ALCON 2009 will include speakers on diverse astronomical subjects and there will be a special schedule of Astrophotography talks. Please check back for updates on our list of speakers.
Phil Harrington: Phil is a contributing editor for Astronomy magazine, where he writes the monthly Phil Harrington's Binocular Universe as well as frequently reviews telescopes, binoculars, and other astronomical equipment. Phil has also written a quarterly on-line column on Astronomy.com entitled Phil Harrington's Challenge Objects, monthly columns highlighting monthly deep-sky objects on AstronomyDaily.com, as well as for Deep Sky and Sky & Telescope magazines.
Jim Burnell: telescope maker and co-author of The Handbook of Astronomical Image Processing and the Astronomical Image Processing for Windows software package.
Steve Walters: author of CCDNavigator, has been imaging the night sky since 1980 with film and CCD cameras. Steve is past-President of S*T*A*R Astronomy in NJ and taught Astronomy at Brookdale Community College. He holds a PhD in EE from Virginia Tech, is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Telcordia Fellow, and a Vietnam Veteran (USAF). Steve provided the confirmation image of supernova 2008cy for the Puckett Observatory SuperNova Search Team.
