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Product Description Digital SLR cameras have made it easier than ever before to photograph the night sky. Whether you're a beginner, nature photographer, or serious astronomer, this is the definitive handbook to capturing the heavens. Starting with simple projects for beginners such as cameras on tripods, it then moves onto more advanced projects including telescope photography and methods of astronomical research. With 80% revised and updated material, this new edition covers nightscapes, eclipses, using cameras with sky trackers and telescopes, and tools for identifying celestial objects and investigating them scientifically. Image processing is discussed in detail, with worked examples from three popular software packages - Nebulosity, Maxlm DL, and PixInsight. Rather than taking a recipe-book approach, Covington explains how your equipment works as well as offering advice on many practical considerations, such as choice of set-up and the testing of lenses, making this a comprehensive guide for anyone involved in astrophotography. Review 'Overall, the coverage is impressive, with an initial discussion of basic concepts.' Storm Dunlop, The Observatory Book Description A definitive handbook to photographing the night sky using DSLR cameras, including projects for both beginners and more advanced enthusiasts. Book Description Digital SLR cameras have made it easier than ever before to photograph the night sky. This definitive handbook includes simple projects for beginners as well as guides for choosing and testing equipment, and advanced information for enthusiasts, discussing telescope photography, image processing software and opportunities for astronomical research. About the Author Michael A. Covington is one of America's leading amateur astronomers and the author of the highly acclaimed Astrophotography for the Amateur (Cambridge, second edition, 1999). He was a professor of computational linguistics and artificial intelligence at the University of Georgia. Now retired from academia, he runs a consulting business in Athens, Georgia, from where he continues to take pictures of the stars.
