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Celestial bodies

How Scottsdale astrophotographer captures the night sky

Kenneth Naiff combines science with art

Reading books and watching videos about the night sky 20 years ago, Scottsdale resident Kenneth Naiff considered himself to be an “armchair astronomer.”

Today, Naiff is an accomplished astrophotographer, producing stunning images of celestial nebulae, galaxies and spacescapes, each of which can take up to a year to create. His work has been featured in the Astronomy Magazine’s “50 Greatest Cosmic Scenes of Our Time.”

His journey with astrophotography began with a camera and a telescope and a general interest in long-exposure photography which has led to nearly two decades of capturing celestial bodies.

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