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Digital Astrophotography: The State of the Art (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series) | 
 enlarge | Creator: David Ratledge
Publisher: Springer
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 760868
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 184
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 1852337346
Dewey Decimal Number: 522.63
EAN: 9781852337346
ASIN: 1852337346
Publication Date: August 11, 2005
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Product Description
The CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) has revolutionised optical astronomy during the past 20 years, and specialised astronomical CCD cameras are now even more affordable, colour is standard, and they provide spectacular results. The Art and Science of CCD Astronomy 2e provides some examples of the best images, and gives readers hints and tips about how to get the best out of this extraordinary technology. Experts in CCD astronomy from North America and Europe have contributed to this book, illustrating their help and advice with many beautiful colour images ? the book is in full colour throughout. Techniques range from using simple webcams to highly technical aspects such as supernovae patrolling. Computer processing, stacking and image-enhancement are detailed, along with many hints and tips from the experts.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Intro Astrophotography November 8, 2007
Jon Bosley (UK now living in Texas)
I found that this book consists of a group of introduction essays that leave more questions unanswered then it answers. If you are looking for a good guide to astrophotography, look elsewhere. It does have nice pictures, however it is very unlikely that you would be able to produce such images on the just the information within the book.
Jon Bosley
 Where's the beef? July 30, 2007
HA Hacky (Seattle, WA USA)
I agree with other reviewers. There is a good section on imaging with CCD cameras but the other sections (Web cams, Digital SLRs) are weak. Not enough detail for the beginner that wants to get out and image. Too many photographs that don't provide substantial educational value. This is a multi-authored book and there is too much variability in the quality of the chapters. I own other books in Patrick Moore's series that I enjoyed, but this is not one of them.
Dissapointing July 26, 2006
ad_astera (Oregon)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
More like a small coffe table book than a comprehensive treatment of the subject. I expected more detail about How To and less glitsey pictures: Book is filled with " Here's a picture of...." and then a nice color photo. I'm returning this one.
Don
 Covers a lot of ground May 19, 2006
G. Cole (Tacoma, WA United States)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Let me start by saying - Do not make this your primary source for information on digital astrophotography. It has a ton of good info for a total beginner like me, but it also leaves out a lot on info.
It has a unique format in that each chapter has a different author (a claimed expert in each field). Some were much better than others. All chapters did a decent job of explaining the process of each kind of technology, but in almost all cases I was left with more questions than answers.
The book did give me a lot of ideas and areas to further research, but I was hoping when I bought it that it would give recommendations for type of equipment to buy and how to use it to get the best results.
BOTTOM LINE -- This book is a great source for info and ideas, just don't assume it will be your only source as it leaves a lot unexplained.
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