Breakthrough!: 100 Astronomical Images That Changed the World
暫譯: 突破！：100 張改變世界的天文影像

這本由兩位著名天文攝影師所撰寫的獨特著作，揭示了100幅歷史上最重要的天文影像背後的科學與歷史。作者精心挑選了這些影像，涵蓋了不同的時代與技術，旨在向讀者呈現與現代天文歷史各個時期最相關的攝影作品。根據當前的科學證據，我們對地球和宇宙的形成有了基本的認識。通往這一知識的道路是由175年來透過兩項革命性技術——相機和望遠鏡——所獲得的天文影像鋪成的。人類以其智慧和決心迅速接受這些技術，講述宇宙的故事並揭開其奧秘。本書以圖片和文字呈現了我們理解宇宙的攝影年表。從最初嘗試拍攝月球、行星和恆星的萌芽階段，到記錄宇宙中超出人類視覺範圍能量的軌道觀測站的奇觀，天文學家始終依賴影像來突破理解的下一個層次。這些突破性影像中的一部分在記錄現代天文學的一些重大里程碑方面具有深遠的意義。

Robert Gendler is a physician who began doing CCD astrophotography in the early 1990s. He spent his first decade imaging from his home using a portable setup. With advances in Internet accessibility and worsening light pollution at home, Gendler began imaging remotely in 2005 from observatories in the southwestern United States and later in Australia. Gendler now spends much of his time mining professional astronomical archives and assembling unique composite images from a wide variety of data sources, including the Hubble Space Telescope, Japan's 8.2 meter Subaru Telescope, and various ground-based professional and amateur systems.

Gendler has published four books on astrophotography including A Year in the Life of the Universe (Voyageur Press, 2006), Capturing the Stars: Astrophotography by the Masters (Voyageur Press, 2009), Treasures of the Southern Sky (Springer, 2011) and most recently Lessons from the Masters: Current Concepts in Astronomical Image Processing (Springer, 2013).

In 2008, he was featured in the PBS documentary Seeing in the Dark by Timothy Ferris, who referred to Gendler as "one of the great astrophotographers in all of history." Gendler's images have been featured in two national stamp series (United Kingdom 2007, Germany 2011). In 2007 he was the recipient of the "Hubble Award" at AIC. His images have been featured by the NASA site "Astronomy Picture of the Day" over 10

R. Jay GaBany, by profession, is an eCommerce product manager working in California and the recipient of five patents for innovations in his field. Over the last decade he has earned a reputation as an elite astrophotographer. His work has been highly recognized internationally. He has also distinguished himself by his collaborations with professional astronomers such as his work with Dr. David Martinez-Delgado on tidal streams produced by galaxy mergers.

GaBany has coauthored several significant scientific papers on the subject. For his contributions at the professional level he was given the Chambliss Award by the American Astronomical Society.

Among his many other accomplishments GaBany's image of NGC 3521 was selected as the backdrop for the official crew portrait of Expedition 30 to the International Space Station. Incredibly, in 2012, he was selected by Time magazine" as one of "The 25 Most Influential

People in Space."

Pertinent to this book GaBany has written numerous articles, blogs, and reviews for a variety of popular astronomy magazines such as Sky & Telescope, Universe Today, and Astronomy Now.

羅伯特·根德勒是一位醫生，於1990年代初開始從事CCD天文攝影。他的第一個十年是在家中使用便攜式設備進行拍攝。隨著網際網路的可及性提高和家中光污染的加劇，根德勒於2005年開始從美國西南部的天文台進行遠程拍攝，後來又在澳大利亞進行拍攝。根德勒現在花費大量時間挖掘專業天文檔案，並從各種數據來源組合獨特的合成圖像，包括哈勃太空望遠鏡、日本的8.2米 Subaru 望遠鏡，以及各種地面專業和業餘系統。

根德勒已出版四本有關天文攝影的書籍，包括《宇宙中的一年》（Voyageur Press, 2006）、《捕捉星星：大師的天文攝影》（Voyageur Press, 2009）、《南天的珍寶》（Springer, 2011）以及最近的《大師的課程：天文圖像處理的當前概念》（Springer, 2013）。

在2008年，他在PBS紀錄片《黑暗中的視覺》中亮相，該片由提摩西·費里斯製作，費里斯稱根德勒為「歷史上偉大的天文攝影師之一」。根德勒的圖像曾出現在兩個國家郵票系列中（英國2007年，德國2011年）。在2007年，他獲得了AIC的「哈勃獎」。他的圖像在NASA的「今日天文圖片」網站上展示超過100次。這項工作使他獲得國際認可，並促成了與NASA哈勃遺產團隊在兩個哈勃太空望遠鏡項目上的專業合作（2013年2月的M106和2015年2月的M31）。

R. Jay GaBany是一名電子商務產品經理，工作於加利福尼亞州，並在其領域獲得五項專利。過去十年，他在天文攝影界建立了精英的聲譽。他的作品在國際上受到高度認可。他還因與專業天文學家的合作而脫穎而出，例如與大衛·馬丁內斯-德爾加多博士合作研究由星系合併產生的潮汐流。

GaBany在該主題上共同撰寫了幾篇重要的科學論文。因其在專業層面的貢獻，他獲得了美國天文學會的Chambliss獎。

在他眾多成就中，GaBany拍攝的NGC 3521圖像被選為國際空間站第30次探險隊官方船員肖像的背景。令人難以置信的是，在2012年，他被《時代》雜誌選為「太空中25位最具影響力的人物」之一。

與本書相關的是，GaBany為多本流行天文雜誌撰寫了大量文章、部落格和評論，如《天空與望遠鏡》、《今日宇宙》和《當前天文》。