As a very novice astronomer, and knowing absolutely nothing about webcams, I purchased this book based on the reviews and the title. While the planetary and lunar photos were nice, the first portions of the book was basically worthless, unless you wanted an introduction to individuals world wide wh
Lunar and Planetary Webcam User's Guide (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series)
β Scribed by Martin Mobberley
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 231
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Category
- Library
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This is an excellent book for me. I am learning about astronomy/stargazing, and also looking for advice relating to purchasing my first telescope. The book is greatly helping me to better choose my first telescope. The book also includes information about accessories for telescopes and binoculars
<span>Both beginning/novice amateur astronomers (at the level of Astronomy and Night Sky magazine readers), as well as more advanced amateur astronomers (level of Sky and Telescope) will find this book invaluable and fascinating. It includes detailed up-to-date information on sources, selection and
<p><P>Inexpensive webcams are revolutionizing imaging in amateur astronomy by providing an affordable alternative to cooled-chip astronomical CCD cameras, for photographing the brighter astronomical objects.</P><P>Webcams β costing only a few tens of dollars β are capable of more advanced high resol
<P>This book de-mystifies the jargon of webcams and computer processing, and provides detailed hints and tips for imaging the Sun, Moon and planets with a webcam. It demonstrates how inexpensive tools are revolutionizing imaging in amateur astronomy. Anyone with a modest telescope and a webcam can n