Astrophotography, Just the Facts!
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (952 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01FZY7PZS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 454 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"this book provided some useful info on when to use each as well as" according to Gary R Gause. As an experienced PI and photoshop user, this book provided some useful info on when to use each as well as solving a problem I was having with the psf function. Thanks!. A must for beginners Highly recommended for anyone interested in getting into astrophotography. As the title says: Just the facts!. "Not very useful" according to George Hatfield. Too short of be of much use as an intro to PixInsight for astroimage processing. The first 15 pages or so of the book concerns CCD camera data acquisition. The section on image calibration which follows is OK, but its brevity might be a problem for those just starting to use PI. There are many online tutorials which do a better job of outlining these processes. Finally, the
While each set of imagery data has its’ own unique set of challenges, the processing approach remains the same. The author's astrophotography has been featured by National Geographic, The Discovery Channel, Sky & Telescope magazine, Astronomy magazine, Better Photography and many online outlets such as Space. The purpose of "Astrophotography, Just the Facts!" is to outline a brief, but comprehensive approach to the collection and processing of astrophotography imagery aimed at the beginning astrophotographer. The book takes a step by step approach using the same methods the author uses for all his astrophotography imagery. While there is no single approach to the art of astrophotography the author's method will produce excellent results and is easily completed in a few evenings.PixInsight and Photoshop are used for the processing of raw astronomical image data. The author will use a set of imagery data that was collected from his Owl Mountain Observatory as the basis for this processing tutorial.After you complete this tutorial you should have a sound understanding of PixInsight on which to base an exploration of the many other features that