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“Going Deep for Science from My Backyard!” by Ken Crawford, July 31, 2022, 10:00 AM Philippine Standard Time

The Astronomical League of the Philippines is inviting you to attend the free webinar lecture entitled “Going Deep for Science from My Backyard!” by the noted astrophotographer, Ken Crawford, on July 31, 2022, Sunday morning at 10:00 AM Philippine Standard Time. (02:00 UTC/10:00 PM EDT, July 30, Saturday)

World-class astrophotographer Ken Crawford has been observing the night sky since 8th grade. In 2002, he built his Rancho Del Sol Observatory at a dark-sky site in Northern California and started taking images of the deep sky. In 2004, Crawford co-founded The Advanced Imaging Conference, Inc. and served as its president from 2007 to 2014.
Crawford’s images have been featured in numerous magazines, books, websites, movies, and public exhibits. To date, his images have been featured 40 times in NASA’s “Astronomy Picture of the Day.”

Abstract: Amateur astrophotographers are not only producing amazing wide-field and high-resolution images of celestial objects, but some are also pushing the limits and going deep for science. As access to professional telescopes is limited, more professional astronomers are using data produced by amateurs with modest imaging systems at dark-sky sites. This is my personal journey in the pursuit of capturing high-resolution deep-sky objects for “pretty pictures,” and ending up contributing to extended red emissions and the detection of star streams. These rivers of stars help add to the hierarchical framework for galaxy formation, minor merging and tidal interactions through Professional-Amateur (Pro-Am) collaborations.

Registration to the webinar is FREE! Register using this link –

https://bit.ly/3AunWoi

or by scanning the QR code below using your cellphone camera.

After registration, check your registered e-mail for the webinar link. See you there!

Title:  “Observing and Understanding the Moon”
Speaker : Robert Reeves

Robert Reeves has been exploring the Moon since 1958 and took his first lunar photograph in 1959. He began telescopic astronomy with a four-inch Criterion Dynascope, his Christmas present in 1960. In 1975, he acquired a Celestron C8 telescope, which he still uses today. In 1977, he acquired a Celestron 8-inch Schmidt camera that he used for a quarter century for deep-sky photography. Today, Robert uses a Celestron C11 EdgeHD and a Sky-Watcher 180-mm. Maksutov for lunar photography from his Perspective Observatory located in central Texas. He also uses a Sky-Watcher 20-inch Stargate telescope for visual observing and a Celestron C14 with HyperStar for deep-sky photography.
In 1984, Robert began publishing articles about astrophotography in Astronomy magazine. Since then, he has published more than 250 magazine articles and 200 newspaper columns about astronomy. His articles have appeared in Sky & Telescope, Astronomy, Deep Sky, Deep Sky Journal, Amateur Astronomy, and The Astrograph.
In 1994, Robert published his first book, The Superpower Space Race, followed by The Conquest of Space, co-authored with Fritz Bronner. In 2000, he published Wide-Field Astrophotography, followed by Introduction to Digital Astrophophotography in 2005 and Introduction to Webcam Astrophotography in 2006. Robert’s latest book, about the Moon, is under editorial review.

Although Robert is an accomplished deep-sky astrophotographer, his current passion is re-popularizing the Moon within the amateur astronomy community by explaining the origin of the Moon, the evolution of its face, and introducing its geology to Moon lovers everywhere. He has perfected image-processing techniques that allow an amateur astronomer, using modest equipment, to exceed the quality of Earth-based professional lunar photographs taken during the Apollo era.
Robert enjoys speaking at astronomy conventions and spreading his passion for the Moon. His recent activities include a five-city speaking tour in China, where he was the first Westerner to address the Chinese astronomy community about the Moon. Robert also represents the Celestron telescope company at national astronomical conventions.
Asteroid 26591 Robertreeves is named in his honor, and asteroid 26592 Maryrenfro bears his wife’s name. Robert and Mary Reeves are the only husband and wife team to have sequentially numbered asteroids.

Abstract:
Robert Reeves will cover the basics of how the face of the Moon evolved, what the different types of lunar features are, and how they are related to each other.

Thank you so much for attending our successful  first ALP Astronomy Expert Speaker Series 2022 webinar talk this evening, April 23, 2022 by Dr. Jay Pasachoff entitled Antarctic Eclipse!

Our next esteemed speaker will be Zolt Levay who will give his talk on the topic “Visualizing Hubble’s Colorful Universe”
on Saturday, April 30, 2022, 20:30 Philippine Standard Time (12:30 UTC).
Registration is free.

Click this link to register now – https://bit.ly/37q6FjP

Link to his lecture can be viewed at Astronomical League of the Philippines – Official You Tube channel

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