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Astrophotography:     more books (106)

The 100 Best Astrophotography Targets: A Monthly Guide for CCD Imaging with Amateur Telescopes (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series) by Ruben Kier, 2009-09-01 Digital Astrophotography: A Guide to Capturing the Cosmos by Stefan Seip, 2007-12-15 Digital SLR Astrophotography (Practical Amateur Astronomy) by Michael A. Covington, 2007-12-10 Astrophotography for the Amateur by Michael A. Covington, 1999-06-28 Capturing the Stars: Astrophotography by the Masters by Robert Gendler, 2009-06-12 CCD Astrophotography: High-Quality Imaging from the Suburbs (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series) by Adam Stuart, 2006-06-05 Star Vistas: A Collection of Fine Art Astrophotography by Greg Parker, Noel Carboni, 2009-03-15 Introduction to Webcam Astrophotography: Imaging the Universe With the Amazing, Affordable Webcam by Robert Reeves, 2006-04 Heavenly Bodies: The Photographer's Guide to Astrophotography by Bert P. KragesEsq., 2003-11-01 Digital Astrophotography: The State of the Art (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series) High Resolution Astrophotography (Practical Astronomy Handbooks) by Jean Dragesco, 1995-09-29 Practical Astrophotography by Jeffrey R. Charles, 2000-06-16 Astrophotography: An Introduction to Film and Digital Imaging by H.J.P. Arnold, 2003-04-05 Introduction To Digital Astrophotography: Imaging The Universe With A Digital Camera by Robert Reeves, 2004-12

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1. Astrophotography For Amateurs
   Enthusiast covers the basic bases with sections on getting started, tracking, prime focus, and photograph storage. I have seen several questions on astrophotography for amateurs, and I was thinking that I could share my experience here.  
   http://www.galaxyphoto.com/thizy.html
   
   Extractions: I have seen several questions on astrophotography for amateurs, and I was thinking that I could share my experience here. Of course, it will not replace books that one can find on the subject. I strongly recommend "Astrophotography for the Amateur" (Michael Covington) as the book to own if you want to start in this field. Everything described here is from my own experience, and covers only the basics of astrophotography. I am still far away from Fletcher and Hallas, but I enjoy what I do. I tried to explain my own evolution, from simple picture of the sky to prime focus one. It is not the only way, but it helps to practice the basics before going to long focal deepsky astrophotography. Before even starting with photography with a telescope, I recommend to practice photography using a simple tripod. There are many things to do with a simple tripod: Moon and Planets at dawn or dusk: choose a nice foreground landscape (trees, mountains...). Evening just after the New Moon are very nice for that. Full Moon set above cities are very nice too. I usualy use a 100-400ASA slide film. Constellations: Using a fast film (I like the Kodak Ektar 1000) and short exposures (30"-45" for a 50mm lens), one can record a lot of details on constellations. I got some nice results on the Milky way, especialy around Sagittarius. Those pictures are also a perfect test for the photo shop: is the sky coming black from their lab?

2. Chuck's Astrophotography
   Find a thorough collection of articles related to the techniques for photographing heavenly bodies. astrophotography is an interest I've had since 1987.  
   http://www.aa6g.org/astro.html

3. Hans-Michael´s Astronomy And Astrophotography Page
   Presenting the astrophotography of Jason Ware, with hints and techniques for the beginner.  
   http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/2071
   
   Extractions: If you have a camera which lets you keep the shutter open for quite a while, this is your section. If you dare to increase exposure time beyond 25 seconds, this is definitely your section. If you have a small telescope, a photo camera and a tripod this could be the place for you. If you are that sophisticated when it comes to equipment that you have a small telescope and a video camera then try this.

4. Axel Mellinger's Astrophotography Page
   Welcome to my astrophotography web site! What's new  
   http://canopus.physik.uni-potsdam.de/~axm/astrophot.html

5. Deep Sky Photography: Astrophotography By George Greaney
   Shares techniques for producing quality astronomy images, as well as several photographs. Deep Sky Photography. astrophotography by George Greaney  
   http://www.astroimages.com/
   
   Extractions: Deep Sky Photography Astrophotography by George Greaney What's Here Getting the Images Darkroom Techniques Enhanced Color Astrophotography Digital Image Processing Digital Image Enhancement in Astrophotography Refractor Gallery Images from the Astrophysics 6 inch f/7 EDF Refractor Celestron-14 Gallery Images from the Celestron-14 SCT Ritchey-Chretien Gallery Images from the OGS 14.5 inch f/7.65 RCT Astrophotography Links Adjust your Monitor! This site was last updated on 03/15/03 NOTE: All images and text are intended for personal use only. They may be used for commercial purposes ONLY with written permission of the author. E-mail me at gsg@astroimages.com

6. Astrophotography By Jerry Lodriguss
   Features astronomical images and offers tips and techniques for astrophotography and Photoshop digital enhancements. of deepsky astronomical photographs, tips and. techniques for astrophotography, and digital enhancement in Photoshop  
   http://www.astropix.com/

