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Originally Posted by Andy01
Yep, and another one celebrating the Astrophotography Prize category winners here in NEW ATLAS  |
Man looking again at Julian Shapiro's "Two Oxygen Rings of Cygnus" and noting it reveals something new and now knowing he is only 16 years old, is quite incredible really and illustrates beautifully how technology, in this case remote imaging, has made it possible for so many more people to do what we do
. Heck, I was also an active astrophotographer at 16 years old but the notion that I could use some gear on the other side of the World to produce a best in World standard image aaaand make a discovery to boot!...from a place like a teenagers bedroom
, is just mind blowing. Back in the day, I was just stoked that I had access to a
140 year old 9" refractor, with a clockwork drive, at Mt Stromlo, to strap an old C5 to and lug dry ice and a fridge compressor up a 300m path in the dark to it
...er?...for a laugh, my work as a 16 year old, from 1984, can be seen
here 
what a change!
Mike