Creating and Enhancing Digital Astro Images

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

Del i serien Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series

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Beskrivning

The book will, in jargon-free blow-by-blow terms, describe how to create the best astronomical images you can with the digital camera equipment at your disposal.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-03-21
Mått:155 x 235 x 10 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
Antal sidor:142
Upplaga:2007
Förlag:Springer London Ltd
ISBN:9781846285806

Utforska kategorier

Populärastronomi inom Djur och Natur

Mer om författaren

Grant Privett works for the Ministry of Defence in the UK, heading up the Advanced Image Processing Team.

Recensioner i media

From the reviews: "This book is packed with sound practical advice about digital imaging. ... The book is aimed at beginners and experts ... . there is plenty of information in this book and it gives an excellent general overview of the subject." (Pete Lawrence, BBC Sky at Night, August, 2007) "This recent addition to Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy series is chock-full of helpful tips for anyone considering attaching a camera to a telescope. ... I highly recommend it for beginners or for advanced imagers who concentrate on one photographic discipline and need an introduction to the other ones." (Sean Walker, Sky & Telescope, November, 2007) "Privett has certainly packed a bundle of useful information into one hundred and fifty pages, with hardly an equation in sight! ... His advice is both relevant and concise and clearly reflects years of practical experience ... . There is a good index at the back as well as useful appendices on hardware and software, and a helpful list of acronyms and abbreviations ... . I got a good feeling from this book - a nice blend of genuine enthusiasm and expert knowledge comes clearly across." (Gerard Mc Mahon, Astronomy and Space, December, 2007)

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements.-The myriad advantages of image processing (introduction).- Choosing a camera.- Acquiring images (and choosing software).- Displaying images.- Image reduction.- Flat fields.- Dark subtraction.- Image transformations.- Image stacking.- Image mosaicing.- Image scaling and histograms.- Background gradients.- Image enhancement.- Image sharpening.- Image unsharp masking.- Image deconvolution.- Handling colour images.- Achieving colour balance.- CMY or RGB?- Other problems.- Handling image sequences and webcams.- Image acquisition.- Image quality techniques.- Automated image processing.- What is best for.- Planets.- Deep Sky.- Widefield imaging.- The pitfalls.- Postscript.- Notes on image contributors.- Appendices .- Software.- Hardware + Software Suppliers.- References.- Further reading.- Index.