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Deep-Sky Video Astronomy


Deep-Sky Video Astronomy


The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series

von: Steve Massey, Steve Quirk

36,99 €

Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 21.04.2009
ISBN/EAN: 9780387876122
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 185

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<P>Deep-Sky Video Astronomy is a concise guide to using modern integrating video cameras for deep-sky viewing and imaging with the kinds of modest telescopes available commercially to amateur astronomers. It includes an introduction and a brief history of the technology, camera types, etc. The authors then examine the pros and cons of this unrefrigerated yet highly efficient technology, which is already beginning to compete with expensive astronomical cooled-chip CCD cameras in quality and ease of use.</P>
<P>There is a thorough examination of accessories used to achieve particular results. Examples are focal reducers, Barlow lenses, and optical filters. However, the focus is mostly on the practical side of creating beautiful and detailed astronomical portraits using image-stacking software, enhancement tools like PhotoShop, and creating color images with a black-and-white camera.</P>
<P>Practical step-by-step examples supported by tried and trusted tips show how to achieve the best possible deep-sky video portrait!</P>
Using Video for Astronomy.- Cameras.- Video Capture.- At the Telescope.- Initial Processing.- Final Processing.- Other Video Applications.- The Gallery.
<P><EM>Deep-Sky Video Astronomy</EM> is a concise guide to using modern video cameras for deep-sky viewing and imaging with the kinds of modest telescopes available commercially to amateur astronomers. It is not a beginner's book, but it does include an introduction and brief history of the technology, camera types, etc. More importantly, the authors examine the pros and cons of this unrefrigerated yet highly efficient technology, which is already beginning to compete with expensive astronomical cooled-chip CCD cameras in quality and ease of use.</P>
<P>The book also&nbsp;includes a&nbsp;thorough examination of the variety of accessories that are available and can be used to achieve a particular result. Examples of accessories are focal reducers, Barlow lenses, and optical filters. However, much of the book's focus is on the practical side of creating beautiful and detailed astronomical portraits using image-stacking software, picture enhancement tools&nbsp;such as&nbsp;Photoshop, and in creating color images using only a very sensitive black-and-white camera.</P>
<P>Practical step-by-step examples, supported by tried and trusted tips, show how it is possible to achieve the best possible celestial deep-sky video portrait!</P>
<P>There is also information on how this technology is being used for comet hunting, supernova patrols, lunar and Minor Planet occultations, astrometry, and meteoroid observations.</P>
<P>Need a concise guide to using modern video cameras for deep-sky viewing and imaging with the kinds of modest telescopes available commercially to amateur astronomers? Here it is. In this book you are given the basics of this highly efficient technology, which is already beginning to compete with astronomical cooled-chip CCD cameras in quality and ease of use.</P>
<P>Much of the book focuses on the practical side of creating beautiful and detailed astronomical portraits using image-stacking software and picture enhancement tools. There are sections on how to create color images using a black-and-white camera. There are also reviews of accessories, including focal reducers, Barlow lenses, and optical filters, that can be used to achieve a particular result. Finally, step-by-step examples will show you how to achieve your own kind of magic – amazing deep-sky video portraits! </P>
<P>So turn your passion for the beauty of the night sky into a hobby that can show off your skills to their greatest advantage. You’ll never look at the stars the same way again! </P>
Explains how video cameras can be used to create high-res images with your telescope in real-time, even from light-polluted areas Shows how to image the night sky easily using a video camera - a no-fuss step-by-step approach Describes how reader can make a scientific contribution using only a small telescope and video technology and how to improve celestial portraits using popular software or even freeware Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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