TheSkySearchers

DEnc wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:41 pm I predict that you would really enjoy The Handbook of Astronomical Image Processing. The link lists some of the topics.

Unfortunately recently the publisher went out of business so the price of the book has sky-rocketed, so a used copy might make more sense.

http://www.wvi.com/~rberry/imageprocess ... ip4win.htm

Graeme1858 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:44 pm I found this quite useful when I started:

https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/book ... %C2%A35.49

This is a bit of a favourite now. It's not just a list of targets. It goes into the capturing too:



Regards

Graeme

AstroBee wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:59 pm I'm more of a "learn by video" kinda guy these days so I'm not going to be much help when it comes to books but there are a ton of folks on YouTube that could be helpful. Dylan O'Donnell, Trevor @ AstroBackyard, Joe's Astrophoto. etc...
I have a bunch more but if you look at these guys and go way back in their library, you'll see a ton of videos from when they were just starting out.
BTW, Dylan is an acquired taste. He comes off a bit jerky but is truly a great guy.

turboscrew wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:04 am What do you say about "The Deep-sky Imaging Primer" by Charles Bracken?

notFritzArgelander wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:38 am

turboscrew wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:04 am What do you say about "The Deep-sky Imaging Primer" by Charles Bracken?

Excellent! I have it. I agree on all the recommendations so far. There are books by Thierry Legault, Alan Hall, Covington, and Seip (very short and simple, perhaps not enough theory for you) that are also good.

turboscrew wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:04 am What do you say about "The Deep-sky Imaging Primer" by Charles Bracken?

Juno16 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:44 pm

turboscrew wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:04 am What do you say about "The Deep-sky Imaging Primer" by Charles Bracken?

Hi Juha,

I have read tons of reviews of the "The Deep-sky Imaging Primer" and bought it before I imaged anything or had any imaging equipment.

The book is a must have, but personally, I got a whole lot more out of it after I started dabbling with imaging and getting familiar with the process and equipment. I re-read the book after I got started and wow, it all made sense and is a tremendous resource. A must have reference.

I definitely recommend it, but for me, I really didn't really understand a lot of it until I was off and running.

Also, at the time, I was a Startools user and only Photoshop and Pixinsight were covered in the book.

Youtube is a wonderful resource. Forrest Tanaka has a series (somewhat dated now, but the principles are the same) that is superb. In addition to Astrobackyard and Dylan, you might want to check out Cuiv, The Lazy Geek. I have really gotten a huge amount of knowledge from watching Cuiv's videos.

Good luck and have fun!

turboscrew wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 9:00 pm

Juno16 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:44 pm

turboscrew wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:04 am What do you say about "The Deep-sky Imaging Primer" by Charles Bracken?

Hi Juha,

I have read tons of reviews of the "The Deep-sky Imaging Primer" and bought it before I imaged anything or had any imaging equipment.

The book is a must have, but personally, I got a whole lot more out of it after I started dabbling with imaging and getting familiar with the process and equipment. I re-read the book after I got started and wow, it all made sense and is a tremendous resource. A must have reference.

I definitely recommend it, but for me, I really didn't really understand a lot of it until I was off and running.

Also, at the time, I was a Startools user and only Photoshop and Pixinsight were covered in the book.

Youtube is a wonderful resource. Forrest Tanaka has a series (somewhat dated now, but the principles are the same) that is superb. In addition to Astrobackyard and Dylan, you might want to check out Cuiv, The Lazy Geek. I have really gotten a huge amount of knowledge from watching Cuiv's videos.

Good luck and have fun!

I'd like to get some theoretical knowledge too, and use that to figure out what to buy.
Also, I use mostly Linux, so I guess I have to find the SW and the ways to use the SW from not-so-obvious sources anyway. I think, my SW background might be helpful there. I've found that the videos are usually helpful when it comes to details, but not so much when some more general ideas are in question.

Like, I can calculate the angular coverage of a pixel, but I have very little idea of what stacking and other image manipulation can do, when there's some oversampling (light "leaking" to the adjacent pixels).

sdbodin wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 10:14 pm The Bible:

https://kupdf.net/download/all-about-te ... 1cf739_pdf

Basic theory about optics in 'Dick and Jane' fashion, easy for the dense Finn head to absorb, remember my family is from Vaasa.

Photography section deals in film, but that doesn't matter, a sensor is a sensor.

Good luck,
Steve

sdbodin wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 2:31 pm OK, Amazon link, but pricey,



Think I paid less than $10 when new, inflation.

Steve