Nightscenes: Guide to Simple Astrophotography

Paul Money is a freelance writer, speaker and amateur astronomer turned professional, who has been viewing and imaging the night sky for over 30 years. Writer and publisher (as Astrospace Publications) of the annual Nightscenes yearbook, a guide to what to see in the night sky for the year published annually since 2000. Other works include the Nightscenes Companion (out of print) and the Nightscenes Guide to Simple Astrophotography.He is a Fellow of both the British Interplanetary Society and Royal Astronomical Society and has been awarded the FAS 'Eric Zucker' award for contributions to astronomy in 2002 and the Sir Arthur Clarke Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 for the public promotion of astronomy and space. For eight years he was one of three astronomers on the Omega Holidays Northern Lights Flights (2004 - 2013) showing the public the majesty of the Northern Lights from 35,000ft.Since 2006 he works freelance as the Reviews Editor for the BBC Sky at Night magazine working from his home in Lincolnshire. Now he is fulfilling a lifelong ambition by writing and publishing his first novel, 'A Ghostly Diversion' the first in a series published on April 4th 2016 with a couple of SciFi books also in the pipeline. For more check out the following links:www.astrospace.co.uk The Nightscenes Monthly Night sky Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/AstrospacePublicationsThe Astrospace Fiction Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/astrospacefiction

Introduction / A few basics about the night sky / The simplest of astrophotos: Star Trails / But I want stars as stars! / Capturing planets and conjunctions / Our nearest neighbour, the Moon / Of Comets and Meteors / The Aurora, Noctilucent clouds and Halos / Artificial Satellites and Zodiacal Light / Of DSO's and a bit of processing / Nightscapes + mistakes can be fun too! / Appendix: Resources and Links