Making Beautiful Deep-Sky Images
Astrophotography with Affordable Equipment and Software
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book is based around the author's beautiful and sometimes awe-inspiring color images and mosaics of deep-sky objects. The book describes how similar "Hubble class" images can be created by amateur astronomers in their back garden.
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This book is based around the author's beautiful and sometimes awe-inspiring color images and mosaics of deep-sky objects. The book describes how similar "Hubble class" images can be created by amateur astronomers in their back garden.
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In this updated version of his classic on deep-sky imaging, astrophotographer Greg Parker describes how the latest technology can help amateur astronomers process their own beautiful images. Whether you are taking your own images from a backyard system or processing data from space telescopes, this book shows you how to enhance the visuals in the "electronic darkroom" for maximum beauty and impact. The wealth of options in the astrophotography realm has exploded in the recent past, and Parker proves an able guide for the interested imager to improve his or her comfort level against this exciting new technological backdrop.From addressing the latest DSLR equipment to updating the usage of Hyperstar imaging telescopes and explaining the utility of parallel imaging arrays, this edition brings the book fully up-to-date, and includes clear tutorials, helpful references, and gorgeous color astrophotography by one of the experts inthe field.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Making Beautiful Deep-Sky Images “
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.
Autoren-Porträt von Greg Parker
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.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Greg Parker
- 2016, 2. Aufl., XII, 189 Seiten, 189 farbige Abbildungen, Masse: 15,9 x 23,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3319463152
- ISBN-13: 9783319463155
- Erscheinungsdatum: 04.11.2016
Sprache:
Englisch
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"Parker provides a detailed guide to setting up one's telescope and making sophisticated images using the currently available software. ... The extensive bibliography provides the novice with a wealth of print and web resources for further study. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and general readers." (D. E. Hogg, Choice, Vol. 55 (10), June, 2018)"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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