The Astrophotography Planner

Extremely helpful for an hobby astronomer and stargazer. Quick reference guide to the spectacles in the night sky. Loving it.

Bom livro

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.

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.

One of the best planners for observation , planning astrophotography. Wish I had known about it earlier