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The Age of the Specialist in Astronomical Photography

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The age of specialisation has arrived in astronomical photography. While this has long been happening, it is now more-or-less complete, with most of the world’s large observatories which use photography offering it as an in-house service rather than a visitor facility.

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  1. Karl-Schwarzschild-Observatorium, Zentralinstitut fĂĽr Astrophysik der Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, DDR-6901, Tautenburg, Deutschland

    Siegfried Marx

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Malin, D. (1988). The Age of the Specialist in Astronomical Photography. In: Marx, S. (eds) Astrophotography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83268-0_1

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