Australian Sky & Telescope

Rick Stevenson

Rick Stevenson is a Brisbane-based astrophotographer who, like many others, got into astronomy as a child and then lost interest for a while before returning to the hobby. Having been through the end of the film era, he now images the sky with a variety of CCD and CMOS cameras.

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