Author:
Parker, Greg, author.
Edition Statement:Second edition.
ImprintCham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
Descriptionxii, 189 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Note:How did I start? -- The Beginning, and a Serious Health Warning! -- Assembling your Imaging System -- Computational Considerations: Data Acquisition and Image Processing -- A Permanent Setup -- First Light: Choosing your Objects -- First Light: your First Objects -- Wide-Field Imaging with a Short Focal Length Refractor -- Hyperstar III Imaging -- Parallel Imaging with an Array -- Fundamentals of Image Processing -- Processing Professional Data -- The Deep-Sky Images -- Differentiating your Work -- Your Largest Resource -- Book Recommendations -- Appendix 1. The angular size of objects in the sky -- Appendix 2. The designation of deep-sky objects.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-170) and index.
