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Making Beautiful Deep-Sky Images: Astrophotography with Affordable Equipment and Software

By Greg Parker (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York
Year
2007
ISBN
978-0-387-71352-6, 978-0-387-71353-3
DOI
10.1007/978-0-387-71353-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4732591 bytes)
Series
Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series
Edition
1
Pages
177\177
Time added
2013-10-20 05:25:02
Astrophysics and CosmologyPopular Science in Astronomy; Astronomy; Astronomy

Description

Amateur astronomers, using commercially available equipment, have taken some beautiful and awe-inspiring color photographs of deep-sky objects. But how? Professor Greg Parker's astronomical photographs are widely known for their excellence, and a selection of them has recently been shown as a public exhibition in the UK. In Making Beautiful Deep-Sky Images, he provides a detailed account of how spectacular deep-sky images can be taken by amateur astronomers using CCD cameras, and how they can subsequently be processed and enhanced in the "electronic darkroom" for maximum beauty and impact. You don't even have to own a big telescope. A range of telescopes and equipment is considered in detail, from Greg's 11-inch SCT down to lower-cost instruments. Quite simply, this is a "how to do it" book for people who want to make stunning astronomical pictures.

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