Spacecraft Imaging for Amateurs, article by moi in January issue of Sky & Tel |
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Spacecraft Imaging for Amateurs, article by moi in January issue of Sky & Tel |
 Nov 20 2009, 06:26 AM
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 Administrator  Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454  |
OK, time to toot my own horn: my second-ever freelance article has just been published in the January issue of Sky & Telescope, and it's titled "Spacecraft Imaging for Amateurs." It is printed near the back, on page 76. It names names! Mentioned by name in the article are a few people known well here at UMSF:
Michael Howard Ted Stryk Mattias Malmer Jim Bell (an Honorary Amateur?) Jan van Driel Tayfun Oner Marco Di Lorenzo Astro0 John Spencer (another Honorary Amateur?) Richard Hendricks And unmannedspaceflight.com is mentioned numerous times. However I am forced to admit here that while the folks listed above received a few printed letters' worth of fame, I never did mention Doug in the article. So I'm doing it here: Thank you, Doug, for establishing the place that has fermented such a rich brew of amateurs and academics producing marvelous images from our loyal robot emissaries! Here's the web supplement to the issue. Hope you guys enjoy it! --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Nov 20 2009, 07:54 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Nov 20 2009, 06:26 AM)  fermented I always wondered what the hell we were doing... BREWING. That's it  |
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Nov 20 2009, 08:36 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Thanks Emily for giving all of us that sense of notoriety that we obviously all love to get (ha, ha)
 Seriously, we thank you as well as Doug for making UMSF the best space place ever! for armchair explorers. |
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Nov 20 2009, 04:44 PM
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 Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
Thanks Emily for extended my 15 minutes of fame an additional full minute!
-------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
-- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality. |
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Nov 24 2009, 03:31 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Just received my complimentary copy of S&T today. Very nice article Emily.
Wish that the reproduction of my image was a bit better, but ney, at least it's credited correctly. Thanks for a great article and for the full credit that you have given us. Also, the plug for UMSF is great. Maybe we'll get a few new 'armchair explorers' out of it 
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Nov 24 2009, 05:24 AM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
I feel like a heathen for asking, but anyone know if the Jan S&T hit the shelves yet in the US? Haven't been near a magazine rack for a few weeks..
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Nov 24 2009, 05:43 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
QUOTE (nprev @ Nov 23 2009, 10:24 PM) I feel like a heathen for asking, but anyone know if the Jan S&T hit the shelves yet in the US? Haven't been near a magazine rack for a few weeks.. FWIW I checked at a local bookstore tonight and they didn't have January yet. |
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Nov 24 2009, 06:20 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Ah. Thanks, Mike. Should hit the stands pretty soon, though.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Nov 29 2009, 09:42 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
January issue is now on the news stands (if it wasn't before). I picked up my copy, and it's a great article. (And I'm not just saying that because my name is mentioned. It's a cool overview of the advances in amateur image processing.)
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Nov 30 2009, 02:56 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 890 Joined: 18-November 08 Member No.: 4489 |
Nice i will need to get a copy .This site ,and a few other, are a great help in learning how to work with the images
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Nov 30 2009, 02:58 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Thanks for the heads-up, Mike. I checked Fri & the local Barnes & Noble didn't have it yet; will pick one up tomorrow!
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Dec 7 2009, 12:55 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
...and finally found a copy!!! Excellent article, Emily, and mad props to all the UMSF imagewizards who got much-deserved recognition in the journal of record for amateur astronomy!
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jan 14 2010, 09:20 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
The article is now available for download as a PDF:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/81544647.html Enjoy! -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Jan 15 2010, 07:37 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1619 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
Absolutely great Emily because in France I was unable to have this magazine.
Thanks for your work -------------------- |
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 Jan 15 2010, 11:02 AM
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Indeed, thanks for pointing this out Emily... It makes us wonder what those "amateurs" will be able to produce once space telescopes and 40meter class ground observatories really start to directly image Exoplanets
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