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Title
Astrophotography on the go [electronic resource] : using short exposures with light mounts / Joseph Ashley.
ISBN
9783319098319 electronic book
3319098314 electronic book
9783319098302
3319098306
Published
Cham : Springer, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-09831-9 doi
Call Number
QB121
Dewey Decimal Classification
522.63
Summary
No longer are heavy, sturdy, expensive mounts and tripods required to photograph deep space. With today's advances in technology, all that is required is an entry-DSLR and an entry level GoTo telescope. Here is all of the information needed to start photographing the night sky without buying expensive tracking mounts. By using multiple short exposures and combining them with mostly?freeware? computer programs, the effect of image rotation can be minimized to a point where it is undetectable in normal astrophotography, even for a deep-sky object such as a galaxy or nebula. All the processes, techniques, and equipment needed to use inexpensive, lightweight altazimuth and equatorial mounts and very short exposures photography to image deep space objects are explained, step-by-step, in full detail, supported by clear, easy to understand graphics and photographs. Currently available lightweight mounts and tripods are identified and examined from an economic versus capability perspective to help users determine what camera, telescope, and mount is the best fit for them. A similar analysis is presented for entry-level telescopes and mounts sold as bundled packages by the telescope manufacturers. This book lifts the veil of mystery from the creation of deep space photographs and makes astrophotography affordable and accessible to most amateur astronomers.
Note
Includes index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Series
Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series.
Introduction
Short Review of Astronomy Basics
Planetary and Lunar Imaging
Very Short Exposure Astrophotography
Computers
Lightweight Altzimuth and Equatorial Mount Economics
Altazimuth Astrophotography System
Chapter 8: Astrophotography with a Lightweight Equatorial Mount
Piggy-back Photography
Astrophotography in Light-polluted Urban Areas
DeepSky Stacker
Processing Very Short Exposures
Objects in the Night Sky to Photograph
Portable Observatories
How to Get 45 to 90 Second Exposures with a 4/5SE Mount
How to Strengthen Tripods
Index.
