Lessons from the masters
Subtitle: current concepts in astronomical image processing
By: Robert Gendler, editor
Series: The Patrick Moore practical astronomy series; Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, [N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9781461478331; 9781461478348
Subjects: Astronomical photography; Imaging systems in astronomy
Description: There are currently thousands of amateur astronomers around the world engaged in astrophotography at increasingly sophisticated levels. Their ranks far outnumber professional astronomers doing the same and their contributions both technically and artistically are the dominant drivers of progress in the field today. This book is a unique collaboration of individuals, all world-renowned in their particular area, and covers in detail each of the major sub-disciplines of astrophotography. This approach offers the reader the greatest opportunity to learn the most current information and the latest techniques directly from the foremost innovators in the field today. The book as a whole covers all types of astronomical image processing, including processing of eclipses and solar phenomena, extracting detail from deep-sky, planetary, and widefield images, and offers solutions to some of the most challenging and vexing problems in astronomical image processing. Recognized chapter authors include deep sky experts such as JAY GABANY, TONY HALLAS, ROBERT GENDLER, KEN CRAWFORD, high-resolution planetary expert DAMIAN PEACH, and the founder of The World at Night BABAK A. TAFRESHI, among other luminaries in the field of astronomical image processing. A large number of quality illustrations help explain the critical concepts and complex techniques the modern astrophotographer will need to achieve the highest level of quality in their astronomical images.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Theory of Astronomical Imaging  -- Stan Moore; title: High Dynamic Range Processing  -- Ken Crawford; title: Intensifying Color  -- R. Jay GaBany; title: Revealing Small-Scale Details  -- Ken Crawford; title: Bringing Out Faint Large-Scale Structure  -- Rogelio Bernal Andreo; title: Narrowband Imaging  -- Don S. Goldman Ph.D.; title: Widefield Imaging: Selected Strategies for Processing Light-Contaminated Data  -- Stephen A. Cannistra; title: Noise Reduction Techniques  -- Tony Hallas; title: Deep Sky Imaging: Workflow 1  -- Adam Block; title: Deep Sky Imaging: Workflow 2  -- Johannes Schedler; title: Deep Sky Imaging: Workflow 3  -- Steve Mazlin; title: High Resolution Lunar and Planetary Imaging  -- Damian Peach; title: Secrets to Successful Earth and Sky Photography  -- Babak A. Tafreshi; title: Imaging and Processing Images of the Solar Corona  -- Fred Espenak; title: Catching Sunlight  -- Alan Friedman; title: Aesthetics and Composition in Deep Sky Imaging  -- Robert Gendler; title: Hybrid Images: A Strategy for Optimizing Impact in Astronomical Images -- Robert Gendler.