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This title provides novice to accomplished amateur astronomers with a firm grounding in the basics and successful use of digital astrophotography. It provides examples of the best images, and gives readers hints and tips about how to get the best out of this extraordinary technology. Experts in CCD astronomy from North America and Europe have contributed to this book, illustrating their help and advice with many beautiful colour images - this book is in full color throughout. Techniques range from using simple webcams to highly technical aspects such as supernovae patrolling. Computer processing, stacking and image-enhancement are detailed, along with many hints and tips from the experts.

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From the reviews: <p> This colourful book is yet another addition to the forty-strong library of a ~Patrick Moorea (TM)s Practical Astronomy Seriesa (TM) produced by Springer. a ] it is a very interesting book and the colour illustrations are excellent and beautifully reproduced. Undoubtedly it will inspire many beginners to find out much more information about astronomical imaging. (Martin Mobberley, Astronomy Now, February, 2006)

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