Space Explr

Steve Richards is an Astrophotographer based in West Sussex, England, specializing in deep-sky imaging in narrowband from his fully automated observatory. As well as producing his own images for pleasure, Steve has written two books on the subject, ‘Making Every Photon Count’ (A Beginner’s Guide To Deep Sky Astrophotography) and ‘Dark Art or Magic Bullet?’ (A Beginner’s Guide To Deep Sky Image Processing). Steve is a regular contributor of technical articles and equipment reviews in the Sky at Night Magazine and has a monthly column called ‘Scope Doctor’ as well as giving talks to astronomy societies, camera clubs, and schools. When he isn’t doing astronomy he can be found in his music studio producing ‘Trance’ and experimental electronic music or driving the Westfield sports car that he built himself from scratch.