OK, time to toot my own horn: my second-ever freelance article has just been published in the January issue of Sky & Telescope, and it's titled "Spacecraft Imaging for Amateurs." It is printed near the back, on page 76. It names names! Mentioned by name in the article are a few people known well here at UMSF:

Michael Howard
Ted Stryk
Mattias Malmer
Jim Bell (an Honorary Amateur?)
Jan van Driel
Tayfun Oner
Marco Di Lorenzo
Astro0
John Spencer (another Honorary Amateur?)
Richard Hendricks

And unmannedspaceflight.com is mentioned numerous times. However I am forced to admit here that while the folks listed above received a few printed letters' worth of fame, I never did mention Doug in the article. So I'm doing it here: Thank you, Doug, for establishing the place that has fermented such a rich brew of amateurs and academics producing marvelous images from our loyal robot emissaries!

Here's the web supplement to the issue. Hope you guys enjoy it!

--Emily

I always wondered what the hell we were doing... BREWING. That's it

Thanks Emily for giving all of us that sense of notoriety that we obviously all love to get (ha, ha)

Seriously, we thank you as well as Doug for making UMSF the best space place ever! for armchair explorers.

Thanks Emily for extended my 15 minutes of fame an additional full minute!

Just received my complimentary copy of S&T today. Very nice article Emily.
Wish that the reproduction of my image was a bit better, but ney, at least it's credited correctly.

Thanks for a great article and for the full credit that you have given us.
Also, the plug for UMSF is great. Maybe we'll get a few new 'armchair explorers' out of it

I feel like a heathen for asking, but anyone know if the Jan S&T hit the shelves yet in the US? Haven't been near a magazine rack for a few weeks..

FWIW I checked at a local bookstore tonight and they didn't have January yet.

Ah. Thanks, Mike. Should hit the stands pretty soon, though.

January issue is now on the news stands (if it wasn't before). I picked up my copy, and it's a great article. (And I'm not just saying that because my name is mentioned. It's a cool overview of the advances in amateur image processing.)

Nice i will need to get a copy .This site ,and a few other, are a great help in learning how to work with the images

Thanks for the heads-up, Mike. I checked Fri & the local Barnes & Noble didn't have it yet; will pick one up tomorrow!

...and finally found a copy!!! Excellent article, Emily, and mad props to all the UMSF imagewizards who got much-deserved recognition in the journal of record for amateur astronomy!

The article is now available for download as a PDF:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/81544647.html

Enjoy!

Absolutely great Emily because in France I was unable to have this magazine.
Thanks for your work

I think you forget to mention me in your post nevermind…

Indeed, thanks for pointing this out Emily... It makes us wonder what those "amateurs" will be able to produce once space telescopes and 40meter class ground observatories really start to directly image Exoplanets