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Originally Posted by mill
Hi Petra.
If that is true then it will be of no use for imagers to be there unless they have spare batteries and an converter to provide 240 volt for all the accessories.
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That would suit me fine.
The first IISAC at Lostock I had my night vision beautifully destroyed 3 nights running, all night long, by a thoughtless imager whose computer screen resembled the entry to Luna Park. The sad thing was the longer I stayed up, the longer he stayed up.
The Border Stargaze is heavily promoted as a public outreach event both to local schools and the community. Clearly that outreach focus will be on visual astronomy, not imaging.
Modern astrophotography has progressed to a level where it is no longer an
ASTRONOMY discipline but is a
COMPUTER SCIENCE DISCIPLINE. Astrophotographers use computer technology to locate the target, capture all the raw image data and then to process the image data. The fact that award winning images are being taken by astrophotographers who have essentially been
involved in ASTRONOMY for 5 minutes, in the whole scheme of things, clearly demonstrates a predominance of computer knowledge as a prerequisite to taking good images, not necessarily any knowledge of astronomy.
Maybe award winning astro images should be published in
PC WORLD, as opposed to
SKY AND TELESCOPE. With GPS technology you don't even have to know how to identify 2 alignment stars
Serious imagers taking long exposure images with high grade equipment, who actually make a
CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE as opposed to taking a mass of
PRETTY PICTURES FOR INTERNET PUBLICATION, are exempted from the above rant, as are the thoughtfull imagers who respect the night vision preservation needs of the visual observers
Cheers,
John B