Astrophiz59-Astrophotography101

Published: June 8, 2018, 10:08 p.m.

b"Astrophiz 59 Dr Ian Musgrave ~ Astrophotography 101\\n\\nA full-length feature episode on astrophotography and astroimaging with Dr Ian Musgrave of Astroblogger fame. \\n\\nIan is a University toxicology lecturer, amateur astronomer and astrophotographer, and he explains how to plan for a shoot, using telescopes, point&shoot cameras, and smartphone astrophotography, some worthwhile targets, some imaging software to try, and the sky visualisation softwares he uses. \\n\\nThen he presents his regular segment \\u2018What\\u2019s Up Doc? where he tells us what's up in the evening, night and morning skies for the next two weeks, and how, when and where to look to find the asteroid Vesta as a naked eye object.\\n\\nIn the news:\\n\\nMars Curiosity Rover discovers organics on Mars, and Mars methane levels are found to be seasonal, and we inch closer to a conclusion that life *may* be ubiquitous. However we are reminded that \\u2018organics\\u2019 means carbon compounds that are also found in comets, asteroids, Ceres, Titan, Pluto, meteorites and in interstellar space. So no, Washington Post, NASA did not find \\u2018traces of ancient life on Mars\\u2019 \\n\\nFollow @ianfmusgrave on Twitter and get his weekly observation tips on his astrobloggger website and on his Southern Skywatch blog. \\nJust put Astroblogger and Southern Skywatch into your search engine. \\nIan's blogs come up #1 in searches.\\n\\nFollow @Astrophiz on Twitter, FB & Insta\\nSubscribe to our fabulous podcast on iTunes or Soundcloud or your fav podcatcher"