[ASA] "Route de la Belle Etoile (Route of the Beautiful Star)" photobook and Kickstarter campaign

[Moss, Vanessa (S&A, Marsfield)]

Dear all,

Please find below information about a photobook produced by photographer Dan Homer which explores the contributions of amateur astronomers to professional astronomy, and also highlights the work of Australian contributors including previous winners of the ASA Berenice and Arthur Page Medal. You can read an article outlining the background and context of the photobook attached to this email.

A Kickstarter campaign is currently running till early March to fund the production of the book, and more information can be found here:
https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/1LoMC5QPXJiMm8P5rSzkpSS?domain=kickstarter.com

Any questions about the book or the campaign can be directed to Dan, who is cc:ed on this email.

Thanks,
Vanessa
ASA Media & Outreach Coordinator

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The first photobook exploring global collaborations between amateur and professional astronomers

Shot across four continents, Route de la Belle Etoile (Route of the Beautiful Star) is the first photobook to document the world of amateur astronomers who have an outsized impact on professional astronomical research.

Over five years, British photographer Daniel Stephen Homer traced this tangled web of collaborators, following small threads of amateur science – quite literally across the planet – Including recipients of The Berenice and Arthur Page Medal.

Blending the domestic and the scientific, the Mundane and the cosmic, the final work is a sometimes-surreal journey into the world of astronomical citizen science.

Dan is currently running a month-long crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, where you can pre-order the book: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/1LoMC5QPXJiMm8P5rSzkpSS?domain=kickstarter.com

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