Author: sgolson

This photograph was made by aiming the camera at Polaris, the pole star. The earth’s axis of rotation points toward one spot in space, and in a time exposure photograph all the stars seem to revolve around that one point. Notice that Polaris is not exactly centered on the celestial pole but makes a tiny…

In 1984 I came across an advertisement in Sky and Telescope magazine for Winter Solstice Greeting Cards, published by Educational Greeting Cards of Urbana, Illinois. There were six different cover designs with scientific and historical themes. These were wonderful cards, and I thought they captured the holiday spirit in a beautiful non-religious fashion. Plus the astrophotographs used…