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OK then, the ezine is now a monthly publication After thinking long and hard about making this change, | decided that it would be for the best as with the ezine being a bi-monthly publication, at times, some of the news and images were old news by the time the next publication was published. So hopefully, by publishing the ezine monthly, it will be much more up to date. Well that is the plan at least. Issue 04 reached a little over 11,000 views in it's first hour of being published, something | still am amazed at. That issue was published on the 9th of April, and as | write this on the 31st of May, issue 04 has recieved over 230,000 views world wide. All of this is because of the great members of the ezines Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Flickr groups. Without you all, this ezine would never have got off the ground. For this, | thank you all. | am still looking for a company to advertise in return for a monthly prize for a competiton, so if there are any companies reading this that would like to exchange a full double page advert in this ever growing ezine, for a monthly prize, please Readers Astro Kit Wh? 5 16 cece Astronomical Image Proce: with GIMPget in touch with me at amateurastrophotography@yahoo.co.uk | would really like to offer the people who submit their work to me for the ezine to have something back in return. lam also trying hard to organise an AA CAMP weekend, sometime in late August early Septem- ber here in the mountains of Herefordshire. | have attended several other astro camping weekends in the UK over the past two years, but none seem to beat the night skies | have here in my own front garden. With almost no light pollution (near- Northern Hemisphere DSO est town or lit up area being over 20 miles away). lam lucky enough to have some of the darkest skies right here on my doorstep and as | am surr- ounded by fields, | am sure to arrange something within the next few weeks, so stay tuned Please be sure to drop by our Social Media Groups. FACEBOOK https://Awww.facebook.com/groups/AmateurAstr ophotography/ TWITTER https://twitter.com/AmateurAstroMag FLICKR https:/Awww.flickr.com/groups/2425230@N20/ Hope you enjoy issue 05 of the ezine. Clear skies my friends Steve Cover image of Blood Moon by Maxwell FX Palau Eee eee Southern Hemisphere Eta Carinae AWHOLE 72 PAGE EZINE FOR YOUR ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY ENJOYMENTKnowledge rs Something Observatory cae Cease eae wt www.theknowledgeobservatory.co.uk \ Sana as rte cme r- Present Sy Liebergot Later yaeaa dames a era eAe seg The Heath Business Park Runcorn Sy Liebergot is a retired NASA flight controller, serv- ing as an EECOM controller during the Apollo pro- gram. He was responsible for making the call that ended Apollo 13’s mission and was a crucial part of the team that guided Apollo 13 back to Earth, follow- ing the explosion which crippled the spacecraft. 6.30pm— 8.00pm in the Lecture Theatre owe) em ere we miscmslutts Sy Liebergot talks about what it was like to be a Flight Controller in Mission Control when a catas- trophic failure occurred during the Apollo 13 mis- sion and landed squarely in his lap. erotic me steer ri Bae Tickets £15 av, a i UR Book collection, photographs, Apollo EECOM Ms A F f) IS This event has been made possible by the generous sponsorship from O ‘The Grange School and The National Schools Observatory— aN Ul aeRO ww OIA a Whether you are a Newcomer or Advanced, are all beginners and more importantly we are here to git you any help and advice that you require. ¢ 0 why not join us at our New A4B Forum (HQ) at www.astro4beginners.co.uk id become a part of this amazing journeyinto the wonderful wot of Astronomy with others budding astronomers like you. gw, Phil oy inf Tel: 01986 892 214 4 moment in time... ® ms Zeiss v vy er a , View our range RS i of Skywatcher iC, ¢ ; Products Ar www.phil co.ukLying at a distance of approximately 2700 light years in the constellation Monoceros, here is The Cone Nebula (left of centre), The Christmas Tree Star Cluster (top of tree next to cone) and The Fox Fur Nebula (centre). Hubble's Variable Nebula or Caldwell 46 can also be seen Lower left in this image. forte M An) lama Mom ade omelet ac lad Howell MI and Terry Hancock of Downunder Observatory Fremont, Ml. BRCM bd teem uA el OESImage details Robert Fields Location: Irvington Observatory, Howell MI H-Alpha 360 min Camera: SBIG ST11000 monochrome CCD Optics: Takahashi FSQ 106 APO Refractor Takahashi NJP German Equatorial Mount Registed, Calibrated and Stacked in CCD Stack Post Processed with Photoshop CS5DOWNUNDEROSSERVATORY Astrophotography Tuition by Terry Hancock Take a “Short-Cut” to Mastering the Art of sire) ooo tT Sa ta Lan aa Lnlererel 1 aA a1 K 19) ol Maye Vey Having only started Astrophotography | was unsure where to begin. | came across * downunderobsevatory.com and noticed that’ Terry Hancock offered one to one tuition o eR RCM ma AOL Gln: Mie COM RCM au RO oad Rome ae s INEM) CO] CMM At -E Micon co M- Ike) 8] are Mua Agel M-lue Mtoe ce Ri Ime) advice and lessons. You easily forget that he is your mentor but a good friend. Terry's images are very impressi studied many manuals on image processing with different types of software, but learning from Terry.cuts the time down drangatically. Sure, you €an figure it out SNE zee COMMUNAL Tele acolo manyals and how to's, but the one USAIN (MM AR Cn a LUC and.will show you the tips ai d to do to.get those fantastic deep space images to pop. | would highly “0 s an instructor. Not only has Terry helped me to.improve my i friend* Learning always is a two way street. Everyone wi One on one. Boy MCctoale } . Current Software Systems Engi TCA Cele MYCE . TAKE ALOOK AT THE WEBSITE FOR Mt A . an?) MOREON THE BOs cena aol uaa sa ON EARTH IMAGES TAKEN BY TERRYS PAST STUDENTS te ae MTT aan eeReaders Kit C Here is Maxwell FX Palau Astro Kit “Scopes: Stellarvue SV105T-2FT APO / Stellarvue SV50A ED APO _ Tripod/Mount: Celestron CGEM-DX _ Camera: Canon 60D Un-modified / Canon 24-105 F/4 L Rokinon 14mm F/2.8 ‘Eyepieces: Baader Hyperion 17mm, 10mm, 5mm / Astro-Physics 2 2x Barlovy Here is an image that Maxwell has taken using the astro equipment shown on this page. To view more images by Maxwell please visit https:/www.facebook... com/StarDudeAstro nomy 1TO VIEW THE REST OF THE EZINE PLEASE VISIT WWW.AMATEURASTROPHOTOGRAPHY.COM