No longer are heavy; sturdy; expensive mounts and tripods required to photograph deep space. With todays advances in technology; all that is required is an entry-DSLR and an entry level GoTo telescope. Here is all of the information needed to start photographing the night sky without buying expensive tracking mounts. By using multiple short exposures and combining them with mostly lsquo;freewarersquo; computer programs; the effect of image rotation can be minimized to a point where it is undetectable in normal astrophotography; even for a deep-sky object such as a galaxy or nebula. All the processes; techniques; and equipment needed to use inexpensive; lightweight altazimuth and equatorial mounts and very short exposures photography to image deep space objects are explained; step-by-step; in full detail; supported by clear; easy to understand graphics and photographs.Currently available lightweight mounts and tripods are identified and examined from an economic versus capability perspective to help users determine what camera; telescope; and mount is the best fit for them. A similar analysis is presented for entry-level telescopes and mounts sold as bundled packages by the telescope manufacturers. This book lifts the veil of mystery from the creation of deep space photographs and makes astrophotography affordable and accessible to most amateur astronomers.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Quite the treasureBy Andrew CalhounUp Yon Wide and Lonely Glen offers great insight into the lives of the keepers of living folk traditions. It is chock full of stories; photos; and all kinds of songs; clearly transcribed by Geordie McIntyre including vocal slides and notes on the singing; from rare versions of ballads to humorous ditties; plus several of Elizabeth Stewarts piano compositions. With sections on Jean and Lucy Stewart; and appearances by Hamish Henderson; Alan Lomax; Ewan MacColl Peggy Seeger; Kenneth Goldstein; etc. Includes some rough tales of alcoholism and physical abuse; and discrimination against the Travellers; all the more heartbreaking to those who love these songs and those who sing them. Here is a shimmering pentatonic minor version of "The Pride of Glencoe;" a broken token ballad which in the subtlety of its insight outshines all others of its type. This book is a great resource for working folksingers and a great read all around; written appropriately in Scots with a glossary; quite easy to follow; and even includes a few words of "cant;" a private language used against oppression. Great work by editor Alison McMorland; whose devotion shines from beginning to end.
