Making Beautiful Deep-Sky Images: Astrophotography with Affordable Equipment and Software
Author:   Greg Parker
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2nd ed. 2017
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9783319463155


Pages:   189
Publication Date:   04 November 2016
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Greg Parker
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2nd ed. 2017
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   3.539kg
ISBN:  

9783319463155


ISBN 10:   3319463152
Pages:   189
Publication Date:   04 November 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

How did I start?.- The Beginning – and a Serious Health Warning!.- Assembling your Imaging System.- Computational Considerations – Data Acquisition and Image Processing.- A Permanent Setup.- First Light – Choosing your Objects.- First Light – your First Objects.- Wide-Field Imaging with a Short Focal Length Refractor.- Hyperstar III Imaging.- Parallel Imaging with an Array.- Fundamentals of Image Processing.- Processing Professional Data.- The Deep-Sky Images.- Differentiating your Work.- Your Largest Resource.- Book Recommendations.- Appendix 1.- Appendix 2.- Physics World Article.- Greg Parker.- Postscript to the 2nd Edition.-  Index.

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This book doubles as a technical guide to deep sky astrophotography for intermediate or advanced astrophotography enthusiasts but also as an inspirational guide to show what can be achieved with enough time and effort. ... And `Making Beautiful Deep-Sky Images' might just provide you with the inspiration to do so together with the skills you'd need to start taking amazing photos of some of the most beautiful astronomical objects. (AstroMadness.com, August, 2017)


The writing is very clear, offering many tips and techniques. ... This book will be a valuable reference to anyone wishing to get started in this fascinating hobby. (Computing Reviews, November, 2017) This book doubles as a technical guide to deep sky astrophotography for intermediate or advanced astrophotography enthusiasts but also as an inspirational guide to show what can be achieved with enough time and effort. ... And `Making Beautiful Deep-Sky Images' might just provide you with the inspiration to do so together with the skills you'd need to start taking amazing photos of some of the most beautiful astronomical objects. (AstroMadness.com, August, 2017)


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Professor Greg Parker was Head of the Nanoscale Systems Integration Group at Southampton University in southern England until his recent retirement. His deep-sky astronomical images have been published in Astronomy Now and Sky at Night magazines. He is the author of Introductory Semiconductor Device Physics (IOP, ISBN 0750310219), and has written many scientific papers and articles, mostly in the area of photonics and optoelectronics, as well as a chapter (Guided-wave Optical Communications: Materials) in Elsevier’s Encyclopaedia of Materials: Science & Technology.

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