Noel Schutt » astronomy http://schutt.org/blog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:07:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Astrophotography by Chris Kotsiopoulos http://schutt.org/blog/2011/01/chris-kotsiopoulos/ http://schutt.org/blog/2011/01/chris-kotsiopoulos/#comments Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:18:10 +0000 Noel http://schutt.org/blog/?p=1132 Check out the photography of Chris Kotsiopoulos. He has some impresive astrophotography on his website, and has been featured on APOD several times.

]]> http://schutt.org/blog/2011/01/chris-kotsiopoulos/feed/ 0 Formation of the Solar System http://schutt.org/blog/2010/11/formation-of-the-solar-system/ http://schutt.org/blog/2010/11/formation-of-the-solar-system/#comments Sat, 06 Nov 2010 14:09:11 +0000 Noel http://schutt.org/blog/?p=968 Sky and Telescope posted an interesting article summarizing recent models of the formation of the solar system.

]]> http://schutt.org/blog/2010/11/formation-of-the-solar-system/feed/ 0 Amazing eclipse pictures http://schutt.org/blog/2008/10/amazing-picture/ http://schutt.org/blog/2008/10/amazing-picture/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:54:52 +0000 Noel http://schutt.org/blog/?p=53 I found this picture linked from APOD. The 2008 eclipse pictures on Miloslav Druckmüller’s site are by far the best use of HDR type photography I have seen. Most of the time people overdo the processing. This is perfect.

Praesepae, Mercury, Moon, Comet and Corona up to 20 solar radii (© 2008 Miloslav Druckmüller, Peter Aniol, Vojtech Rušin)
Praesepae, Mercury, Moon, Comet and Corona up to 20 solar radii
(© 2008 Miloslav Druckmüller, Peter Aniol, Vojtech Rušin)

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