Episode 4: Astrophotography

Image- Starlight Express Astrophotography: Terry Platt from
Starlight Express talks about his early days of vidicon and photo
multiplier tubes. Terry describes how his passion in astronomy in
the 60s resulted in Starlight Express.About 6 years ago, Steve
Chambers came up with a nifty way to rewire a Phillips Toucam
webcam so that it could be used by astronomers. Something that cost
well under £100 and it could still be used for non Astro purposes
as well. Details of the postings were available and still are on
the web. It was a mini revolution in low cost astrophotography.
Steve has now moved on to bigger and better things with ArtemisCCD
Jonathan Maron in his role as the marketing manager for astronomy
cameras at The Imaging Source, describes some of the features of
this relatively new source of cameras for astrophotography. David
Ratledge has been observing for decades and is one of the most
experienced astrophotographers in the country. He is also the
chairman of Bolton Astronomical Society and the editor of Digital
Astrophotography - The State of the Art . I spoke to him, via the
telephone so excuse the audio quality as he prepared retreat for
quiet break .. and no doubt some astrophotraphy.