NEAF 2009 Workshops

This year at NEAF workshops will be offered on both Saturday, April 18th and Sunday April 19th.
There is no advanced registration needed, payment is made at the door.
Workshop Cost is $25.00

Saturday, April 18th at 9:00 AM

Mike Unsold
Astronomical Image Processing

Mike's professional career started in the late 1970s and includes many years of teaching mathematics at Kent State University and software development. Currently he is the owner of MLUnsold Digital Imaging and the developer of ImagesPlus camera control and image processing software for DSLRs and other astronomical cameras. Mike's ImagesPlus camera control and astronomical image processing software, was listed as a "hot product" by Sky & Telescope in 2004. Mike was awarded the 2008 RTMC Clyde Tombaugh Award for creative innovation in astronomy related to ImagesPlus.
In this workshop, Mike will deal with Astrophoto Image Processing. He will be giving a workshop taking raw digital images and going through the enhancing process. Anyone having imagesPlus is welcome to bring their laptop and work with their own data. The workshop is anticipated to last about 2 hours.

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Sunday, April 19th at 10:00 AM

Greg Piepol
Solar Imaging Techniques

NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador Greg Piepol of Sungazer.net will speak on current solar imaging and processing techniques used to bring out the sun’s details even during the solar minimum. The talk covers the filters, cameras and software used to photograph the brightest object in the sky.

Highlights include:

- Hands on learning with solar components and cameras
- Visits by the solar worlds leading manufacturers
- Details of how solar filters work
- Using camera control software
- Stacking with Registax
- Photoshop for the Sun
- Tips on getting your images published

Plus: product handouts, NASA literature, solar cd-roms, food and a chance to get all your imaging questions answered in person.
Greg’s presentation covers both beginning and advanced topics and can be applied to nighttime imaging as well. It’s a show not to be missed!

A bit about Greg:
Greg Piepol’s solar images are regularly featured in publications, websites and science locations worldwide. They’ve been seen in NASA’s: The Best of APOD, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, on MSNBC and the History Channel. He was awarded the Griffith Observatory Star Award and the Astronomical Leagues Webmaster of the Year award for promotion of solar awareness. He is a NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador and Meade Instruments 4M Solar Advisor. In 2009, his solar images will tour over 40 countries and 11 US cities as part of the International Year of Astronomy’s “From the Earth to the Universe Exhibit”.

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