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Astrophotography for the amateur /

First published in 1999, this much expanded and updated edition of the best-selling handbook Astrophotography for the Amateur provides a complete guide to taking pictures of stars, galaxies, the Moon, the Sun, comets, meteors and eclipses, using equipment and materials readily available to the hobby...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Covington, Michael A., 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Edición:2nd ed.
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520 |a First published in 1999, this much expanded and updated edition of the best-selling handbook Astrophotography for the Amateur provides a complete guide to taking pictures of stars, galaxies, the Moon, the Sun, comets, meteors and eclipses, using equipment and materials readily available to the hobbyist. In this new edition, the book has been completely revised and now includes new chapters on computer image processing and CCD imaging; expanded advice on choosing cameras and telescopes; completely updated information about the films; a much larger bibliography; and hundreds of new photographs (in colour, and black and white) demonstrating the latest equipment and techniques. Astrophotography for the Amateur has become the standard handbook for all amateur astronomers. This expanded and updated edition provides an ideal introduction for beginners and a complete handbook for advanced amateurs. It will also appeal to photography enthusiasts who can discover how to take spectacular images with only modest equipment. 
505 0 |a Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Notes to the reader; Symbols used in formulae; I SIMPLE TECHNIQUES; 1 Welcome to astrophotography; 1.1 The challenge of astrophotography; 1.2 Choosing equipment; 1.3 Sharing your work with others; 1.4 Maintaining balance and enjoyment; 2 Photographing stars without a telescope; 2.1 Stars and trails; 2.2 BASIC TECHNIQUE 1: Photographing stars without a telescope; 2.3 How long can you expose?; 2.4 PRACTICAL NOTE: How to approach formulae; 2.5 Choice of camera and lens; 2.6 Slides versus prints; 2.7 PRACTICAL NOTE: Getting good color prints 
505 8 |a 2.8 Getting the most out of your film2.9 Keeping records; 2.10 PRACTICAL NOTE: Film and false economy; 2.11 Interpreting your pictures scientifically; 3 Comets, meteors, aurorae, and space dust; 3.1 Comets; 3.2 BASIC TECHNIQUE 2: Photographing a bright comet; 3.3 Meteors; 3.4 BASIC TECHNIQUE 3: Photographing a meteor shower; 3.5 Aurorae; 3.6 BASIC TECHNIQUE 4: Photographing the aurora borealis; 3.7 Zodiacal light, Gegenschein, and lunar libration clouds; 3.8 All-sky cameras; 4 The moon; 4.1 Lenses and image size; 4.2 Using a telephoto lens 
505 8 |a 4.3 BASIC TECHNIQUE 5: Photographing the moon through a telephoto lens4.4 Determining exposures; 4.5 PRACTICAL NOTE: What is a ""stop""?; 4.6 Afocal coupling to telescopes and binoculars; 4.7 BASIC TECHNIQUE 6: Photographing the moon (afocal method); 4.8 Films and processing; 5 Eclipses; 5.1 Lunar eclipses; 5.2 Lunar eclipse dates and times; 5.3 Lunar eclipse photography; 5.4 Videotaping a lunar eclipse; 5.5 BASIC TECHNIQUE 7: Photographing an eclipse of the moon; 5.6 Solar eclipses -- partial and annular; 5.7 Eclipse safety; 5.8 PRACTICAL NOTE: How eclipse eye injuries happen 
505 8 |a 5.9 BASIC TECHNIQUE 8: Viewing a solar eclipse by projection5.10 Safe solar filters; 5.11 Photographing partial solar eclipses; 5.12 BASIC TECHNIQUE 9: Photographing a partial solar eclipse; 5.13 Solar eclipses -- total; 5.14 Shadow bands and other phenomena; 5.15 BASIC TECHNIQUE 10: Photographing a total solar eclipse; 5.16 Session planning; 5.17 Videotaping solar eclipses; 5.18 The 1999 total eclipse in Europe; II ADVANCED TECHNIQUES; 6 Coupling cameras to telescopes; 6.1 Prime-focus astrophotography; 6.2 Telescope types and optical limitations; 6.3 Image size and field of view 
505 8 |a 6.4 Afocal coupling6.5 Positive projection; 6.6 PRACTICAL NOTE: Measuring s[sub(2)] for eyepiece projection; 6.7 Negative projection; 6.8 Compression (focal reducers); 6.9 Combinations of projection setups; 6.10 Diffraction-limited resolution; 6.11 The subtle art of focusing; 6.12 Camera viewfinders; 6.13 PRACTICAL NOTE: Does your SLR focus accurately?; 6.14 Aerial-image and crosshair focusing; 6.15 Knife-edge focusing; 6.16 How accurately must we focus?; 6.17 Focusing Schmidt-Cassegrains and Maksutovs; 7 The solar system; 7.1 Film or CCD?; 7.2 The challenge of high resolution; 7.3. Tracking 
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