Episode 59: Astrophotograpy

Nik Szymanek presenting at the National Astronomy Meeting 2012 If
you have ever been to London and used the underground Tube service,
it may well have been driven by the speaker in this
episode. That is his day job, but Nik Szymanek  is
one of Britain’s best-known astrophotographers. This interview was
recorded during National Astronomy Meeting at the University of
Manchester in 2012. Nik collaborates with Ian King and,
in this episode, discusses how he got started, issues to consider
for those moving into astrophotography, and how things have changed
in this developing field. He also talks about another growing
area of interest to amateur astronomers  - a personal remote
telescope. David Ratledge, another accomplished astrophotographer
based in the north west of England, has some very useful links for
astrophotography on his website
http://www.deep-sky.co.uk/links.htm.