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Nationality
  
British

Name
  
Nik Szymanek

Role
  
Astronomer


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Books
  
Infinity Rising: A Personal View of the Universe

Astro Image Processing - Deep Sky Videos


Nicholas Szymanek, better known as Nik Szymanek, is a British amateur astronomer and prolific astrophotographer, based in Essex, England.

Nik Szymanek Nik Szymanek North Essex Astronomical Society

Originally a train driver in the London underground, he started to be interested in astronomical CCD imaging shortly before 1991. His interest in this kind of observational astronomy rose in 1991, after he met Ian King, another amateur astronomer and a fellow from the local Havering Astronomical Society.

Nik Szymanek Photographing the Night Sky with Nik Szymanek Kim Rix

Since that time he got most known for his deep sky CCD images and his contributions to education and public outreach. He collaborates with professional astronomers and works with big telescopes located at La Palma in the Canary Islands, and at Mauna Kea Observatories at the Hawaiian Islands. He publishes his pictures in astronomical magazines and has written a book on astrophotography called Infinity Rising.

Nik Szymanek Nik Szymanek North Essex Astronomical Society

His imaging and image-processing abilities brought him the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific in 2004.

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References

Nik Szymanek Wikipedia


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