Publications

Books (click image to buy on Amazon)

Sketching the NGC Catalog – my story of visually observing all 7200+ objects and sketching 98% of them.

Don’t accept that galaxy is too dim or that comet is too low. Challenge yourself. Plus selected articles from newsletters, e-mags.

An overview of Citizen Science and what the amateurs should know to make their experience positive.

Anthology of astronomy articles appearing in several magazines and newsletters over the past six years. Amateur astronomers of every level and any (or no) equipment will find fresh takes on our hobby, including ideas to expand your observing and get more from the night sky.

Peer Reviewed Articles

“The high optical brightness of the BlueWalker 3 satellite“

[CO-AUTHOR] Nandakumar, S. et al.

Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06672-7 (2023)

“Brightness Characterization and Modeling for Amazon Leo Satellites“
Anthony Mallama, Richard E. Cole, Hui Zhi, Brad Young, Jay Respler, Olga Zamora and Michelle Dadighat

Arvix: https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.07708

Astronomical Telegrams

“NuSTAR hard X-ray detection and optical observations of Nova Scorpii 2023”

ATel 10618, 27 April 2023, co-author

Magazine Articles

“Megaconstellation Satellites: Practical Ways Amateurs Can Help” Reflector March 2022, p.25

Effect of upgrades to Starlink Generation 2 satellites on visual brightness; The Space Review Aug 7 2023 (with Jay Respler co-author)

SpaceX has been working to reduce the brightness of its Starlink satellites to mitigate their effect on astronomers, but how effective has that effort been? Brad Young and Jay Respler discuss observations of newer Starlink satellites to see how those larger spacecraft compare to smaller versions.

White Papers

“Tracking and Identifying Anonymous ISON Satellites“

Newsletter Articles – see Recent Published Articles page