Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Modern DSLR Camera; 1.1 The Anatomy of the Sensor; 1.2 Chip Characteristics; 1.2.1 Pixel Size; 1.2.2 Chip Size; 1.2.3 Chip Sensitivity; 1.2.4 Linearity of Response; 1.2.5 Noise; 1.3 The Meaning of Light; Chapter 2: Telescopes: The Basics; 2.1 Types of Telescopes; 2.1.1 Refractors; 2.1.2 Reflectors; 2.1.3 Catadioptric; 2.2 A Little Bit of Theory...; 2.3 Telescope Mounts; 2.3.1 Polar Alignment; 2.3.1.1 The Iterative Method; 2.3.1.2 The Drift Method; 2.3.1.3 The Photographic Method; 2.4 The Telescope and Camera

Chapter 3: Image Capture3.1 Planning the Imaging Session; 3.2 Capturing the Image; 3.2.1 Collimating an SCT; 3.3 Calibration; 3.3.1 Bias Frames; 3.3.2 Dark Frames; 3.3.3 Thermal Frames and Scaled Dark Frames; 3.3.4 Flat Frames; 3.3.5 Flat Darks; 3.3.6 Defect Maps; 3.3.7 Improving Signal to Noise Ratio by Stacking; 3.4 Camera Positions; 3.4.1 Tripod Photography; 3.4.2 Piggyback Astrophotography; 3.4.3 Prime Focus Photography; 3.5 Filters; Chapter 4: Image Processing; 4.1 Nebula Image Processing; 4.2 Preparing the Master Frames and Image Calibration; 4.3 Image Enhancement: Stretching

4.4 Image Enhancement: Layers and Layer Masks4.4.1 Blending Modes; 4.4.2 Layer Masks; 4.4.2.1 Layer Masks in ImagesPlus; 4.4.2.2 Layer Masks in Photoshop; Final Touches; 4.4.3 Adjustment Layers; 4.4.4 Enhancing Images Using Blending Modes; 4.5 Mosaics; 4.5.1 Manual Mosaics Using Photoshop; 4.5.2 Mosaics with Photomerge; 4.6 Aligning Moving Objects; 4.7 Galaxy Processing; 4.7.1 Processing a Galaxy; Chapter 5: Webcam Imaging; 5.1 Planetary Imaging with a Webcam; 5.2 Types of Cameras; 5.3 Processing AVI Images; 5.4 Creating Tricolor RGB Images; 5.5 Imaging the Individual Planets: Tips and Tricks

5.5.1 Mercury5.5.2 Venus; 5.5.3 Mars; 5.5.4 Jupiter; 5.5.5 Saturn; 5.5.6 Uranus; 5.5.7 Neptune; 5.5.8 Pluto; 5.5.9 The Sun; 5.5.10 The Moon; 5.6 WinJUPOS; 5.6.1 Using WinJUPOS to Align RGB Frames; Chapter 6: Advanced Imaging; 6.1 Spectroscopy; 6.1.1 Assembling the Spectrograph; 6.1.2 Calibration; 6.2 Photometry; 6.2.1 Photometry with a DSLR; 6.2.2 Data Reduction; 6.2.3 Mechanical Measurements; 6.2.4 Electronic Measurements; 6.2.5 Photometric Corrections; 6.2.5.1 Targets and Projects for Photometry; Stars and Star Clusters; Asteroids; 6.2.5.2 Using Canopus for Photometry; 6.3 Astrometry

6.4 Lunar Measurements6.5 Narrow Band Imaging; 6.5.1 Narrow Band Imaging and Processing; 6.6 Satellite Imaging; Chapter 7: Advanced Processing Techniques; 7.1 Star Removal; 7.1.1 Photoshop; 7.1.2 Images Plus; 7.2 Noise Filters; 7.3 Enhancing Nebula Contrast with Narrow Band Data; 7.4 Light Gradient Removal; 7.5 Adjustment Layers and Clipping Masks; 7.6 Debayering; Chapter 8: Software; 8.1 Image Capture; 8.1.1 DSLR Capture Control; 8.1.2 WebCam/Planetary Camera Control; 8.2 Image Processing; 8.2.1 AVI Stacking Software; 8.2.2 Stacking Software DSLR Images; 8.3 Image Processing; Gallery