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Book SynopsisAlthough astronomical CCD cameras can be very costly, digital cameras – the kind you use on holiday – on the other hand, are relatively inexpensive.
Trade ReviewOn the first edition (2006): Buick, an experienced amateur astronomer, uses his own images... to illustrate a variety of equipment... [N]ovice imagers can rest assured that the images here are what the beginner can realistically expect to achieve... I enjoyed this book, and learned from it too. --Peter Grego, in Popular Astronomy, July-September 2006 The color images he has produced – there are over 300 of them in the book – are of breathtaking quality. His book is more than a manual of techniques (including details of how to make a low-cost DIY camera mount) and examples; it also provides a concise photographic atlas of the whole of the nearside of the Moon – with every image made using a standard digital camera – and describes the various lunar features, including the sites of manned and robotic landings. --eBook30.com
Table of ContentsNote on the Second Edition by Philip Pugh.- Foreword by Sir Patrick Moore.- Preface.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Choosing Your Equipment.- Chapter 3: Setting Up.- Chapter 4: Photographing the Phases of the Moon.- Chapter 5: Identifiying Regions of the Moon.- Chapter 6: Techniques for Photographing the Moon.- Chapter 7: Photographing Lunar Events.- Chapter 8: Processing Lunar Images.- Chapter 9: Solar System Moons.- Chapter 10: Photographing the Planets.- Chapter 11: The Sun.- Chapter 12: Transits.- Chapter 13: And What Else?.- Chapter 14: A Few Final Words.- Appendix.- Glossary.- Index.
