Making Beautiful Deep-Sky Images Astrophotography with Affordable Equipment and Software /

• Main Author: Parker, Greg (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series,
• Subjects: Popular works.; Photography.; Image processing.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Image Processing and Computer Vision.

In this updated version of his classic on deep-sky imaging, astrophotographer Greg Parker describes how the latest technology can help amateur astronomers process their own beautiful images. Whether you are taking your own images from a backyard system or processing data from space telescopes, this...

Table of Contents:

• How did I start?
• The Beginning – and a Serious Health Warning!
• Assembling your Imaging System
• Computational Considerations – Data Acquisition and Image Processing
• A Permanent Setup
• First Light – Choosing your Objects
• First Light – your First Objects
• Wide-Field Imaging with a Short Focal Length Refractor
• Hyperstar III Imaging.- Parallel Imaging with an Array
• Fundamentals of Image Processing
• Processing Professional Data
• The Deep-Sky Images
• Differentiating your Work
• Your Largest Resource
• Book Recommendations
• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2
• Physics World Article
• Greg Parker
• Postscript to the 2nd Edition
•  Index.