Lunar and Planetary Webcam User's Guide (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series)
by Martin Mobberley
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Author: Martin MobberleyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-05-18
ISBN: 1846281970
Number of pages: 234
Publisher: Springer
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- Distant Worlds: Milestones in Planetary Exploration
- Celestial Mechanics: The Waltz of the Planets (Springer Praxis Books / Popular Astronomy)
- Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2006 (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)
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Summary: 5 Stars
I was lucky enough to find out about imaging with a webcam when hardly anyone outside QCUIAG(Quickcam and Unconventional Imaging Astronomy Group)had given it a second thought. There were individuals in that group that were, even then, turning out images of the Solar System that rivaled professional observatories with these inexpensive devices that were never intended to be turned skyward. But because of the forward-thinking of some of their members and people's unceasing drive to tinker
(and discover!), major monthly publications like Sky and Telescope and Astronomy quickly understood the power these little cams wielded and began to pay considerable attention to the images that were beginning to fill their reader gallery pages.
As with any technology, the quality of the cameras, their chips, and ultimately the software that was being written to drive them, resulted in amateur images that were making everyone take notice and want to get in on this versatile and simple method of capturing exciting images of our nearest neighbours. Until I discovered this gem on Amazon, I was pretty much limited to whatever knowledge I could acquire about imaging with a webcam to what was posted on the net.
This book in the "Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series" has changed all that. It is a wonderfully concise and richly illustrated guidebook for both beginner and advanced amateur alike. It introduces in the most basic way how anyone with a modest telescope and simple webcam can turn out world-class images. Now to put this new knowledge to work in improving my own imaging techniques!
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