I've been contacted by Sky & Telescope magazine a couple of times about publishing my images. They actually are publishing an image I processed (although I collaborated on it with another individual who acquired the data) in the May edition that should be hitting shelves soon. That is an image of Trifid Nebula.
I was just contacted again with a request to use my Snake Nebula image in their July 2016 publication:
This image is 100% my own, I acquired the data last summer and processed it last summer. This image is of a part of our galaxy, where the dark dust that makes up part of the "dark river" spreads out over the golden starfield near the core region of the Milky Way.
Anyway. It's exciting to be published, especially after having only been doing astrophotography for such a short amount of time. For those interested in space, astronomy and astrophotography, keep an eye out for the July publication. I am not certain what article it will be, very interested in reading it. There is always the chance they may bounce me in favor of another image if they find one more appropriate, although I don't think that will happen.
I was just contacted again with a request to use my Snake Nebula image in their July 2016 publication:
This image is 100% my own, I acquired the data last summer and processed it last summer. This image is of a part of our galaxy, where the dark dust that makes up part of the "dark river" spreads out over the golden starfield near the core region of the Milky Way.
Anyway. It's exciting to be published, especially after having only been doing astrophotography for such a short amount of time. For those interested in space, astronomy and astrophotography, keep an eye out for the July publication. I am not certain what article it will be, very interested in reading it. There is always the chance they may bounce me in favor of another image if they find one more appropriate, although I don't think that will happen.
Once I get my taxes filed and am able to recover, I do need to drop about $5800 on a new CCD camera and a bunch of narrow band filters, though.
They don't pay much for images these days. I could by a few lunches, that's about it. I guess if you got published all the time with full page spreads, you might be able to make a little extra money on the side...but I don't think anyone gets wealthy being published. It's just an exposure thing...lot of people will see the image, hopefully some percentage of that will convert to searches for my name, and maybe some small percentage of that may convert into print sales or something.
