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Education and Training: (In Person) Astrophotography for Photographers with George Hogeman
November 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Bio
George Hogeman has been interested in astronomy longer than he has been a photographer. One of his early jobs included teaching astronomy and running a small planetarium at a Connecticut boarding school. He enjoys tracing the constellations, tracking the planets and identifying deep space objects. He also doesn’t forget observing the Moon and Sun. He now volunteers in the Astronomy Education Department at the National Air & Space Museum and shares his small telescope with dozens of families who attend the monthly star gazing events at Udvar-Hazy.
Description
In this presentation, George will share some of his photographs and demonstrate the open-source program “Stellarium” which is an easy way to see what there is to see on a given night. He will also bring in his SeeStar S50 which is a $549 combined telescope and camera which can capture remarkable images of the Moon, the Sun and distant galaxies even from our local rather light-polluted skies. George is also a member of the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club (NOVAC) and can share details of the dark sky observing sites that club membership enables.
He looks forward to a rich discussion about astrophotography with NVPS members!
All photos taken by George Hogeman