Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I DSLRs for Astrophotography
- Part II Equipment and Techniques
- 5 Deep-sky Image Acquisition
- 6 Coupling Cameras to Telescopes
- 7 Camera Lenses
- 8 Tracking the Stars
- 9 Precision Tracking and Guiding
- 10 Power and Camera Control in the Field
- Part III Image Processing
- Part IV Advanced Topics
- Part V Appendices
- Index
5 - Deep-sky Image Acquisition
from Part II - Equipment and Techniques
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 October 2018
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I DSLRs for Astrophotography
- Part II Equipment and Techniques
- 5 Deep-sky Image Acquisition
- 6 Coupling Cameras to Telescopes
- 7 Camera Lenses
- 8 Tracking the Stars
- 9 Precision Tracking and Guiding
- 10 Power and Camera Control in the Field
- Part III Image Processing
- Part IV Advanced Topics
- Part V Appendices
- Index
Summary
Before going into the details of astrophotographic equipment, I need to outline how it is used. This chapter covers how to take pictures of deep-sky objects, including calibration frames. The actual processing and calibration are covered in Chapters 11–13, and lunar and planetary work, in Chapter 14.
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- Digital SLR Astrophotography , pp. 79 - 87Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018