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Catchers of the Light >
IX - Digital Astrophotography
 'Horsehead' Nebula, Marcel De Kerolyr, 1929; 'Horsehead' in Colour, 2010
The CCD Chip has revolutionized modern Astrophotography beyond all recognition from the seemingly crude attempts made by the early pioneers of the 19th century to the magnificent coloured images of the modern digital camers. As to what will happen in the next two centuries of Astrophotography is anybody’s guess, but whatever happens, nothing can take away the work of those described in these pages.
They were the ‘Catchers of the Light’.  
Includes the two chapters on 'Modern Astrophotography'. Buy at a discounted price.
Part IX
On the 1st of September 1886 the Hungarian amateur astronomer, Eugen Von Gothard took a photograph of the central star in the Ring Nebula (M57) with a modest telescope. In doing so he became the first true amateur Astrophotographer.
Ch.IX.1
Modern Astrophotography as told through man's attempts to image the most iconic of all objects to be found in the heavens - the famous 'Horsehead' nebula.
Ch.IX.2
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Dr. Stefan Hughes began his career as a professional astronomer, gaining a 1st Class Honours degree in Astronomy from the University of Leicester in 1974 and his PhD four years later on the 'Resonance Orbits of Artificial Satellites due to Lunisolar Perturbations', which was published as a series of papers in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. After graduating he became a Research fellow in Astronomy, followed by a spell as a lecturer in Applied Mathematics at Queen Mary College, London. Then came a ten year long career as an IT Consultant. In 'mid life' he spent several years retraining as a Genealogist, Record Agent and Architectural Historian, which he practiced for a number of years before moving to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, where for the past ten years he has been imaging the heavens, as well as researching and writing the 'Catchers of the Light' - A History of Astrophotography.
