Every day our eyes catch the light of our memories – time spent with family, the journey to work, a special holiday, a beautiful sunset or a dark starlit night. Each image captured is a picture drawn in light – a photograph: only to be lost in our minds or forever forgotten. Nearly two hundred years ago a small group of amateur scientists achieved what had eluded mankind for centuries – the ability to capture a permanent record of an image seen by their own eyes – a moment in time frozen onto a surface. They had discovered Photography. They were the ‘Catchers of the Light’.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

NGC 7000 California Nebula

A small part of the NGC7000
24/07/2008 Kallithea Athens Greece

Test shot 2x10min Ha 5nm Astrodon filter
William Optics FLT110
SBIG ST10XME
EQ6 Pro

Friday, January 23, 2009

NGC 6946 unfinished

Unfinished image
only 45 minutes total exposure from Athens Greece
19/7/2008

William Optics FLT110 with TMB flattener
SBIG ST10XME
EQ6PRO
ZenithStar 80 II ED
DSI and PHD GUIDING

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Light Pollution in Athens Greece

Night-time light emissions over Greece on 19/09/2001

Modelling of light pollution in suburban areas using remotely sensed
imagery and GIS


C. Chalkiasa,*, M. Petrakisb, B. Psilogloub, M. Lianoub

Department of Geography, Harokopio University
Institute of Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, Greece