Asteroids, Comets, Meteors, Fireballs, Bolides, and Meteor Showers
Asteroids and comets are leftovers from the birth of our Solar System 4.6 billion years ago. There are millions of asteroids in the Asteroid Belt, in the space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. They are the primary source of meteorites – space rocks
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Astrophotography is Easy!
Basics for Beginners
The Patrick Moore
The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series Series Editor Gerald R. Hubbell Mark Slade Remote Observatory, Locust Grove, VA, USA
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Astrophotography is Easy!
Basics for Beginners Gregory I. Redfern
Gregory I. Redfern Ruckersville, VA, USA
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For Clara May the sky always remind you of me
Foreword
Dr. Richard Tresch Fienberg is Press Officer of the American Astronomical Society and former Editor in Chief of Sky & Telescope magazine. The International Astronomical Union has named asteroid 9983 Rickfienberg in his honor. Though trained as a professional astronomer, Rick remains an amateur at heart, observing the sky and taking astrophotos from his hilltop observatory in central New Hampshire. About 15 years ago, while I was working at Sky & Telescope magazine, I was invited to speak at an amateur astronomy convention on any topic of my choosing. I had recently resumed taking astronomical pictures thanks to the invention of consumer digital cameras and decided that astrophotography would make a fine topic for two reasons. First, as editor of a monthly astronomy magazine, I was inundated by submissions of astro-images from our readers, some of whom were among the most talented practitioners of the art. So I had plenty of material to mine for illustrations. Second, I was really e
