Preface -- Introduction -- Section 1: Getting Started -- Afocal Photography with Digital Cameras -- An Introduction to Webcam Imaging -- Long Exposure Webcams and Image Stacking Techniques-. Deep-Sky Imaging with a Digital SLR -- Section 2: Getting Serious -- IRIS: Astronomical Image Processing Software -- High-Resolution Imaging of the Planets -- High-Resolution Color Imaging -- Out-Smarting Light Pollution -- Section 3: Advanced -- The Hybrid Image -- A New Astro-imaging Philosophy -- Amateur Spectroscopy in the 21st Century -- Successful Patrolling for Supernovae
Summary
This volume on digital astrophotography is divided into three sections discussing equipment of increasing levels of sophistication and cost, and also includes contributions from experts in various specialisms