Note the Delay of one week for the meeting. It was not on the 9th.
Topic: Introduction to Astrophotography
Speaker: Blair MacDonald
When: Saturday June 16, 7pm
Location: Avonport, 475 Bluff Road
Blair spoke to Minas Astronomy Group 8 years ago, and has kindly
offered to do so again. He is an accomplished photographer of the
night sky, and has published many articles on the topic. He is a
veteran of countless hours spent in the cold and dark capturing
sparse streams of photons from distant galaxies, and more hours at a
computer screen processing the images. Blair is a very active member
of the RASC Halifax Centre, including chairing the Nova East Star
Party again this year (at Smiley’s Provincial Park, August 17 – 19).
Blair is bringing his telescope and camera equipment to demonstrate
it, and hopefully to do some astrophotography after his talk (once
the sky darkens toward 10 p.m.). Bring your camera to receive
pointers from Blair, and possibly to take some photos “piggy back”
using Blair’s telescope mount.