Practical Astrophotography
Almost all amateur astronomers want to take photographs of the night sky. For all but the simplest star-trail pictures, this involves machinery - a telescope drive - to track the stars, essential to compensate for the rotation of the earth. The task becom
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Other titles in this series The Observational Amateur Astronomer Patrick Moore (Ed.) The Modern Amateur Astronomer Patrick Moore (Ed.) Telescopes and Techniques C. R. Kitchin Small Astronomical Observatories Patrick Moore (Ed.) The Art and Science of CCD Astronomy David Ratledge (Ed.) The Observer's Year Patrick Moore Seeing Stars Chris Kitchin and Robert W. Forrest Photo-guide to the Constellations Chris Kitchin The Sun in Eclipse Michael Maunder and Patrick Moore Software and Data for Practical Astronomers David Ratledge Amateur Telescope Making Stephen F. Tonkin Observing Meteors, Comets, Supernovae and other Transient Phenomena Neil Rone Astronomical Equipment for Amateurs Martin Mobberley Transit: When Planets Cross the Sun Michael Maunder and Patrick Moore
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Jeffrey R. Charles Versacorp, 2454 E Washington Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91104, USA Coyer ilIlurrarÎons: Background: Star trail!, photographed with a
3S mm wide angle lens. Comet photo: Comet Hyakutake. Left inset: M42, the great nebula in Orion. Cenler inset: The total solar ecli pse of3 November, 1994. Right inset: 26 Octo~r, 1984 conjunction ofthe maon and Venus. Photos by the author. Brltish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Charles, Jeffrey Practical Astrophotography. - (Practical astronomy) 1. Astronomical photography - Handbooks, manuals, etc. 1. Tide 522.6'3 ISBN 978-1-85233-023-1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Charles, leffrey, 1951Practical Ast rophotography /Ieffrey Charles. p. cm. - (Practical ast ronomy) Include! bibliographica1 references and index. ISBN 978-1-85233-023 -1 ISBN 978-1-44 71-0503-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-0503-9 1. Astronomical photography-Amateurs' manuals. 1. Tit1e. Il. Se ries.
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4th printing 2004 The use of regi stered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not im ply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt {rom the relevant laws and regulations and therefore frec fo r general use. The publishe r makes 110 represelllalioll, express or implied, wilh regard 10 the accuracy of the info rmation conlained in this book and eanno t acce pt any legal respo nsibility or liability for any errors or o m issions that may be made. Observing the Sun, along with a few oth
