1. Astrophotography For Amateurs Enthusiast covers the basic bases with sections on getting started, tracking, prime focus, and photograph storage. I have seen several questions on astrophotography for amateurs, and I was thinking that I could share my experience here. http://www.galaxyphoto.com/thizy.html

(Deep Sky) Astrophotography for Amateurs by Olivier THIZY I have seen several questions on astrophotography for amateurs, and I was thinking that I could share my experience here. Of course, it will not replace books that one can find on the subject. I strongly recommend "Astrophotography for the Amateur" (Michael Covington) as the book to own if you want to start in this field. Everything described here is from my own experience, and covers only the basics of astrophotography. I am still far away from Fletcher and Hallas, but I enjoy what I do. I tried to explain my own evolution, from simple picture of the sky to prime focus one. It is not the only way, but it helps to practice the basics before going to long focal deepsky astrophotography. 1) GET STARTED: PHOTO ON TRIPOD Before even starting with photography with a telescope, I recommend to practice photography using a simple tripod. There are many things to do with a simple tripod: Moon and Planets at dawn or dusk: choose a nice foreground landscape (trees, mountains...). Evening just after the New Moon are very nice for that. Full Moon set above cities are very nice too. I usualy use a 100-400ASA slide film. Constellations: Using a fast film (I like the Kodak Ektar 1000) and short exposures (30"-45" for a 50mm lens), one can record a lot of details on constellations. I got some nice results on the Milky way, especialy around Sagittarius. Those pictures are also a perfect test for the photo shop: is the sky coming black from their lab?

2. Chuck's Astrophotography Find a thorough collection of articles related to the techniques for photographing heavenly bodies. astrophotography is an interest I've had since 1987. http://www.aa6g.org/astro.html

A Adjust Your Monitor for Grayscale Astrophotos My Articles Related to Astrophotography These pages best viewed with 16 bit or greater color. All Pages Made on a Macintosh Chuck Vaughn Return to Chuck's Hobby Home Page

3. Hans-Michael´s Astronomy And Astrophotography Page Presenting the astrophotography of Jason Ware, with hints and techniques for the beginner. http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/2071

Astronomy and Astrophotography - some amateur thoughts Take some snapshots! If you have a camera which lets you keep the shutter open for quite a while, this is your section. Go for the trails! If you dare to increase exposure time beyond 25 seconds, this is definitely your section. Take some snapshots through a small telescope! If you have a small telescope, a photo camera and a tripod this could be the place for you. Take your video camera to take some, yes, you guessed right, snapshots! If you are that sophisticated when it comes to equipment that you have a small telescope and a video camera then try this. Read all about Astronomy and Astrophotography If you want to collect all the tips and tricks before actually taking your first astrophoto or if you just want to improve your skills, take a look at my book recommendations. updated Find everything about astronomy on the Web If you are simply want to click on astronomy keywords to search all major search engines for astronomy stuff, visit my

4. Axel Mellinger's Astrophotography Page Welcome to my astrophotography web site! What's new http://canopus.physik.uni-potsdam.de/~axm/astrophot.html

Axel Mellinger's Welcome to my astrophotography web site! What's new... (March 15, 2003) Winter Hexagon Mosaic Witch Head Nebula (IC 2118) from Chiricahua National Monument Film test: E200, Provia 400F, PJ400, Supra 400 A tribute to Columbia: Shuttle Re-entry in 1996 ... Sculptor Galaxy NGC 253 and Globular Cluster NGC 288 ... and a few images from 2002: Comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) 800 mm close-up Comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) 135 mm telephoto image globular cluster NGC 5139 ( w ... "The Rising Emu" (southern Milky Way) Deep Sky Images All-Sky Panorama The All-Sky Milky Way panorama has moved to a separate server Click here for the Virtual Reality All-Sky Panorama Image gallery wide-field telephoto prime focus (Vixen 8" f/4 Newtonian) Special features Comet Hale-Bopp Astrophotography from the White Mountains (California) (this page is presented for historic reasons and no longer maintained. Some links may be broken.) Total Solar Eclipse page Miscellaneous My telescopes Links hits since Oct. 25, 1999 Axel Mellinger axm@rz.uni-potsdam.de Last change: document.write(document.lastModified)

