Thursday, June 11, 2009

Artist's talk with David Malin: 2.00pm Sunday 14 June

In the world of astronomical photography David Malin is a pioneer.

On Sunday 14 June at 2.00pm in conjunction with MGA's current exhibition Beyond visibility : light and dust, co-curator and photographic scientist-astronomer David Malin will discuss the ideas of Galileo along with his own discoveries in astronomical photography.

Malin's photographs are some of the finest wide-field astronomy pictures made with professional telescopes anywhere in the world and capture the true colours of distant stars, galaxies and nebulae using innovative photographic techniques.

Join us for this unique opportunity. Bookings are essentail ph 9562 1569
Costs $10 general public
$5 Friends of MGA

David Malin has been involved in scientific imaging all his working life. He has published over 120 scientific papers and a similar number of popular articles on astronomy and photography, as well as seven books.

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