Click to Enlarge Mike and his 12" newt

Mike Salway lives on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia (Lat: 33.4 deg South, Long: 151.4 deg East) and started in astronomy in March 2004. He founded IceInSpace in September 2004 with Terry Mohan.

His first telescope was a 10" dob, bought in July 2004 and became interested in solar system astrophotography later that year. After persisting with non-tracking photography for about 9 months, he bought an Equatorial Platform in June 2005 and his results steadily improved as his techniques for capture and processing improved.

In December 2006, Mike upgraded to a 12" newt on an EQ6 mount and is now considered one of Australia's best lunar and planetary imagers. He still enjoys visual observing at monthly new moon meets through his friend Rod's 20" SDM, and enjoys dabbling in deep-space photography with an ED80 and a Canon 350D.

Mike is often invited to speak at Astronomical Society meetings about his planetary imaging techniques. If you'd like Mike to speak at your astronomy society, please contact him.

As a day job, Mike works as a Technical Team Leader in IT in Sydney, NSW.

Gallery

• Jupiter 2008 Gallery
• Jupiter 2007 Gallery
• Comet McNaught Gallery
• Total Lunar Eclipse, August 2007 Gallery
• Image Gallery

Articles

• RGB Planetary Imaging with a Monochrome Camera (February 2008)
• Planetary Imaging and Image Processing (July 2006)
• Astrophotography with a dob (May 2005)
• Cleaning the Mirrors of a Newtonian Telescope (November 2006)
• Total Lunar Eclipse, 28th August 2007 (June 2007)
• Partial Solar Eclipse, 7th February 2008 (November 2007)
• IISAC2007 writeup (AS&T, May/June 2007)
• IISAC2006 writeup (AS&T, April 2006)

Picture of the Day / Feature Image

• Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) - 30th September 2008
• Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) - 29th March 2007 
• Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) - 18th March 2006
• Lunar Photo of the Day - 29th September 2007
• Lunar Photo of the Day - 29th May 2007
• Lunar Photo of the Day - 19th May 2007
• Lunar Photo of the Day - 20th October 2006
• Lunar Photo of the Day - 7th September 2006
• Spaceweather - 29th May 2008
• Spaceweather - 19th March 2008
• Spaceweather - 30th January 2008
• Spaceweather - November 2007 17P/Holmes Gallery
• Spaceweather - 1st September 2007
• Spaceweather - 17th July 2007
• Spaceweather - 5th June 2007
• Spaceweather - 28th May 2007
• Spaceweather - 1st April 2007
• Spaceweather - 16th January 2007
• Spaceweather - 13th October 2006
• Spaceweather - 14th August 2006
• Spaceweather - 19th June 2006
• Spaceweather - 15th March 2006
• Spaceweather - 18th October 2005
• Astronomy.com Picture of the Day - February 2008
• Astronomy.com Picture of the Day - February 2007
• Universe Today - 31st January 2008
• Universe Today - 15th November 2007
• Universe Today - 2nd October 2007
• Universe Today - 25th July 2007
• Universe Today - 16th August 2006

Awards

• CWAS AstroFest 2008 David Malin Awards - Honourable mention Widefield category
• SPSP16 imaging comp - 1st and 2nd place Solar System category
• SPSP16 imaging comp - 2nd place Widefield category
• CWAS AstroFest 2007 David Malin Awards - 1st Place Solar System category
• CWAS AstroFest 2007 David Malin Awards - Honourable mention Solar System category
• CWAS AstroFest 2007 David Malin Awards - Honourable mention Heaven and Earth category
• SPSP15 imaging comp - 1st place Solar System category
• SPSP15 imaging comp - 2nd place Solar System category
• SPSP15 imaging comp - 2nd place Widefield category 
• CWAS Astrofest 2006 David Malin awards - touring exhibition
• SPSP14 imaging comp - 1st place Widefield category
• SPSP14 imaging comp - 2nd place Solar System category

Publications

• Moon, Venus and Mercury Conjunction image in Astronomy magazine (August 2008)
• Jupiter image in French Astronomie magazine (June 2008)
• Jupiter image in US Sky&Telescope magazine (July 2008)
• Jupiter image in Sky&Telescope Magazine's Beautiful Universe 2008
• Jupiter image in Astronomy magazine (March 2008)
• "Depth of a strong jovian jet from a planetary-scale disturbance driven by storms"  - Nature Journal (January 2008). Agustin Sánchez-Lavega et al. PDF
• "An Evolution in High-Resolution Planetary Imaging" - Astronomy 2008 Yearbook, Quasar Publishing (November 2007)
• Jupiter and Moons image in Astronomy magazine (November 2007)
• Jupiter image in US Sky&Telescope magazine (October 2007)
• Wired.com - Backyard Stargazers profile (August 2007)
• Jupiter and Mars Images in US Sky&Telescope magazine (September 2007)
• Jupiter Images in Astronomy magazine (September 2007)
• Jupiter, Moon and Comet McNaught images in The Bulletin magazine Photo Gallery (July 2007)
• Various Images (planetary, lunar and widefield) in Australian Sky&Telescope (various)
• Jupiter images in Journal of the British Astronomical Association, Vol. 117, No.3, June 2007.
• Jupiter image in Astronomy Now magazine (June 2007)
• Comet McNaught images in Astronomy magazine (March 2007)
• Comet McNaught images in Interstellarum magazine (March 2007)
• Comet McNaught image on NBN TV Weathershots segment (January 2007) 

Interviews / Speaking Engagements

• Interview on 3rd Degree newsletter for Edith Cowan University, Perth on the subject of the August 2007 Total Lunar Eclipse (August 2007)
• Newspaper articles for Central Coast Express Advocate on the subject of the August 2007 Total Lunar Eclipse (15/08/2007, 31/08/2007)
• Radio Interviews for Central Coast radio and ABC Central Coast on the subject of the August 2007 Total Lunar Eclipse (July/August 2007)
• Radio Interviews for Central Coast radio stations during Comet McNaught (January 2007)
• Radio Interview on 2NUR FM, discussing Comet McNaught and IISAC2007 (January 2007)
• Guest speaker (twice) at Newcastle Astronomical Society (NAS) meet (Planetary Imaging)
• Guest speaker at Astronomical Society of NSW meet (Planetary Imaging)
• Guest speaker at Macarthur Astronomical Society meet (Planetary Imaging)
• Guest speaker at Western Sydney Amateur Astronomy Group meet (Planetary Imaging)
• Guest speaker at Sutherland Astronomical Society Inc meet (Planetary Imaging)
• Guest speaker at Illawara Astronomical Society meet (Planetary Imaging)
• Guest speaker at The Entrance Rotary Club meet
• Guest speaker at Wollongong Amateur Astronomy Club meet (Planetary Imaging)

 Other

• Contributing editor, Australian Sky & Telescope magazine
• Organiser, IceInSpace Astrocamp starparty

Contact

Mike can be contacted via email on (This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it)   or for IceInSpace members, through the forum Private Message interface (username: iceman).

Hobbies

 Apart from Astronomy, Mike's hobbies include:

• Terrestrial Photography
• Karate
• Website development

Family

Mike is married to his wonderful wife, Kate, and has three beautiful children - Jacob (9), Eliza (7) and Abbey (4).

Click to Enlarge Eliza, Jacob and Abbey - April 2007		Click to Enlarge Jacob, Eliza and Abbey - April 2007