Ralf Vandebergh
Illustration — Portrait of Vandebergh Ralf Vandebergh (born 1976) is a Dutch astronomer, professional photographer and veteran satellite spotter from Nijswiller. He is known for photographing the Sun, Moon, planets, satellites, NASA Space Shuttles, and the International Space Station from Earth using a telescope-mounted camera.
Ralf Vandebergh
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- 1976 · Nijswiller.
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- Kingdom of the Netherlands
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- astronomer · photographer
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Illustration — Portrait of Vandebergh Ralf Vandebergh (born 1976) is a Dutch astronomer, professional photographer and veteran satellite spotter from Nijswiller. He is known for photographing the Sun, Moon, planets, satellites, NASA Space Shuttles, and the International Space Station from Earth using a telescope-mounted camera.
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His work is widely published in the media. On 10 April 2009, NASA featured one of his images as its "Astronomy Picture of the Day". An October 2011 image he took of the 2.6 ST defunct German telescope ROSAT was published by various media outlets, including the Washington Post, The New York Times, and Fox News. In 2011, Vandebergh captured images of the Russian interplanetary probe Fobos-Grunt, which became stuck in low Earth orbit after communications failure.
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Ralf Vandebergh born at Nijswiller.
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• Illustration — The International Space Station photographed by Vandebergh: "The image shows not only the ISS with very special lighting angle but also it shows activity around the ISS which is often the case. You see the Japanese Cargo Ship HTV-1 in its demonstration flight shortly before docking and just a few hundred meters below the ISS." • Illustration — One of the last images of the ROSAT spacecraft before reentry.
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- 1.Wall, Mike. Skywatcher snaps photos of stranded Russian Mars probe. NBC News. 30 November 2011.
- 2.Malik, Tariq. Skywatcher Photos Show Last Days of Falling German Satellite. Space.com. 21 October 2011.
- 3.Atkinson, Nancy. Ralf Vandebergh's detail of an image he took on March 21, 2009 showing astronauts working outside the ISS. Universe Today. 10 December 2009.
- 4.ISS and Astronaut. 10 April 2009.
- 5.Wolchover, Natalie. What Are the Odds You'll Get Struck by the Falling ROSAT Satellite?. Fox News. 20 October 2011.
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