CCD Astrophotography: High-Quality Imaging from the Suburbs - (Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy) by Adam Stuart (Paperback)

About the Book

A complete and thoroughly tested program to help every CCD-beginner work towards digital imaging of the highest quality. It is equally useful to astronomers who have perfect observing conditions, as to those who have to observe from light-polluted city skies.

Book Synopsis

This book details one man's approach to the problem of getting high-quality astronomical images under light-polluted conditions. The author provides a complete and thoroughly tested program that will help every CCD-beginner to work towards digital imaging of the highest quality. The book outlines the materials and (commercially-available) equipment used for high-quality imaging. The many wonderful images the author has produced allow the reader to see the product of - initially - a fellow beginner's efforts. The glorious images found in numerous books, and especially those seen in Sky and Telescope magazine - might seem out of reach. But this is not really the case. Respectable images are attainable with modest equipment. The book is equally useful to astronomers who have perfect observing conditions, as to those who have to observe from light-polluted city skies.

From the Back Cover

This is a reference book for amateur astronomers who have become interested in CCD imaging.

Those glorious astronomical images found in astronomy magazines might seem out of reach to newcomers to CCD imaging, but this is not the case. Great pictures are attainable with modest equipment. Adam Stuart's many beautiful images, reproduced in this book, attest to the quality of - initially - a beginner's efforts.

Chilled-chip astronomical CCD-cameras and software are also wonderful tools for cutting through seemingly impenetrable light-pollution. CCD Astrophotography from the Suburbs describes one man's successful approach to the problem of getting high-quality astronomical images under some of the most light-polluted conditions.

Here is a complete and thoroughly tested program that will help every CCD-beginner to work towards digital imaging of the highest quality. It is equally useful to astronomers who have perfect observing conditions, as to those who have to observe from light-polluted city skies.

Review Quotes

From the reviews:

"In this book, US amateur Adam Stuart struts his stuff by turning his personal experiences ... into a full-length book. What I especially liked is that the author goes to great lengths to show what a variety of instruments can do ... . Stuart does a really nice job presenting astrophotography ... I for one found many of his tips and suggestions to be invaluable. The best feature of this book is ... high-quality colour images ... . the author must truly be congratulated!" (Neil English, Astronomy Now, March, 2007)

"Adam Stuart's book is a practical, enthusiastic, hands-on tale of the numerous challenges he faced and overcame during the construction of a home observatory under the light-polluted skies of southern Florida." (David Malin, Australian Physics, Vol. 43 (5), 2006)

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