Everyone who attended our March Program “Astrophotography – Photographing the Heavens” enjoyed this heavenly journey. Father Joseph Barbieri was a fantastic speaker and engaged the audience with his banter and common sense approach to this topic. He brought up the condition called “Photon Starved”. In summary the condition occurs when clear night skies needed for photographing the stars is measured in hours – not nights. Symptoms are many including frequent checking for weather conditions, grumpy from lack of SD or CF cards filled with photos waiting to be processed and general disappointment in everything weather related. My husband liked his down-to-earth approach with a moderate budget (I already squashed the idea of the 12-inch telescope) and advise to contact a local astronomy club. I found one for Kingwood – North Houston Astronomy Club. Connie Emerson, our Program Chair, stated it was a suggestion from a club member recommending we contact Fr. Joe for a talk. It took almost a year but that suggestion started the ball rolling. So, anyone that sees or hears of a potentially good speaker for our monthly programs – contact Connie with the contact information! Many of the photos were taken at the Dark Site in west Houston that the Astronomy Clubs own so you don’t have to travel far just clear skies (winter months are best though cold). Father kindly allowed us to post his Powerpoint, so enjoy the Heavenly show and be amazed! Astrophoto presentation
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