Astrophotography, with Dr. Robert Gendler

B&H Photography Podcast

Jill Waterman

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4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Our guest on this week’s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast is physician and astrophotographer, Robert Gendler. The distinguished assignments, numerous international accolades, and five published books are an indication of the significance of the work of this self-described amateur. His mosaic of the Andromeda Galaxy has been used to create 3D IMAX films and is considered the largest image of a spiral galaxy ever taken.

With Gendler we discuss his craft and career. We talk of his early days creating deep sky images from a suburban driveway and how his process and gear has evolved over the years. We talk a bit about telescopes and binoculars and clarify some of the terminology used in astrophotography. We learn of important figures in the field and just how difficult space photography was in the pre-digital days.

Our conversation in the second half of the show focuses on Gendler’s recent work creating large mosaics of galaxies and nebulae, often from hundreds if not thousands of unique exposures. We get a sense of how the colors are determined and how he mines data from the Hubble Heritage Team and other the amateur and professional archives to create these beautiful images.

This episode of the B&H Photography Podcast was supported by Pelican.

Guest: Dr. Robert Gendler

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0:00.0	You're listening to the B&H Photography Podcast.
0:04.0	For over 40 years, B&H has been the professional source for photography, video, audio, and
0:08.9	more.
0:09.9	For your favorite gear, news, and reviews, visit us at bnh.com or download the B&H app to
0:15.4	your iPhone or Android device.
0:17.6	Now here's your host, Alan White.
0:20.2	Greetings and welcome to the B&H Photography Podcast.
0:23.4	Dr. Robert Gendler is a physician and an astrophotographer.
0:27.2	He specializes in images of deep sky objects with very long exposure times.
0:32.1	His photographs are regularly published in astronomy magazines including Sky and Telescope.
0:37.5	In September of 2005, astronomy magazines cited his mosaic of the Andromeda Galaxy as
0:44.3	an I quote, one of the most beautiful astronomical images of the past 30 years.
0:49.6	That's no small beans.
0:51.2	In 2007, he was awarded the Hubble Prize and in 2019, Robert received the Royal Photograph
0:57.6	is Society Award for Scientific Imaging.
1:01.3	His images have been used on postage stamps in England and Germany and he's the author
1:05.5	of five books including a year in the life of the universe from 2006 and 2015's Breakthrough.
1:13.5	100 astronomical images which change the world, which was selected as an outstanding academic
1:19.9	title by the American Library Association.
1:23.4	Robert, welcome to the B&H Photography Podcast.
1:27.6	Thank you.
1:28.6	Thank you.
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