Astrophiz59-Astrophotography101

Astrophiz 59 Dr Ian Musgrave ~ Astrophotography 101 A full-length feature episode on astrophotography and astroimaging with Dr Ian Musgrave of Astroblogger fame. Ian 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. Then he presents his regular segment ‘What’s 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. In the news: Mars 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 ‘organics’ 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 ‘traces of ancient life on Mars’ Follow @ianfmusgrave on Twitter and get his weekly observation tips on his astrobloggger website and on his Southern Skywatch blog. Just put Astroblogger and Southern Skywatch into your search engine. Ian's blogs come up #1 in searches. Follow @Astrophiz on Twitter, FB & Insta Subscribe to our fabulous podcast on iTunes or Soundcloud or your fav podcatcher