop, will will explain how does autoguidingworks, what is needed to get started with guiding, how to improveguiding bette and answer attendees questions based on your guidingexperiences, concerns, and problems with guiding.Can you do high-quality astrophotography without breaking the bank?How should I allocate my budget?Can moderate mounts really be used or do I need a high-end mount?What's the difference between cameras anyway?How well do DSLRs stack up against dedicated astro CCDs?By day, Craig Stark, Ph.D., is a professor of neuroscience who studies memory by trying to pull faint signalsout of noisy images of brain scans. By night, Craig is an amateur astrophotographer who tries to pullfaint signals out of noisy images of deep sky objects.Craig is perhaps best known for the software he writes for Stark Labs. He's the author of numerous freeor affordable pieces of astrophotography software for the Mac and PC including PHD Guiding, Nebulosity,and DSLR Shutter. He's a frequent contributor to Astrophotography Insight, Astronomy TechnologyToday, and has a new regular column on Cloudy Nights. He's also given talks at the MWAIC, NEAIC,Nightfall, and the Julian Starfest.Pelican through North American Nebula (two panel shot)QSI 540, Custom Sci 3 nm Ha, Borg 101 ED f/4 on Tak EM-10 guided in PHD via Borg guidescope + LodestarAdvanced Imaging Conference October 30 - November 1, 2009 San Jose, California http://www.aicccd.com Page 21
Volker WendelAstrophotographerwww.spiegelteam.deHigh Resolution ImagingLong focal length photography can be a real adventure since there aremillions of small objects that can be imaged. Volker Wendel will sharesome of his remarkable images and explain what is necessary toachieve high-resolution results.Volker’s interest in astronomy was nurtured at the age of four, when hisgrandmother introduced the him to the moon through an open windowusing a hand held telescope. Years later, a small camera rigged to amodest Newtonian telescope helped him produce his first astronomicalexposures. Significantly, while working on the initial film roll, serendipitythrew a bright meteor across the sky where his instrument was pointed at the instant the shutter opened. This resulted ina spectacular image that was subsequently published in a book about astrophotography and for Volker, there was noturning back!In the years that followed, the Newtonian was superceded by a Celestron 8, then a Celestron 11 and finally by both a 15-inch Phillipp Keller astrograph and a fast 12-inch Deltagraph. Eleven years ago, Wendel and two friends began producingboth gray-scale and full color images using medium format and Technical Pan 6415 emulsion based film. They calledthemselves the Spiegelteam and the name has stuck. It was also during this period that his mentor, Dr. Ernst Brodkorb,introduced Volker to digital image processing.After seeing the published results of early CCD imaging pioneers, Volker moved from traditional film to all-digital datacollection based on his recognition that astrophotography was fundamentally changing.German weather leavesmuch to be desired andclear nights, when theyhappen, are typicallyawash with light pollution.So, if better skies won'tcome to the imager, thenthe imager must travel tobetter skies. Thus, Volkertook his setup on the roadto places such as "PfälzerWald", Germany's largestforest under dark clearskies; Gornergrat, a stupendouslocation in theshadow of the Matterhornover 3,000 meters high inthe Swiss Alps and Namibia,on three separateoccasions with his closefriend Bernd Flach-Wilken.Today, Volker relies on af/4,6 15-inch Newtonianand a SBIG ST10XMEcamera riding on a ninetykilogram German equatorialAlt-AD7 mount. NGC 6946 - APOD August 15, 200815" f/8 Newtonian, SBIG ST10XME, CFW8 and AO7LRGB (L=17x600s; R=4x600s; G=4x600s; B=4x600s; all unbinned)Advanced Imaging Conference October 30 - November 1, 2009 San Jose, California http://www.aicccd.com Page 22
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