Mine is certainly not an exhaustive list. Here’s my preview of some of the best celestial events for 2023. Asteroid 78434 is named for him.Īnnular Eclipse taken from a site east of Douglas, Arizona showing “reverse” Bailey’s Beads -lunar mountains just touching Sun’s limb 4-inch f/6 apo refractor at f/15 with Barlow lens Ektachrome 100 slide film. His other obsession, eclipse chasing, has taken him to every continent, chalking up 15 total solar eclipses. Alan takes the opportunity as often as possible to visit the southern hemisphere to pursue both observing and photography under southern skies. He has co-authored several best selling guidebooks for amateur astronomers, including, with Terence Dickinson, "The Backyard Astronomer’s Guide." He published the multi-media eBook "How to Photograph and Process Nightscapes and Time-Lapses," available on the Apple Books Store, Amazon Kindle, and as a PDF set from Alan is a member of the exclusive The World at Night photography group (As an amateur astronomer, his interests include astrophotography and deep-sky observing (he compiled some of the popular deep-sky observing lists in the annual RASC Observer's Handbook). He serves as a regular contributor to SkyNews and Sky and Telescope magazines. Alan Dyer, now retired from a career as a writer and producer of science programs for science centres and planetariums, is one of Canada’s best-known astronomy writers.
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