7. Astrophotography By Bob And Janice Fera
   Bob and Janice Fera Welcome to our web site. Here we'd like to share some of the astronomical photographs we've taken over the last few years.  
   http://www.feraphotography.com/

8. Jeff MacQuarrie's Astrophotography Images Homepage
   Color astrophotography images of comets, nebulae, galaxies, the Moon, lunar eclipses and star fields.  
   http://members.aol.com/tchphysics/astropho.htm
   
   Extractions: Jeff MacQuarrie's Astrophotography Home Page The following astronomical images were taken in Maine and Maryland with an Olympus OM-1 camera, Nikon N2000 camera and a 16-inch, f/4.5 Meade Starfinder Newtonian Reflector telescope. Images will be added as they are obtained. NEBULAE Interstellar clouds of gas and dust. Nebulae include the remnants of supernova explosions of stars, expanding shells of gas blown off from dying stars, and regions of new star formation. Click on images to see full-size along with additional information M1 - Crab M8 - Lagoon M17 - Omega M20 - Trifid M27 - Dumbbell NGC7293 - Helix M42 - Orion Nebula GALAXIES Island universes of billions of stars. Click on images to see full-size along with additional information M31 - Andromeda M51 - Whirlpool M81 - Bode's M82 - Cigar COMETS A comet is an interplanetary body that contains ices and dark carbon-rich soil. Comets travel in highly elliptical orbits around the Sun that take them from beyond the orbit of Pluto to close solar passes. As a comet approaches the Sun, its ices sublime into space, giving off a trailing stream of gas and dust. The following images are of two comets seen in 1996 and 1997. Click on images to see full-size along with additional information Comet Hale-Bopp Comet Hale-Bopp Comet Hyakutake MOON Earth's satellite. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow.

9. Wide-Field Astrophotography
   Discusses technique that uses camera lenses and simple tracking equipment.  
   http://casa.colorado.edu/~rachford/widefield.html
   
   Extractions: Hi, I'm Brian Rachford and welcome to my wide-field astrophotography page! Notice that I call it "A" wide-field astrophotography page. The information is not intended to be comprehensive by any means. The emphasis here is on astrophotography with camera lenses, using simple tracking equipment. These pages have not been updated for a while. However, there is still a lot of good information here. Who am I?

10. Astrophotography By Jerry Lodriguss
    Astronomical photographs, astrophotography tips and techniques, Digital enhancementof astrophotos in Photoshop. Catching the Light. astrophotography.  
    http://www.astropix.com/INDEX.HTM

11. Astrophotography Articles
    Catching the Light by Jerry Lodriguss. astrophotography Articles, Introduction;Equipment; Cameras Focusing Screens. Films; Exposures; Fixed Tripod Shots  
    http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/TOC_AP.HTM

12. Video Astronomy
    Solar, lunar and planetary video astrophotography images along with an extensive links page and some Category Science Astronomy Amateur astrophotography and CCD Imaging. VIDEO CAPTURE astrophotography. Video astronomy and video capture astrophotographyhas only recently come into the main stream of amateur astronomy.  
    http://www.lafterhall.com/astro.html
    
    Extractions: Supercircuits recently introduced a new low light video surveillance camera head, the PC164C, which uses a very sensitive Sony Super HAD EXview CCD video chip. The extreme sensitivity of the camera, rated at 0.0003 lux, allows the use of larger image scale when imaging the planets resulting in higher resolution images. A 25cm Newtonian @ f/30 was used to image Saturn and a 15cm Maksutov-Cassegrain at f/50 for Jupiter. VIDEO CAPTURE ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY As seeing conditions at my suburban home in Livermore, California are always turbulent I have adopted the use of video for my astrophotography. From the very first images made back in 1999, I was producing results several orders of magnitude better than the best film photos I had ever taken of the moon and planets through a scope. All of the images on this web site were made from video, either with an Astrovid 2000 video camera or Supercircuits' PC23C, PC33C or PC164C video surveillance cameras using a 25cm f/6 Newtonian or 15cm f/10 Maksutov-Cassegrain. Prime focus, Barlow projection or eyepiece projection were utilized to vary image scale (magnification). Video was recorded to a Hi8 camcorder and individual frames were captured to computer with a Snappy frame grabber. Image processing with Adobe Photo Shop. All imaging was done from my suburban driveway in Livermore CA. Be sure to check out some of my other pages and see more planetary and lunar images captured with video. Should you have questions or comments, do drop me a post at

13. Astrophotography Related Articles
    astrophotography Related Articles. Drift Alignment is the method Iuse to polar align my mount for long exposure astrophotography.  
    http://www.aa6g.org/Astronomy/articles.html
    
