B a c k y a r d e r s #8 Dr. David Malin: Humanity and Light B a c k y a r d e r s

Dr. David Malin showed the world the true colour of starlight.
Hear him speak about the experience of developing the techniques that made photographs of deep sky objects accessible to the world.

Special foreword provided by Robert Nemiroff, NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: apod.nasa.gov/apod

Some of Dr. Malin's contributions:
Sitting at Prime Focus in the AAO: https://www.portrait.gov.au/portraits/2005.118/self-portrait
AAO Image Archive: https://images.datacentral.org.au/
Dr. Malin's website: https://www.davidmalin.com/dfm/general/malin.html
Malin 1 (largest known spiral) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malin_1
David Malin Awards: https://www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au/news_events/astrofest/awards/

Backing audio:
Ambient 1 - Ollie's Astro
( a fellow astrophotographer! - find him on Instagram @olliesastro )
End audio:
Space Walk - Ketsa
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