Many astronomers are unaware of how to obtain the best results from their telescopes. For those interested in photographing the Sun, Moon and planets, this volume provides the complete reference. This guide is packed with practical tips on how to obtain the highest resolution and provides a wealth of stunning images by the world's best amateurs, showing just what can be achieved. Individual chapters describe the various types of telescopes, the most suitable equipment to photograph a given subject, and recommend films and techniques in developing and printing. Also given are short biographies of key high resolution astrophotographers, both past and present, and an extensive bibliography of further reading. This guide provides both a wealth of sound, practical techniques and a unique portfolio of Solar System images--an inspiring handbook for any amateur astronomer.
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"High Resolution Astrophotography is a practical and inspirational handbook and a must for those considering entering the high-resolution astrophotography field." The Strolling Astronomer
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An excellent book of a bygone era...(10 years ago it would be 5 stars ),
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As Jean Dragesco says in the final conclusion in this book: "This book is quite probably the last to be devoted to high resolution obtained by the methods of photography". Oriented exclusively on film high resolution solar, lunar and planetary photography it's competely outdated. The info on seeing conditions, types of telescopes etc is excellent and still usefull though. The era of film planetary photography has passed... TP 2415 (the best film for planetary photography) has been out of production for years... from the film developers mentioned in the book Agfa Rodinal can't be found anymore, as Agfa has gone out of business. If you are interested to see how the old timers could achieve really impressive planetary photographs on film this book may be of interest to you, but the price of 75$ seems too high, if you want to take real high resolution images yourself by modern means (I don't use the word photographs)look elsewhere.
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MR. DRAGESCO, THIS BOOK IS FANTASTIC,
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ANYONE WHO IS THINKING OF BUYING A TELESCOPE WOULD BE WISE TO READ WHAT I CALL THE BIBLE OF TELESCOPE BOOKS. MR. DRAGESCO GOES INTO DETAIL ABOUT WHY HE FEELS THAT CERTAIN TELESCOPES ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS. ALSO THIS BOOK GOES INTO DETAIL ABOUT PROCESSING PICTURES AND HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR PICTURES. I JUST CANNOT SAY ENOUGH GOOD ABOUT THIS BOOK AND HOW IT HELPED ME MAKE A WISE BUYING DECISION BEFORE I BOUGHT MY TELESCOPE. MR. DRAGESCO WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO WRITE ANOTHER GREAT BOOK? KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK,,,,GEOFF NASH
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instrumental turbulence, diurnal turbulence, high resolution astrophotography, planetary photographs, planetary photography, best lunar photographs, resultant focal length, large central obstruction, lunar atlases, high resolution photography, planetary photographers, lunar photography, prime focus image, solar photography, solar photographs, lunar rate, theoretical resolving power, lunar drawings, focal ratio, lunar work, planetary details, lunar details, astronomical magazines, solar granulation, focusing screen Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pic du Midi, Day Star, Isao Miyazaki, Bernd Flach-Wilken, Lowell Observatory, Solar System, Alpine Valley, Coral Gables, Ilford Multigrade, New Mexico, Terry Platt, Canary Isles, Carl Zeiss Jena, Great White Spot, Agfa Rodinal, Donald Parker, Great Britain, Hubble Space Telescope, Mount Wilson, Ilford Pan, New York, Wolfgang Lille, Christian Arsidi, Cord-Hinrich Jahn, Kodak Dektol New!
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Pic du Midi, Day Star, Isao Miyazaki, Bernd Flach-Wilken, Lowell Observatory, Solar System, Alpine Valley, Coral Gables, Ilford Multigrade, New Mexico, Terry Platt, Canary Isles, Carl Zeiss Jena, Great White Spot, Agfa Rodinal, Donald Parker, Great Britain, Hubble Space Telescope, Mount Wilson, Ilford Pan, New York, Wolfgang Lille, Christian Arsidi, Cord-Hinrich Jahn, Kodak Dektol New!
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- A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings (Practical Astronomy Handbooks) by Harold Hill in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Atlas of the Moon: Revised, Updated Edition by Antonin Rukl on page 107, and page 108
- Solar System by Jim Martinez on page 139, and Back Matter
- Astrophysics of the Sun by Harold Zirin in Back Matter
- How to Make a Telescope ( Second English Edition) by Jean Texereau in Back Matter
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- Lunar and Planetary Webcam User's Guide (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series) by Martin Mobberley on page 57, and page 62
- The Giant Planet Jupiter (Practical Astronomy Handbooks) by John H. Rogers in Front Matter
- Atlas of the Lunar Terminator by John E. Westfall in Back Matter
- Astrophotography for the Amateur by Michael A. Covington in Back Matter
- Observing the Moon: The Modern Astronomer's Guide by Gerald North on page 97
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