    Extractions: Here are some articles I've written on a few selected topics. Collimation of your telescope is very important for successful astrophotos. This is how I collimate my Ritchey-Chretien. Drift Alignment is the method I use to polar align my mount for long exposure astrophotography. The SBIG ST-4 autoguider has allowed me to do astrophotos of up to 3 hours. Previously my manual guiding time limit was one hour. I've related my experiences with the autoguider and some tips for its use. Knife Edge Focusing is the method that I've always used to focus my telescope for astrophotography. Here is a detailed explanation of how to do it. Color Photography of Emission Line Sources is a discussion of the problems of photographing emission nebula with color film or by tricolor photography. Adjusting Your Astrophotos with Photoshop Levels is a discussion of the proper way to adjust your astrophotos with this basic function of image processing. Assembling a Tricolor Astrophoto is discussion of the tests I ran to determine what exposures were required through tricolor filters and how to compensate for improper exposure times.

14. Starmatt Astrophotography
    Images of nebulae with medium format film and APO refractors.Category Science Astronomy astrophotography and CCD Imaging ImagesPlease tour this gallery of astrophotographs of celestial objects indeep space. These images are exposed at darksky locations, using  
    http://starmatt.com/

15. Astrophotography For The Amateur
    Provides table of contents, ordering information, and preview of chapter one by Michael Covington.Category Science Astronomy Amateur astrophotography and CCD Imaging Covington Innovations Home Astronomy and astrophotography astrophotography forthe Amateur. New! astrophotography for the Amateur. by Michael A. Covington.  
    http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/astro/

16. Free Astrophotography Software
    Covington Innovations Home Astronomy and astrophotography astrophotography forthe Amateur Free astrophotography Software. Free astrophotography Software.  
    http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/astro/astrosoft.html

17. ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY PRIMER
    Basic Concepts and a Description of the Equipment UsedCategory Science Astronomy Amateur astrophotography and CCD ImagingA BASIC PRIMER ON astrophotography. astrophotography can test one's patience and dedicationto the limits and at the same time be both satisfying and rewarding.  
    http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/6529/primer.html
    
    Extractions: © 1997 By: Jim Pennington It was said by a good friend of mine that astrophotographers are masochists. In a sense, I suppose he is correct. Astrophotography can test one's patience and dedication to the limits and at the same time be both satisfying and rewarding. Photographing the night sky can be done by anyone if they are willing to put forth the time and effort in learning the nuances of this hobby. Equipment requirements range from nothing but a simple camera and tripod to a multi- thousand dollar computer controlled telescope equipped with a CCD autoguider and seperate guidescope. I suppose the greatest allure of astrophotography is the challenge to be successful at it. As I mentioned above, it is not impossible to learn but neither is it easy. Going outside and hand holding a camera on the stars will not work. A bit of preparation and knowing what you are doing is essential for success. Tripod mounted cameras are limited to relatively short exposures of 15 seconds or less and a lens of no more than 100mm focal length is recommended. The reason for this is that longer focal length lenses produce less field of view on the film and therefore more magnification. As magnification goes up, we start running into the problem of "trailing" of the stars due to the earth's rotation and the apparent movement of the stars across the sky. The stars will no longer appear to be "dots" but will begin to resemble streaks which will get longer if the magnification goes up or the exposure time increases.

18. Wide Field Astrophotography
    JupiterVenus conjunction, planets, comets, meteors, deep-sky.  
    http://www2.arnes.si/~mborion4/astronomy.htm

19. Dans Astrophotography Web Site
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    http://www.thurs.net/dan/
    
    Extractions: ;***********************images*************************************** ;******************telescope************************** ;*****************links****************************** ;**************hints********************* ;**************interesting sites********************* ;**************Email************** astronomylinks.com Space-Talk.com Images My Telescope ...

20. Al Kelly's CCD Astrophotography Page
    One of the most inspiring and informative CCD sites.Category Science Astronomy astrophotography and CCD Imaging ImagesAl Kelly's CCD astrophotography Page. WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CCD ASTRONOMY!(Last updated on February 2, 2003). About CCDs and astrophotography.  
    http://www.ghg.net/akelly/
    
    Extractions: Al Kelly's CCD Astrophotography Page WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CCD ASTRONOMY! (Last updated on February 2, 2003) On the left is the Ring Nebula as seen by my CB245 CCD camera. On the right is the 32" Newtonian telescope in my Danciger, Texas observatory which allowed the camera to have such a view. The goal of this web site is to promote CCD astrophotography by amateur astronomers. I am a member of the Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society (JSCAS) CCD special interest group (SIG), which also exists for this purpose. The JSCAS CCD SIG invites anyone interested to participate with us in using CCD cameras for astrophotography. For more information, e-mail akelly@ghg.net INSTRUCTIONS ON TAKING AND PROCESSING CCD IMAGES In 1998, four of us were pleased to present our development of color CCD astro-image calibration and processing techniques, including white-balancing with Solar-analog (G2V) star data, atmospheric extinction correction, and foreground sky color neutralization. The article also discussed the use of CYAN

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