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Astrophoto articles written for the Universe Today:

Between early 2006 and 2007, I wrote a weekly article featuring an exceptional astronomical image for the Universe Today, a daily space and astronomy blog/web newsletter. Here is a list of the articles I produced during that period:

  • The Orion Nebula, photo by Robert Gendler (January 27, 2006)
  • M-81, photo by Tom Davis (February 3, 2006)
  • M-82, photo by Russ Croman (February 13, 2006)
  • The Sombrero Galaxy, photo by Adam Block (February 19, 2006)
  • Nova RS Ophiciushi, photo by John Chumack (February 27, 2006)
  • Comet Pojmanski c2006-1a (March 5, 2006)
  • The Vela Supernova Remnant, photo by Loke Kun Tan (March 13, 2006)
  • 'Spacecraft Quality Imagery from Earth' featuring Jupiter's Great Red Spot Jr., photo by Mike Salway (March 20, 2006)
  • Veil Nebula Complex, photo by Johannes Schedler (March 13, 2006)
  • 'Space Bubbles' featuring Abell 34, photo by Jim Misti (April 3, 2006)
  • 'The Shape of the Universe' featuring Leo 1, photo by Bernhard Hubl (April 9, 2006)
  • Zodiacal Light, photo by Tony and Daphne Hallas (April 17, 2006)
  • The Ring Nebula, photo by Stefan Heutz (April 24, 2006)
  • Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann, photo by Andrea Tamanti (May 2, 2006)
  • 'Globular Beacons' featuring Omega Centauri, photo by Bernd Flach-Wilken and Volker Wendel (May 8, 2006)
  • Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann's All Star Show (May 11, 2006)
  • The Large Magellanic Cloud, photo by John Gleason (May 15, 2006)
  • 'Where Violence is Routine' featuring The Whirlpool Nebula, photo by Robert Gendler (May 22, 2006)
  • 'A Rose is still a Rose' featuring NGC 4631, photo by Bernd Wallner (May 30, 2006)
  • 'Earth's First Long Distance Call' featuring M13, photo by Cord Scholz (June 5, 2006)
  • 'The Scale of our Galaxy' featuring a Sagittarius Wide Field View, photo by Tom Davis (June 13, 2006)
  • 'Where all Things Lead' featuring M83, photo by Michael Sidonio (June 20, 2006)
  • 'Are These Colors Real?' featuring Just North of Antares, photo by Steve Crouch (June 26, 2006)
  • 'Star Shells' featuring The Crescent Nebula, photo by Nicolas Outters (July 5, 2006)
  • The Goldilocks Variable in the Dumbbell Nebula, photo by Stefan Heutz (July 12, 2006)
  • 'Galactic Dust' featuring The North American and Pelican Nebulae, photo by Don Goldman (July 18, 2006)
  • 'Galactic Canabalism' featuring Centaurus A, photo by Johannes Schedler (July 26, 2006)
  • Star clusters NGC 6755 and 6756, photo by Bernhard Hubl (August 3, 2006)
  • 'Computerized Telescopes' featuring The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635), photo by Karel Teuwen (August 9, 2006)
  • 'The Moon's Origin' featuring Plato and the Alpine Valley, photo by Mike Salway (August 16, 2006)
  • 'Unsung Female Astronomers' featuring Fleming’s Triangular Wisp, photo by Steve Cannistra (August 24, 2006)
  • 'The Unexpected Consequences of Edison's Bulb' featuring Star Trails over Namibia, photo by Josch Hambsch (August 28, 2006)
  • 'The Colors of Deep Space Nebulae' featuring the Stellar Nursery NGC 7129, photo by Bob Allevo (September 7, 2006)
  • 'Constellations' featuring The Iris Nebula, photo by Tom Davis (September 14, 2006)
  • 'A Brief History of Optical Instruments' featuring NGC 7048, photo by Stefan Heutz (September 21, 2006)
  • 'Why Space is Dark' featuring NGC 3324, photo by Brad Moore (September 29, 2006)
  • 'Unlocking the Composition of Universe' featuring The Cocoon Nebula, photo by Dan Kowall (October 9, 2006)
  • Comet c/2006- Swan Song for a Comet, photos by Andrea Tamanti and Bernhard Hubl (October 13, 2006)
  • 'Exo-Planet Myths' featuring The Witch Head Nebula, photo by Richard Payne (October 23, 2006)
  • 'Astronomical Seeing' featuring the Soul Nebula, photo by Frank Barnes III (October 27, 2006)
  • Black Holes featuring M83 (November 8, 2006)
  • 'An Order of Magnitudes' featuring Van den Bergh 152, photo by Giovanni Benintende (November 24, 2006)
  • 'See You Yesterday' featuring The Great Andromeda Galaxy- M31, photo by Takayuki Yoshida (December 5, 2006)
  • 'Animals of the Earth and Sky' featuring The Horsehead Nebula, photo by Filippo Ciferri (December 18, 2006)
  • 'Astronomical Robotics' featuring the Orion Deep field, photo by Robert Gendler (January 4, 2007)



  • Reviews written for the Universe Today:

  • Book Review: Making Every Pixel Count, Vol. 1-3 (December 14, 2006)
  • Book Review: Astronomical Image Processing Tutorials (January 12th, 2007)

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