The Astrophotography Planner: Second Edition
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The Astrophotography Planner, Second Edition, will help you make the most of every clear night. Knowing when an object is optimally placed in the sky is critical to gathering the best data. This new edition features an expanded list of objects and revised charts to help you plan and optimize your astrophotography. There are charts and maps for 87 of the best areas of the night sky for those in the northern hemisphere. The charts reveal how many imaging hours you can expect for each area on a given date, as well as the times it will be best positioned in the sky. The maps show a wide view to help you decide how to frame each object. Three years of daily information about the moon is also included to further assist with your planning. Review: What a fantastic book - As an avid astro-photographer for about 30 years now I am always on the lookout for things that will assist with finding new targets as the seasons progress. I also use the latest equipment and AI assisted programs, so I am not stuck in the past. With the advent of new and more advanced amateur equipment a whole new range of targets has emerged over the years. The author of this book (and his other sky map book) has clearly put in an enormous amount of time and effort to map these things out. Not only that he shows the best times to view them and the amount of data time you will have (depending on the clouds of course). The additional information of how the targets respond to broadband and narrowband filters is of enormous help and will prevent time being wasted trying to acquire data that is simply not to be seen on that particular target. His tips on when to use additional exposure time in certain filters is of particular interest to people like me. I regard this book as essential reading for any astronomer who is interested in taking top-quality images of space targets. I do not say that lightly. You can spend hours trawling through the internet looking for the data you need, or you can just pick up this book and see it all immediately. 5-stars from me. Review: Essential time saver - Excellent reference material. The well presented layout conveys information in charts and maps, together with a short description of important things to consider. Choose a date, check the moon to decide if it's RGB or narrow band time, then quickly browse for a target visible from your latitude. With a clear plan in mind one can then set about creating the sequence of exposures in APT, NINA or other software, to gather sufficient time on target to produce a pleasing image.
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A**R
What a fantastic book
As an avid astro-photographer for about 30 years now I am always on the lookout for things that will assist with finding new targets as the seasons progress. I also use the latest equipment and AI assisted programs, so I am not stuck in the past. With the advent of new and more advanced amateur equipment a whole new range of targets has emerged over the years. The author of this book (and his other sky map book) has clearly put in an enormous amount of time and effort to map these things out. Not only that he shows the best times to view them and the amount of data time you will have (depending on the clouds of course). The additional information of how the targets respond to broadband and narrowband filters is of enormous help and will prevent time being wasted trying to acquire data that is simply not to be seen on that particular target. His tips on when to use additional exposure time in certain filters is of particular interest to people like me. I regard this book as essential reading for any astronomer who is interested in taking top-quality images of space targets. I do not say that lightly. You can spend hours trawling through the internet looking for the data you need, or you can just pick up this book and see it all immediately. 5-stars from me.
A**R
Essential time saver
Excellent reference material. The well presented layout conveys information in charts and maps, together with a short description of important things to consider. Choose a date, check the moon to decide if it's RGB or narrow band time, then quickly browse for a target visible from your latitude. With a clear plan in mind one can then set about creating the sequence of exposures in APT, NINA or other software, to gather sufficient time on target to produce a pleasing image.
S**N
Good material but index is wrong
Informative book but the index at the back has wrong page numbers - which makes searching for the objects a pain. For example, The North America and Pelican nebulae are on page 77 and not, as the index says, on pages 75, 78 & 81. Every one I've looked at so far is wrong and needs an addendum.
J**4
Extremely helpful.
Extremely helpful for an hobby astronomer and stargazer. Quick reference guide to the spectacles in the night sky. Loving it.
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G**E
Non vale quanto costa
Da astrofotografo l'ho trovato insufficientemente esaustivo: gli stessi dati che vengono riportati sono reperibili gratuitamente online, mentre mi sarei aspettato qualcosa di più da una pubblicazione di questo prezzo. Inoltre l'indice delle pagine contiene non pochi errori.
N**O
Best Astronomy planer -for observation and photography
One of the best planners for observation , planning astrophotography. Wish I had known about it earlier
P**U
Astronomie
Très bien pour les "amateurs " d'astrophotographie.
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