Making Beautiful Deep-Sky Images (eBook)
XIII, 177 Seiten
Springer New York (Verlag)
978-0-387-71353-3 (ISBN)
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 using commercially available telescopes and CCD cameras. Subsequent processing and image enhancement in the 'electronic darkroom' is covered in detail as well. A range of telescopes and equipment is considered, from the author's 11-inch with Hyperstar camera, down to more affordable instruments. Appendices provide links to free software - not available from a single source - and are themselves an invaluable resource.
Professor Greg Parker is Head of the Nanoscale Systems Integration Group at Southampton University in Southern England. 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.
I have recently discovered the most satisfying hobby so far, and to be frank, I have pursued quite a few hobbies in my time! This one encompasses computers, optics, precision mechanics, digital image processing and artistic appreciation, and it therefore satisfies just about every major interest I have in one go. The hobby is taking photographic images of the deep-sky. I have not met anyone, so far, that has not been moved, sometimes to a great extent, by the images you will find within the pages of this book. Some people will actually admit to being frightened by the vastness of space that these images depict. I am not frightened by these images, but I am certainly awe-struck by them, and they do make me feel rather insignificant regarding the grand scale of things. I am also still firmly in the grip of being totally amazed that the capability to take such awe-inspiring images is now available to anyone with sufficient time and effort to dedicate to this most rewarding of hobbies. This book has two aims. The first is to show you the richness, wonder, and beauty of deep-sky objects. The second is to show you how you can take these images for yourself, using readily available commercial equipment.
Professor Greg Parker is Head of the Nanoscale Systems Integration Group at Southampton University in Southern England. 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.
Contents 7
Preface 10
Acknowledgements 11
How did I start? 12
The Beginning – and a Serious Health Warning! 25
Assembling your Imaging System 28
Computational Considerations – Data Acquisition and Image Processing 47
A Permanent Setup 52
First Light – Choosing your Objects 56
First Light – your First Objects 64
Hyperstar Imaging 68
Wide-Field Imaging with a Short Focal Length Refractor 75
Basic Image Processing 78
The Deep-Sky Images 99
Differentiating your Work 143
Your Largest Resource 150
Book Recommendations 155
The Angular Size of Objects in the Sky 158
The Designation of Deep- Sky Objects 160
Physics World Article 164
Greg Parker 167
Postscript – and a Tiny Admission 171
Index 173
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.9.2007 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series |
| Zusatzinfo | XIII, 177 p. |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
| Technik | |
| Schlagworte | astronomy books • CCD • CCD Astrophotography • CCD Camera • Deep-Sky Imaging • instruments • making astroimages • using the Hyperstar camera |
| ISBN-10 | 0-387-71353-0 / 0387713530 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-387-71353-3 / 9780387713533 |
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