About the Author

Who am I?

Hello! My name is Ulrich Beinert and I am the photographer who has produced the work on this website. Astronomy has fascinated me since I my early childhood. A book about astrophotography got me to start taking pictures of the objects I enjoyed watching at night. Though I am interested in bringing home "pretty pictures" from my expeditions, one of the main reasons I do astronomy is because I admire the beauty of the night sky. It is an extremely emotional experience, which I enjoy even without any telescope, just with my own two eyes.

Publications:

• August 6th 1999: Article about the upcoming total solar eclipse in the "Kronberger Bote"
• August to October 1999: Monthly column in the "Kronberger Bote" about the happenings in the night sky
• Late 2000: Cover image of "Magellan" 4/2000
• Spring 2001: First publication of the webcam images of ISS and Mir in Magellan 2/2001 (p.45)
• Spring 2001: Article about astrophotography with a webcam and a Meade ETX in "Interstellarum" 17 (April 2001) including images (p.48), webcam images of Mizar and the Trapezium (p.10)
• June 2001: Images of ISS in "Sky & Telescope" 6/01 (p.122)
• October 2001: Image of ISS in "Sky & Telescope" 10/01 (p.12)
• October 2001: Article about developing slide films (E-6) at home in "Interstellarum 19" (October 2002, p.64)
• December 2001: Webcam image of ISS (p. 29) in an article about satellite observing in "Short Wave Magazine" December 2001 (p.26)
• December 2001: Observation report of 25/26-September aurora in "Sterne & Weltraum" 12/01 (p. 1070)
• January 2001: Observation report of 21/22-October aurora in "Sterne & Weltraum" 1/01 (p.53)
• Winter 2001: Observation report of planet imaging session on 28-November 2001 in Magellan 1/02 (p.24) including color photos on p.8
• February 2002: Article about imaging the ISS with simple methods (webcam & hand-tracking) in "Interstellarum" 20 (February 2002, p.24)
• August 2002: Article about a home-built astronomy flashlight in "Interstellarum" 23 (August 2002, p. 68)
• Mid-2002: Webcam image of ISS (p.77) in "Celestial Objects for Modern Telescopes" by Michael Covington (Cambridge University Press)
• February 2003: Article about custom accessory cases in "Interstellarum" 26 (February 2003, p. 66)
• July 2003: 12 Photos (pp.9, 26, 94-95, 97, 99, 148, 160, 162, 221, 230, 271) in "Cambridge Encyclopedia of Amateur Astronomy" by Michael E. Bakich (Cambridge)
• January 2005: Photos of October 2004 lunar eclipse in "Interstellarum" 38 (p.6)
• May 2005: Photos of light pollution (p.31) and star party atmosphere (p.3 and p.33) in "Interstellarum" 40
• July 2005: Photo of Mars (in color section following p.114) in "Mars - A Tour of the Human Imagination" by Eric S. Rabkin (Praeger Publishers)
• September 2005: Photo of noctilucent clouds in "Interstellarum" 42 (p.7)
• Fall 2005: Cover photo of "Deep-Sky Reiseatlas" by Michael Feiler and Philip Noack (Oculum Verlag)
• November 2005: Photo of October 3rd solar eclipse in "Interstellarum" 43 (p.44)
• April 2007: Photo of the Ariane in the Space Park Bremen in "Astronomie Heute" 4/07
• May 2007: Photo of comet McNaught in "Interstellarum 51 (S. 44)
• May 2007: Photo of March 3rd/4th lunar eclipse in "Astronomie Heute" 5/07
• May 2007: Twilight photo as cover image of "Altimetry - Advanced" lecture notes of Lufthansa Flight Training
• since early 2007: bimonthly column in "Interstellarum"

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