Digital SLR Astrophotography Digital SLR cameras have made it easier than ever before to photograph the night sky. Whether you’re a beginner nature photographer or serious astronomer this is the definitive handbook to capturing the heavens. Starting with simple projects for beginners such as cameras on tripods it then moves onto more advanced projects including telescope photography and methods of astronomical research. With 80% revised and updated material this new edition covers nightscapes eclipses using cameras with sky trackers and telescopes and tools for identifying celestial objects and investigating them scientifically. Image processing is discussed in detail with worked examples from three popular software packages – Nebulosity Maxlm DL and PixInsight. Rather than taking a recipe-book approach Covington explains how your equipment works as well as offering advice on many practical considerations such as choice of set-up and the testing of lenses making this a comprehensive guide for anyone involved in astrophotography. Amateurs with affordable easily portable equipment now get better pictures of the sky than professional observatories did half a century ago A comprehensive yet accessible handbook providing guidelines for both beginners and experienced astrophotographers Includes simple projects which can be carried out with just a camera and tripod as well as more advanced material – up to introductory research-level for example variable-star photometry
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