CCD Astrophotography: High-Quality Imaging from the Suburbs (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series)
by Adam Stuart
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Author: Adam StuartEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-06-05
ISBN: 0387262415
Number of pages: 196
Publisher: Springer
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Book Reviews of CCD Astrophotography: High-Quality Imaging from the Suburbs (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series)
Book Review: One man's story - not much use to anyone else!
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this book expecting to learn how to take decent images using my small refractor, having finished the book I've learned pretty much NOTHING about imaging, but plenty about the author's observatory. Which isn't really a heck of a lot of use to me.
So he bought X type observatory - oh the door wouldn't open at certain times, so he had that modified. He has THIS type of computer, bought from THESE people. Big deal, how about some info on how to use my camera?!
I also found it a big rip off that a sizeable portion of the book is taken up by the author's astrophotos - many of which are pretty poor quality to my amateur eyes (blurred, unfocused moon shots in particular).
Overall, if you want to learn how to take CCD pictures through a telescope, this book is an overpriced waste of time. If you want to read about how some guy spent a fortune buying cool toys to play with, where he bought them and what sort of trunking he used to run the wires into his garden, this is for you.
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