Background
Rogelio Bernal Andreo was born on 9 January 1969, in Murcia, Spain.
Rogelio Bernal Andreo was born on 9 January 1969, in Murcia, Spain.
He is known for his photographs of deep sky objects. His work has been recognized by National Aeronautics and Space Administration as their Picture of the Day. Andreo"s photography has been published in international magazines and periodicals, as well as television networks including the British Broadcasting Corporation, National Geographic, and the Discovery Channel series Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking.
When he was 20 years old, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts.
In 1995, he earn a Bachelor"s degree in computer science from Harvard University and the Wentworth Institute of Technology. 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
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. His work has included using post-processing techniques not very common at the time of their introduction, and he has written of his use of multi-scale processing techniques.
Andreo"s work has appeared on National Aeronautics and Space Administration"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 British Broadcasting Corporation, National Geographic, and the Discovery Channel series Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking.
Two of his Orion wide field images were used in the Orion"s flyby scene for the Hubble 3D motion picture. Rogelio"s work was also used in the Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey series. His image, "Orion, from Head to Toes" was selected by Discover Magazine"s Bad Astronomy, as the best astronomy picture of 2010.
lieutenant was the first time this award was given to an amateur astronomer.
2009: Astronomy Magazine – Deep Sky category in the astroimaging contest (Winner) 2010: Advanced Imaging Conference Board of Directors – (Pleiades Award Winner) 2010: Discover Magazine"s Bad Astronomy – The Top Astronomy Picture of 2010 (Winner) 2010: Royal Observatory Greenwich – Astronomy Photographer of the Year, Deep Space category (Winner) 2011: Royal Observatory Greenwich – Astronomy Photographer of the Year, Deep Space category (Highly Commended) 2011: Astronomical Association of Northern California – Outstanding contribution to Amateur Astronomy (Winner) 2011: SBIG"s Hall of Fame – Foreign excellence in astronomical imaging (Winner) 2012: Royal Observatory Greenwich – Astronomy Photographer of the Year, Deep Space category (Runner-up) 2013: Royal Observatory Greenwich – Astronomy Photographer of the Year, Deep Space category (Shortlisted) 2014: Royal Observatory Greenwich – Astronomy Photographer of the Year, Deep Space category (Highly Commended).