5. Deep Sky Photography: Astrophotography By George Greaney Shares techniques for producing quality astronomy images, as well as several photographs. Deep Sky Photography. astrophotography by George Greaney http://www.astroimages.com/

Deep Sky Photography Astrophotography by George Greaney What's Here Getting the Images Darkroom Techniques Enhanced Color Astrophotography Digital Image Processing Digital Image Enhancement in Astrophotography Refractor Gallery Images from the Astrophysics 6 inch f/7 EDF Refractor Celestron-14 Gallery Images from the Celestron-14 SCT Ritchey-Chretien Gallery Images from the OGS 14.5 inch f/7.65 RCT Astrophotography Links Adjust your Monitor! This site was last updated on 03/15/03 NOTE: All images and text are intended for personal use only. They may be used for commercial purposes ONLY with written permission of the author. E-mail me at gsg@astroimages.com

6. Astrophotography By Jerry Lodriguss Features astronomical images and offers tips and techniques for astrophotography and Photoshop digital enhancements. of deepsky astronomical photographs, tips and. techniques for astrophotography, and digital enhancement in Photoshop http://www.astropix.com/

This is a web site of deep-sky astronomical photographs, tips and techniques for astrophotography, and digital enhancement in Photoshop Catching the Light Astrophotography By Jerry Lodriguss Photoshop for Astrophotographers New Book Coming Soon! The final table of contents is complete for the book. The final draft is finished! Home Showcase Table of Contents Images Index Search ... License the Images since 9/2/99 Next Astrophoto Showcase Astrophoto Index Objects Lists ... Sports Photography

7. Astrophotography By Bob And Janice Fera Bob and Janice Fera Welcome to our web site. Here we'd like to share some of the astronomical photographs we've taken over the last few years. http://www.feraphotography.com/

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8. Jeff MacQuarrie's Astrophotography Images Homepage Color astrophotography images of comets, nebulae, galaxies, the Moon, lunar eclipses and star fields. http://members.aol.com/tchphysics/astropho.htm

Jeff MacQuarrie's Astrophotography Home Page The following astronomical images were taken in Maine and Maryland with an Olympus OM-1 camera, Nikon N2000 camera and a 16-inch, f/4.5 Meade Starfinder Newtonian Reflector telescope. Images will be added as they are obtained. NEBULAE Interstellar clouds of gas and dust. Nebulae include the remnants of supernova explosions of stars, expanding shells of gas blown off from dying stars, and regions of new star formation. Click on images to see full-size along with additional information M1 - Crab M8 - Lagoon M17 - Omega M20 - Trifid M27 - Dumbbell NGC7293 - Helix M42 - Orion Nebula GALAXIES Island universes of billions of stars. Click on images to see full-size along with additional information M31 - Andromeda M51 - Whirlpool M81 - Bode's M82 - Cigar COMETS A comet is an interplanetary body that contains ices and dark carbon-rich soil. Comets travel in highly elliptical orbits around the Sun that take them from beyond the orbit of Pluto to close solar passes. As a comet approaches the Sun, its ices sublime into space, giving off a trailing stream of gas and dust. The following images are of two comets seen in 1996 and 1997. Click on images to see full-size along with additional information Comet Hale-Bopp Comet Hale-Bopp Comet Hyakutake MOON Earth's satellite. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow.

9. Wide-Field Astrophotography Discusses technique that uses camera lenses and simple tracking equipment. http://casa.colorado.edu/~rachford/widefield.html

A Wide-Field Astrophotography Page Hi, I'm Brian Rachford and welcome to my wide-field astrophotography page! Notice that I call it "A" wide-field astrophotography page. The information is not intended to be comprehensive by any means. The emphasis here is on astrophotography with camera lenses, using simple tracking equipment. These pages have not been updated for a while. However, there is still a lot of good information here. Who am I? More information about me and how these pages came about. Equipment Information about cameras, lenses, film, etc. Barndoor drives Includes detailed plans for building a simple barndoor drive like the ones I've used to take the photos on these pages. Targets Recommended targets for your camera. Numbers Field-of-view, plate scale, relative light gathering power, etc. for different lenses. Links Actually, these are mainly just links to lists of links. Astrophoto Gallery Finally, a portfolio of my images. I've thumbnailed the images to keep the download time reasonable, but the whole page is still a few hundred kilobytes. All photos on these pages are Brian Rachford 1996-1998. You may download a copy of each image for personal use and that's about it.

