How to Photograph the Moon and Planets with Your Digital Camera

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front cover How to Photograph the Moon and Planets with Your Digital Camera Notes on the Second Edition Foreword to First Edition Preface to the First Edition About the Authors Acknowledgements to the First Edition Contents Chapter ONE: Introduction Getting Started What Is Possible? Chapter TWO: Choosing Your Equipment Useful Camera Functions Selection of Image Quality Shutter Delay or Self-Timer Flash Monitor or Rear Viewing Screen Spot-Metering Manual Exposure Compensation Zoom Panorama Batteries Picture Storage and Retrieval Choosing a Telescope Warning ! The Magic Ingredient Chapter Three: Setting Up Attaching the Camera Focus Direct Bracketing Screen Focus Other Factors General Computer Color Targets The Moon The Sun The Planets Other Objects Chapter four: Photographing the Phases of the Moon The Moon’s Appearance in Our Sky The Phases of the Moon New Moon Waxing Crescent First Quarter Waxing Gibbous Full Moon Lunar Eclipse Waning Gibbous Last Quarter Waning Crescent Chapter Five: Identifying Regions of the Moon Mare Serenitatis Region Mare Frigoris Region Mare Tranquillitatis Region Northeast Region Mare Imbrium Region Plato Region Oceanus Procellarum Northwest Region Mare Nubium Region Southern Moon: Tycho Region Mare Humorum and South Oceanus Procellarum Southwest Region Southeast Central Region Central Southern Region Maria Fecunditatis and Nectaris Southeast Region Chapter six: Techniques for Photographing the Moon Chapter seven: Photographing Lunar Events Lunar Eclipse Earthshine Transient Lunar Phenomena (TLPs) A Chance Sighting? And Finally for the Moon… Chapter Eight: Processing Lunar Images Examples of Processing Example One: Crescent Moon, May 28, 2009, Full Disc Example Two: Close Up of First Quarter, April 2, 2009 Example Three: Daylight Robbery on April 12, 2008 Composing Mosaics Conclusion Chapter nine: Solar System Moons Jupiter’s Moons Saturn’s Moons Chapter ten: Photographing the Planets Equipment Jupiter Processing a Movie Combining Single Images Saturn Processing a Movie Combining Single Images Venus Mercury Mars Chapter eleven: The Sun Sunspots Eclipses of the Sun Narrowband Solar Photography The Coronado PST Solar Photography Starting Simple Choosing a Camera Sony Cybershot P72 Samsung Digimax D103 Kodak Easyshare Z1275 Mounting Options Post Processing Image Processing Software The Overall Process Example Session Sony Cybershot Samsung Digimax Kodak Easyshare Close-Ups Disc Features Filaments PST CaK Chapter TWELVE: Transits Mercury Venus Chapter THIRTEEN: And What Else? Stars Constellations Seeing Double Nebulae Comets Chapter FOURTEEN: A Few Final Words Remember These Tips Next Steps Appendix Binoculars Helpful References For Further Progress Glossary Index