n Tuesday, October 20, local astrophotographer Michael Goldstein will be giving a fascinating talk titled The First-Ever Color DSO Images. He will present the classic color images of deep sky objects like galaxies and nebulae from large research telescopes with a comparison to today’s digital revolution in amateur astronomy. The talk will be given at the Coykendall auditorium at SUNY New Paltz at 8 PM.
Michael Goldstein is Vice President of the Mid Hudson Astronomical Association, and a frequent contributor to the EAA forum on Cloudy Nights. He moved to the mid-Hudson Valley/Catskills region in 2022, from where he continues to pursue his lifelong dream to observe and photograph the heavens. He specializes in real-time astrophotography with a particular interest in imaging galaxies, having to-date imaged 179 of 338 entries in Halton C. Arp’s Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, 18 of the 20 galaxies cited in Vera C. Rubin’s seminal 1980 paper measuring the speed of galaxy rotation. He has also photographed the entire Messier Catalogue. He has a strong interest in the history of astronomy and is an avid hiker and fly fisher.
Prior to the presentation the MHAA will conduct an MHAA business meeting, which will start at 7:15 PM. The talk will start at 8:00 PM, but anyone who wishes to join the business meeting is welcomed. Those who wish to see the program or both the meeting and program via Zoom must register at midhudsonastro.org to get the Zoom link. The website will take you to the MHAA Meet-Up site, where participants may register for the zoom link. (Participants can go directly to Meetup to register.) The link will be sent to those who are registered before the meeting and program.
Participants may call or text Tim Denman at 845-245-5483 for assistance or further details or email Bart Hennin at bart_hennin@hotmail.com.