10. Astrophotography By Jerry Lodriguss Astronomical photographs, astrophotography tips and techniques, Digital enhancementof astrophotos in Photoshop. Catching the Light. astrophotography. http://www.astropix.com/INDEX.HTM

This is a web site of deep-sky astronomical photographs, tips and techniques for astrophotography, and digital enhancement in Photoshop Catching the Light Astrophotography By Jerry Lodriguss Photoshop for Astrophotographers New Book Coming Soon! The final table of contents is complete for the book. The final draft is finished! Home Showcase Table of Contents Images Index Search ... License the Images since 9/2/99 Next Astrophoto Showcase Astrophoto Index Objects Lists ... Sports Photography

11. Astrophotography Articles Catching the Light by Jerry Lodriguss. astrophotography Articles, Introduction;Equipment; Cameras Focusing Screens. Films; Exposures; Fixed Tripod Shots http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/TOC_AP.HTM

Catching the Light by Jerry Lodriguss Astrophotography Articles Introduction Equipment Cameras Focusing Screens ... Search Astrophotography Articles Digital Techniques Stories Misc License the Images

12. Video Astronomy Solar, lunar and planetary video astrophotography images along with an extensive links page and some Category Science Astronomy Amateur astrophotography and CCD Imaging....... VIDEO CAPTURE astrophotography. Video astronomy and video capture astrophotographyhas only recently come into the main stream of amateur astronomy. http://www.lafterhall.com/astro.html

LATEST IMAGES! Ongoing review of the AVA StellaCam-EX and the ITE DeepSky-Pro LAST QUARTER REVIEW ARTICLE: "SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS FOR VIDEO ASTRONOMY" Supercircuits recently introduced a new low light video surveillance camera head, the PC164C, which uses a very sensitive Sony Super HAD EXview CCD video chip. The extreme sensitivity of the camera, rated at 0.0003 lux, allows the use of larger image scale when imaging the planets resulting in higher resolution images. A 25cm Newtonian @ f/30 was used to image Saturn and a 15cm Maksutov-Cassegrain at f/50 for Jupiter. VIDEO CAPTURE ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY As seeing conditions at my suburban home in Livermore, California are always turbulent I have adopted the use of video for my astrophotography. From the very first images made back in 1999, I was producing results several orders of magnitude better than the best film photos I had ever taken of the moon and planets through a scope. All of the images on this web site were made from video, either with an Astrovid 2000 video camera or Supercircuits' PC23C, PC33C or PC164C video surveillance cameras using a 25cm f/6 Newtonian or 15cm f/10 Maksutov-Cassegrain. Prime focus, Barlow projection or eyepiece projection were utilized to vary image scale (magnification). Video was recorded to a Hi8 camcorder and individual frames were captured to computer with a Snappy frame grabber. Image processing with Adobe Photo Shop. All imaging was done from my suburban driveway in Livermore CA. Be sure to check out some of my other pages and see more planetary and lunar images captured with video. Should you have questions or comments, do drop me a post at

13. Astrophotography Related Articles astrophotography Related Articles. Drift Alignment is the method Iuse to polar align my mount for long exposure astrophotography. http://www.aa6g.org/Astronomy/articles.html

Astrophotography Related Articles Here are some articles I've written on a few selected topics. Collimation of your telescope is very important for successful astrophotos. This is how I collimate my Ritchey-Chretien. Drift Alignment is the method I use to polar align my mount for long exposure astrophotography. The SBIG ST-4 autoguider has allowed me to do astrophotos of up to 3 hours. Previously my manual guiding time limit was one hour. I've related my experiences with the autoguider and some tips for its use. Knife Edge Focusing is the method that I've always used to focus my telescope for astrophotography. Here is a detailed explanation of how to do it. Color Photography of Emission Line Sources is a discussion of the problems of photographing emission nebula with color film or by tricolor photography. Adjusting Your Astrophotos with Photoshop Levels is a discussion of the proper way to adjust your astrophotos with this basic function of image processing. Assembling a Tricolor Astrophoto is discussion of the tests I ran to determine what exposures were required through tricolor filters and how to compensate for improper exposure times.

