Rogelio Bernal Andreo

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Rogelio Bernal Andreo
Orion Head to Toe.jpg
Andreo's photograph of the Orion constellation
Born (1969-01-09) 9 January 1969 (age 55)
Murcia, Spain
NationalitySpanish-American
Education Harvard University
Wentworth Institute of Technology, (BSc 1995)
Known for Astrophotography
Spouse
Ariana Fu
(m. 1998;died 2021)
Website deepskycolors.com

Rogelio Bernal Andreo (born 9 January 1969) is a Spanish-American astrophotographer. He is known for his photographs of deep sky objects. His work has been recognized by NASA as a regular contributor to their Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) [1] 80 times. Andreo's photography has been published in international magazines and periodicals, as well as television networks including the BBC, National Geographic, and the Discovery Channel series Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking .

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Personal background

Rogelio Bernal Andreo was born on 9 January 1969, in Murcia, Spain. When he was 20 years old, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts. In 1995, he earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from Harvard University and the Wentworth Institute of Technology.[ citation needed ] He has two children.

Professional background

After earning his bachelor's degree, Andreo moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he worked for Netscape Communications and eBay as lead software engineer. [2] In 2008, he started exploring astrophotography as a hobby and developed a personal style defined by deep wide field images that has led to international recognition and a meaningful influence on the discipline. [3] His work has included using post-processing techniques not very common at the time of their introduction, [3] and he has written of his use of multi-scale processing techniques. [4] [5]

Andreo's work has appeared on NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day, in addition to publications such as Astronomy Magazine, Ciel et Espace, Sky and Telescope, National Geographic, as well as television networks such as the BBC, National Geographic, and the Discovery Channel series Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking. [6] Two of his Orion wide field images were used in the Orion's flyby scene for the Hubble 3D motion picture. [6] [7] Rogelio's work was also used in the Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey series. [8]

His image, Orion, from Head to Toes was selected by Discover Magazine's Bad Astronomy, as the best astronomy picture of 2010. It was the first time this award was given to an amateur astronomer. [6] [9]

Honors and awards

Selected works

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Taurus (constellation)</span> Zodiac constellation straddling the celestial equator

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Orion (constellation)</span> Constellation straddling the celestial equator

Orion is a prominent set of stars visible during winter in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is one of the 88 modern constellations; it was among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy. It is named after a hunter in Greek mythology.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Orion Nebula</span> Diffuse nebula in the constellation Orion

The Orion Nebula is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion,[b] and is known as the middle "star" in the "sword" of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky with an apparent magnitude of 4.0. It is 1,344 ± 20 light-years (412.1 ± 6.1 pc) away and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. The M42 nebula is estimated to be 24 light-years across. It has a mass of about 2,000 times that of the Sun. Older texts frequently refer to the Orion Nebula as the Great Nebula in Orion or the Great Orion Nebula.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tarantula Nebula</span> H II region in the constellation Dorado

The Tarantula Nebula is a large H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), forming its south-east corner.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eagle Nebula</span> Open cluster in the constellation Serpens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Horsehead Nebula</span> Dark nebula in the constellation Orion

The Horsehead Nebula is a small dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of Alnitak, the easternmost star of Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion molecular cloud complex. It appears within the southern region of the dense dust cloud known as Lynds 1630, along the edge of the much larger, active star-forming H II region called IC 434.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">VISTA (telescope)</span>

The VISTA is a wide-field reflecting telescope with a 4.1 metre mirror, located at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. It is operated by the European Southern Observatory and started science operations in December 2009. VISTA was conceived and developed by a consortium of universities in the United Kingdom led by Queen Mary University of London and became an in-kind contribution to ESO as part of the UK's accession agreement, with the subscription paid by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Astronomy Picture of the Day</span> NASA and MTU website

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Messier 78</span> Reflection nebula in the constellation of Orion

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 5189</span> Planetary nebula in the constellation Musca

NGC 5189 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Musca. It was discovered by James Dunlop on 1 July 1826, who catalogued it as Δ252. For many years, well into the 1960s, it was thought to be a bright emission nebula. It was Karl Gordon Henize in 1967 who first described NGC 5189 as quasi-planetary based on its spectral emissions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 6751</span> Planetary nebula in the constellation Aquila

NGC 6751, also known as the Glowing Eye Nebula, is a planetary nebula in the constellation Aquila. It is estimated to be about 6,500 light-years away.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 3532</span> Open cluster in the constellation Carina

NGC 3532, also commonly known as the Pincushion Cluster, Football Cluster, the Black Arrow Cluster, or the Wishing Well Cluster, is an open cluster some 405 parsecs from Earth in the constellation Carina. Its population of approximately 150 stars of 7th magnitude or fainter includes seven red giants and seven white dwarfs. On 20 May 1990 it became the first target ever observed by the Hubble Space Telescope. A line from Beta Crucis through Delta Crucis passes somewhat to the north of NGC 3532. The cluster lies between the constellation Crux and the larger but fainter "False Cross" asterism. The 4th-magnitude Cepheid variable star x Carinae appears near the southeast fringes, but it lies between the Sun and the cluster and is not a member of the cluster.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Flame Nebula</span> Emission nebula in the constellation Orion

The Flame Nebula, designated as NGC 2024 and Sh2-277, is an emission nebula in the constellation Orion. It is about 1350 light-years away. At that distance, the Flame Nebula lies within the Orion B cloud of the larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 2174</span> Emission nebula in the constellation Orion

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 1893</span> Open cluster in the constellation Auriga

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Puckett Observatory</span> Private observatory in Georgia, US

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Abell 36</span> Planetary nebula in the constellation Virgo

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Astronomy Photographer of the Year</span> Prize competition

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