From: Chris (vman_69au_at_antispamdomain.not)
Date: Mon Oct 27 2003 - 22:24:06 EST
Sounds like a great talk. He is a really nice guy. I had the
opportunity to hear him talk on the subjct of light at Monash
University in Melbourne Australia. Fascinating how he turns the very
complex into something simple to understand. I ended up buying one of
his very large coffee table illustrated books. cant remember the
title right now, but just beautifull, a mix of Poetry, Shakespear,
greek mythology ad wonderfull photos.
I look forward to him visiting us here.
Best Regards
Chris Venter
http://www.liquidfusion.com.au/astro
--- In digital_astro_.at._yahoogroups.com, "macnmotion" <macnmotion_.at._a...>
wrote:
> What an evening. David Malin, perhaps the world's most famous
> astrophotographer, gave a talk at the Rochester Institute of
> Technology. The talk centered on the scientific discovery work he
had
> accomplished when pioneering techniques such as unsharp masking in
the
> processing of astrophotographs. For instance, Malin Shells are
> shell-like structures found in many elliptical galaxies resulting
from
> oscillating interaction with invasive dwarf galaxies. His processing
> techniques led to their discovery. It was an incredible talk.
>
> After the talk, he joined several of us from our local astronomy
club
> for dinner. At dinner, I was discussing the current state of
> astrophotography using consumer digital cameras, and he said that he
> was not completely current on the subject. So I've forwarded him
> information on this group, and expect that he'll be visiting to see
> what we're up to. I also told him how to review our challenges, so
he
> can see the wealth of excellent work produced by our membership. He
is
> very excited to know that cameras such as the D60 and 10D (to name
> only a couple) can take extended exposures relatively noise-free,
and
> that there's image-processing software such as ImagesPlus to handle
> the processing (he has heard of Mike Unsold, but never experimented
> with ImagesPlus).
>
> I look forward to his visit to this group, and think it's exciting
> that this imaging pioneer will be seeing the limits being pushed by
> the current talent and technology. Keep your eyes out for him.
>
> Andy C.
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