Some Milestones in Astrophotography

 

Images featured 54 times by the NASA site "Astronomy Picture of the Day".

 

over 400 book and magazine publications including over 40 "cover" images published

 

September 2003; Image of the Andromeda Galaxy selected as one of the greatest astronomical images of the last 30 years by Astronomy Magazine

 

October 2006; Published "A Year in the Life of the Universe" in 4 languages (English, Polish, Greek, Spanish)

 

2006; Image of IC405 selected as one of six images to appear on a commemorative stamp issued by the Royal Mail

 

September 2007; one of several featured astronomers in Timothy Ferris's PBS special "Seeing in the Dark"

 

2007; Elected into the SBIG astroimaging "Hall of Fame"

 

October 2007; Awarded the "Hubble Prize" for contributions to astrophotography at the Advanced Imaging Conference in San Jose, California

 

2008; Mosaic of the Andromeda Galaxy sited in the Guiness Book of World Records as the Largest image (in pixel dimensions) ever taken of a spiral galaxy