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Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series

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Telescopes and Techniques (2nd Edn.)

Chris Kitchin

The Art and Science of CCD Astronomy

David Ratledge (Ed.)

The Observer’s Year (Second Edition)

Patrick Moore

Seeing Stars

Chris Kitchin and Robert W. Forrest

Photo-guide to the Constellations

Chris Kitchin

The Sun in Eclipse

Michael Maunder and Patrick Moore

Software and Data for Practical Astronomers

David Ratledge

Amateur Telescope Making

Stephen F. Tonkin (Ed.)

Observing Meteors, Comets, Supernovae and

other Transient Phenomena

Neil Bone

Astronomical Equipment for Amateurs

Martin Mobberley

Transit: When Planets Cross the Sun

Michael Maunder and Patrick Moore

Practical Astrophotography

Jeffrey R. Charles

Observing the Moon

Peter T. Wlasuk

Deep-Sky Observing

Steven R. Coe

AstroFAQs

Stephen Tonkin

The Deep-Sky Observer’s Year

Grant Privett and Paul Parsons

Field Guide to the Deep Sky Objects

Mike Inglis

Choosing and Using a Schmidt-Cassegrain

Telescope

Rod Mollise

Astronomy with Small Telescopes

Stephen F. Tonkin (Ed.)

Solar Observing Techniques

Chris Kitchin

Observing the Planets

Peter T. Wlasuk

Light Pollution

Bob Mizon

Using the Meade ETX

Mike Weasner

Practical Amateur Spectroscopy

Stephen F. Tonkin (Ed.)

More Small Astronomical Observatories

Patrick Moore (Ed.)

Observer’s Guide to Stellar Evolution

Mike Inglis

How to Observe the Sun Safely

Lee Macdonald

The Practical Astronomer’s Deep-Sky

Companion

Jess K. Gilmour

Observing Comets

Nick James and Gerald North

Observing Variable Stars

Gerry A. Good

Visual Astronomy in the Suburbs

Antony Cooke

Astronomy of the Milky Way: The Observer’s

Guide to the Northern and Southern Milky Way

(2 volumes)

Mike Inglis

The NexStar User’s Guide

Michael W. Swanson

Observing Binary and Double Stars

Bob Argyle (Ed.)

Navigating the Night Sky

Guilherme de Almeida

The New Amateur Astronomer

Martin Mobberley

Care of Astronomical Telescopes and

Accessories

M. Barlow Pepin

Astronomy with a Home Computer

Neale Monks

Visual Astronomy Under Dark Skies

Antony Cooke

Digital

Astrophotography:

The State of

the Art

David Ratledge (Ed.)

With 125 Figures

Cover illustrations: All images from the author. Background ﬁgure 3.3, Sun. Insets: top left: ﬁgure 3.9,

Jupiter; top right: ﬁgure 3.14, Albireo; bottom left: 5.12, Andromeda Galaxy; bottom right: 5.13, Orion

Nebula.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Digital astrophotography : the state of the art. - (Patrick

Moore’s practical astronomy series)

1. Imaging systems in astronomy 2. Photography-Digital

techniques

I. Ratledge, David, 1945–

522.6

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Digital astrophotography : the state of the art / David Ratledge (ed.).

p. cm. — (Patrick Moore’s practical astronomy series, ISSN 1617-7185)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 1-85233-734-6 (alk. paper)

1. Astronomical photography—Amateurs’ manuals. 2. Photography—Digital

techniques—Amateurs’ manuals. I. Ratledge, David, 1945– II. Series.

QB121.D54 2005

522

.63—dc22

2005042544

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Preface

In the years since The Art and Science of CCD Astronomy was ﬁrst published,

digital imaging has been transformed from what was, in reality, a minority inter-

est to mainstream. Not even the most committed of CCD devotees could have

predicted the few years it would take for digital imaging to supplant ﬁlm. We all

probably guessed that a new age was dawning, but the speed at which silicon

sensors came to dominate the photography market was simply staggering. New

areas also appeared. No one predicted webcams would become the instrument of

choice for imaging the planets. Afocal photography re-emerged in digital format.

For mainstream imaging, color has become almost the norm. It was therefore

time for a new book – and one in color!

If you read the astronomical magazines, you are, no doubt, familiar with the

names and images of our contributors. Sky & Telescope , Astronomy , Night Sky ,

Astronomy Now and other leading magazines from around the world have all

included their work, in terms of both images for their gallery sections and feature

articles.

The contributors have been selected for their expertise in a particular ﬁeld

although, in fact, most are multi-talented. First and foremost they are image

takers – they are not writing about other people’s images; they are writing about

their own. You are hearing it from the horse’s mouth! The big advantage of a

book like this is that we have experts in each ﬁeld rather than a single author who

would perhaps be more familiar with some subjects than others. One person

could never have the breadth of knowledge that we have incorporated here.

The book is divided into three sections, which broadly increase in sophistica-

tion and, unfortunately, in cost. The intention is to have something for every level

of interest – and pocketbook! Topics range from using a consumer camera at the

eyepiece of an ordinary telescope up to specialist multiple robotic telescopes

searching for supernovae. Remember, even those with the most comprehensive

setups started more modestly and got where they are today as their interest and

knowledge developed over many years.

David Ratledge

Lancashire, UK

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