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Splendors of the universe / Terence Dickinson and Jack Newton.
- Title
- Splendors of the universe / Terence Dickinson and Jack Newton.
- Author
- Dickinson, Terence
- Publication
- Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books, c1997.
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- Additional Authors
- Newton, Jack, 1942-
- Description
- 144 p. : col. ill.; 29 cm.
- Summary
- A practical guide to photographing the night sky.
- Alternative Title
- Practical guide to photographing the night sky
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- illustrated books.
- Illustrated works
- Pictorial works
- Ouvrages illustrés.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 140) and index.
- Contents
- About this book -- The majestic universe -- Anatomy of our galaxy -- pt. 1. Getting started : camera and tripod -- Cameras and lenses -- Star trails -- Conjunctions -- Crescent moon and Earthshine -- Zodiacal light -- Slides versus prints -- Halos and sundogs -- Comets -- Eclipses -- Auroras -- pt. 22. Tracking the target : Milky Way odyssey -- Mounts for sky photography -- Piggybacking your camera -- Guiding techniques -- Recommended films -- Milky Way -wide-angle -- Lens quality -- Orion region -- Capturing comets -- Observing-site selection -- pt. 3. Probing deeper : through the telescope -- Camera on telescope -- Guiding -- Focus -- Lunar eclipses -- Solar eclipses -- Filters -- Image enhancement -- Nearby galaxies -- pt. 4. CCD imaging : more power to you -- CCD cameras -- Choosing a CCD -- A home for your CCD -- Imaging techniques -- Dark frames and flat fields -- Capturing color -- Image processing -- Galaxies -- Resources -- Authors -- Index.
- ISBN
- 1552091414 :
- LCCN
- cn^97930860^
- OCLC
- 36993701
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library