Space Photos Taken From Shed Stun Astronomers 149
krou writes "Amateur astronomer Peter Shah has stunned astronomers around the world with amazing photos of the universe taken from his garden shed. Shah spent £20,000 on the equipment, hooking up a telescope in his shed to his home computer, and the results are being compared to images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. 'Most men like to putter about in their garden shed,' said Shah, 'but mine is a bit more high tech than most. I have fitted it with a sliding roof so I can sit in comfort and look at the heavens. I have a very modest set up, but it just goes to show that a window to the universe is there for all of us – even with the smallest budgets. I had to be patient and take the images over a period of several months because the skies in Britain are often clouded over and you need clear conditions.' His images include the Monkey's head nebula, M33 Pinwheel Galaxy, Andromeda Galaxy and the Flaming Star Nebula, and are being put together for a book."
Fooooosh.... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Beautiful pictures (Score:3, Funny)
Thats a great camera. I wonder if he does weddings?
Conspiracy, I tell ya! (Score:2, Funny)
NGC1499 is also known as the "California Nebula". Most of the other nebulas are identified by their colloquial name, so why did they skip California? Bloody Brits still pissed about 1776! ;-)
Re:Cool project and all... (Score:5, Funny)
quotes from actual, stunned astronomers.
Ever been stunned before? Obviously the astronomers were just too stunned to say anything worth quoting.
Nah (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Cool project and all... (Score:5, Funny)
How many astronomers were stunned to make these pictures. Was it done humanely?
That's Nothing (Score:1, Funny)
You should see the pictures of his voluptuous neighbor. It took months of patience to get those, as well.
Re:Even with the smallest budgets? (Score:4, Funny)
It's all a conspiracy to make conspiracy theorist sound overly paranoid, thus removing any credibility from true conspiracy theories.
Re:Beautiful pictures (Score:3, Funny)
STARLIGHT XPRESS SXV-H16 CCD.
So, the solution to quality astrophotography is basically a big gay Andrew Lloyd Webber musical on rollerskates?