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Contact information
e-mail
chris@cookphoto.com
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website
http://www.cookphoto.com
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Locator Map
http://www.frappr.com/apppublic
Level of accuracy: Cape Cod region, MA, USA
Background
I
have been photographing the night sky and environs for over 18 years. I
have been fortunate enough to have my images published in local, national
and international publications, a music CD cover, corporate brochures and
annual reports. Image awards include the 1995 Texas Star Party "Best Deep
Sky Photograph", the 1989 NCRAL astrophotography contest,
Astronomy
magazine's "Best Astrophoto Award", and a finalist in
LIFE
magazine's "1999 Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards For Magazine Photography". I
currently live with my wife Jennifer on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. My
images are represented by Photo Researchers, Inc. stock agency, the world
leader in space & scientific photography.
Areas of interest
Deep-sky & aurora photography along
with lunar & planetary webcam imaging. I also enjoy fine-art landscape as
well as portraiture and wedding photography.
Astrophotography publications
magazines
Sky &
Telescope (US),
Astronomy (US), Night Sky (US), Sky &
Space (Australia),
Astronomy Now (UK), Coelum (Italy) GEO (Germany), Stars &
Universe (South Korea),
Aktuel
Astronomi (Denmark)
newspapers
The
Orange County Register:
Orange County, California.
The
Cape Cod
Voice:
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Books
Explorations,
a
text by Thomas T. Arny Ph.D.
Peterson's
Field Guide to the Stars and Planets, 4th Edition
by Jay M. Pasachoff
Astronomy - A
Visual Guide
by Mark A. Garlick
Practical
Astronomy
by Storm Dunlop
Deep Sky
Observer's Guide
by Neil Bone
Television
WHDH Channel
7 NBC
- Boston, Massachusetts
WIFR Channel 23 CBS
- Rockford, Illinois
Corporate Brochures & Annual Reports
PDI, Inc. -
2000 Annual Report
- Saddle River, New Jersey
PDI, Inc. -
Medical Devices & Diagnostics sales brochure
- Saddle River, New Jersey
Online Publications
"StarTales"
a publication of Lowell Observatory - Flagstaff, Arizona
NASA's
"Astronomy Picture Of The
Day"
for July 2 & August 20, 2003
NASA's
"Spaceweather.com"
site for June 27, 2003, April 28, 2004 &
April 30,
2004
NASA's
"Lunar Photo of the Day"
for
October 21,
2004
Image gallery -
"SPACE.COM"
for June 2004 & November 2004
Observing site
Home
My home on Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Remote Sites
Sites near Desert Center, California; Anza-Borrego Desert State Park,
California
Tierra del Sol, California; Mt. Laguna, California; Palomar Mountain,
California
OCA Anza Site, California; Mt. Pinos, California; Sunglow Ranch, Arizona
Astronomical Equipment
Telescopes
Takahashi FS102 - 102mm f/8 fluorite
APO refractor
TeleVue TV102 - 102mm f/8.6 APO refractor
Celestron 8" f/10 Schmidt Cassegrain
and several others
Mount
Losmandy G11
equatorial mount
Film Equipment
Nikon
FTn, F2A, F3 and F3HP 35mm format camera bodies
several Nikkor lenses
Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 Ai fisheye
Hasselblad 500C medium format camera body with
50mm f/4 Zeiss Distagon, 80mm f/2.8 Zeiss Planar and 150mm f/4 Zeiss
Sonnar lenses
Digital/CCD cameras
Nikon
Coolpix 800 digital camera
Philips ToUCam Pro webcam
(SBIG) ST-4 autoguider
Computers & Software
3.0GHz Pentium 4 HT with 2.0GB RAM - desktop
2.66GHz Pentium 4 with 512MB RAM - notebook
350MHz Pentium II MMX with 320MB RAM - desktop
Adobe Photoshop CS, Registax 2.1.1
VueScan 7.6.18, Pleadies Software SGBNR & PixInsight LE 1.0.1.141,
Dight Light & Color Picture Window Pro 2.5, Registar 1.06
ACTIVITY
Active Professional Photographer - Owner and President of Chris Cook
Photography
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