14. Starmatt Astrophotography Images of nebulae with medium format film and APO refractors.Category Science Astronomy astrophotography and CCD Imaging Images......Please tour this gallery of astrophotographs of celestial objects indeep space. These images are exposed at darksky locations, using http://starmatt.com/

Starmatt Home The Photographer Publishers Contact ... Site Map Please tour this gallery of astrophotographs of celestial objects in deep space. The colors of the photographs are real. New Images Nebulae Wide Field Solar System Star Trails Star Clusters Remnants Galaxies From Chile I saw two shooting stars last night I wished on them but they were only satellites Is it wrong to wish on space hardware I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care. - Billy Bragg 1983 Linked to Starmatt.com? English to Chinese English to French English to German English to Italian English to Japanese English to Korean English to Portuguese English to Spanish

15. Astrophotography For The Amateur Provides table of contents, ordering information, and preview of chapter one by Michael Covington.Category Science Astronomy Amateur astrophotography and CCD Imaging...... Covington Innovations Home Astronomy and astrophotography astrophotography forthe Amateur. New! astrophotography for the Amateur. by Michael A. Covington. http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/astro/

Jump to ... Astrophotography for the Amateur How to Use a Computerized Telescope Celestial Objects for Modern Telescopes Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms NOPPP PIC Programmer Fountain Pens Michael A. Covington Melody M. Covington Cathy Covington Sharon Covington Covington Innovations Home Where to buy this book Sample pages Corrections and updates ... Getting started with cameras and telescopes Free astrophotography software Covington Innovations Home Astronomy and Astrophotography New! Click for details... Your complete guide to film astrophotography, CCD imaging, and image processing... Astrophotography for the Amateur by Michael A. Covington Published by Cambridge University Press , May 1999 ISBN 0-521-64133-0 (hardback), 0-521-62740-0 (paperback) Available from Amazon.Com and other fine booksellers L'Astronomie, Full ordering information Corrections and updates Read table of contents and chapter 1 online About astrophotography how to get started ... Recent astrophotos by Michael Covington Michael Covington's academic and personal web pages Top All Our Books Graphic Design Computers and Electronics Astronomy and Astrophotography ... Contact Us Last Revision December 18, 2002 (Design Only)

16. Free Astrophotography Software Covington Innovations Home Astronomy and astrophotography astrophotography forthe Amateur Free astrophotography Software. Free astrophotography Software. http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/astro/astrosoft.html

Jump to ... Astrophotography for the Amateur How to Use a Computerized Telescope Celestial Objects for Modern Telescopes Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms NOPPP PIC Programmer Fountain Pens Michael A. Covington Melody M. Covington Cathy Covington Sharon Covington Covington Innovations Home Astronomy and Astrophotography Astrophotography for the Amateur Free Astrophotography Software Astrophotography exposure calculator (revised November 2000) This revision gives fractional seconds in decimal as well as fraction form (such as 0.018 as well as 1/60 second) for the convenience of CCD users. Download Windows application (ZIP file) (For Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP) Program to calculate effect of polar axis misalignment Run applet now, in your web browser Download Java code (source and bytecode, ZIP file) BASIC programs from first edition BASIC source code and DOS executables (ZIP file) Almanac program (Calculates sunrise, sunset, twilight, moonrise, and constellations visible.) Download DOS application (ZIP file) To unpack the ZIP files, use

17. ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY PRIMER Basic Concepts and a Description of the Equipment UsedCategory Science Astronomy Amateur astrophotography and CCD Imaging......A BASIC PRIMER ON astrophotography. astrophotography can test one's patience and dedicationto the limits and at the same time be both satisfying and rewarding. http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/6529/primer.html

A BASIC PRIMER ON ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY © 1997 By: Jim Pennington It was said by a good friend of mine that astrophotographers are masochists. In a sense, I suppose he is correct. Astrophotography can test one's patience and dedication to the limits and at the same time be both satisfying and rewarding. Photographing the night sky can be done by anyone if they are willing to put forth the time and effort in learning the nuances of this hobby. Equipment requirements range from nothing but a simple camera and tripod to a multi- thousand dollar computer controlled telescope equipped with a CCD autoguider and seperate guidescope. I suppose the greatest allure of astrophotography is the challenge to be successful at it. As I mentioned above, it is not impossible to learn but neither is it easy. Going outside and hand holding a camera on the stars will not work. A bit of preparation and knowing what you are doing is essential for success. Basic Concepts and a Description of the Equipment Used Rigid Camera Mountings Tracking the Stars Piggyback Photography Prime Focus Photography and the Horror of Focusing ... Getting Your Film Developed and Printed The Basic Concepts and Equipment Rigid Camera Mountings Tripod mounted cameras are limited to relatively short exposures of 15 seconds or less and a lens of no more than 100mm focal length is recommended. The reason for this is that longer focal length lenses produce less field of view on the film and therefore more magnification. As magnification goes up, we start running into the problem of "trailing" of the stars due to the earth's rotation and the apparent movement of the stars across the sky. The stars will no longer appear to be "dots" but will begin to resemble streaks which will get longer if the magnification goes up or the exposure time increases.

18. Wide Field Astrophotography JupiterVenus conjunction, planets, comets, meteors, deep-sky. http://www2.arnes.si/~mborion4/astronomy.htm

SLOVENSKO Northern constelations' reflections in the lake. Astronomy and backyard astrophotography Leonid meteor storm in 2002 Leonid meteor storm in 2001 Leonids 2000 Meteors Planets in 2001 (wide field photos) A nice trio in the morning (wide field photos) February 1999 Jupiter-Venus conjunction (wide field photos) Aurora borealis from Slovenia Total Solar Eclipse (August 11, 1999) Lunar eclipse photographs Sun photographs Lunar and planetary photography Comet photography Deep sky MBK Team homepage Astronomical Society Orion homepage Names of 88 constellations in different languages Mail me to: Javor Home Astronomy Photography ... Links

19. Dans Astrophotography Web Site ;****images*****telescope*****links http://www.thurs.net/dan/

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20. Al Kelly's CCD Astrophotography Page One of the most inspiring and informative CCD sites.Category Science Astronomy astrophotography and CCD Imaging Images......Al Kelly's CCD astrophotography Page. WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CCD ASTRONOMY!(Last updated on February 2, 2003). About CCDs and astrophotography. http://www.ghg.net/akelly/

Al Kelly's CCD Astrophotography Page WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CCD ASTRONOMY! (Last updated on February 2, 2003) On the left is the Ring Nebula as seen by my CB245 CCD camera. On the right is the 32" Newtonian telescope in my Danciger, Texas observatory which allowed the camera to have such a view. The goal of this web site is to promote CCD astrophotography by amateur astronomers. I am a member of the Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society (JSCAS) CCD special interest group (SIG), which also exists for this purpose. The JSCAS CCD SIG invites anyone interested to participate with us in using CCD cameras for astrophotography. For more information, e-mail akelly@ghg.net INSTRUCTIONS ON TAKING AND PROCESSING CCD IMAGES Click here to read a BASIC INSTRUCTION MANUAL on acquiring and processing astronomical CCD images. This is a living electronic document constantly undergoing improvement. G2V-CALIBRATED COLOR IMAGING In 1998, four of us were pleased to present our development of color CCD astro-image calibration and processing techniques, including white-balancing with Solar-analog (G2V) star data, atmospheric extinction correction, and foreground sky color neutralization. The article also discussed the use of CYAN

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