Splendors of the Universe: A Practical Gudie to Photographing the Night Sky

By Terence Dickinson and Jack Newton

Book Overview

Catch a Falling Star--With a Camera Majestic clouds of cosmic gas floating in constellations ... the elegant swirl of a remote spiral galaxy ... the Milky Way's ethereal glow on a cool summer night.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552091414
• ISBN13: 9781552091418
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.8" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Practical "real-world" advice and great pictures

I really like everything about this book. It offers great, practical advice on learning how to take "astro"photos. Many beautiful pictures also. I am currently building my own camera mount based on guidelines in book. Anyone interested in astronomy and/or photography should get it!

Typo

The book is great. Terry and Jack did a wonderful job. By the way I am on page 64 with the camera tracker. I noticed a typo on this web page under table of contents. You have Sides versus prints and should be SLIDES verses prints. Clear skies Gary Boyle Observer's Group Chairman Ottawa Centre, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

FANTASTIC, IS THE BEST WAY TO SUM IT UP

NEVER BEFORE HAVE I SEEN A BOOK SO WELL THOUGHT THRU AND SO WELL WRITTEN MR DICKINSON HAS SHOWN US AGAIN HOW WELL HE WRITES. I RECIEVED THIS BOOK AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT FROM MY PARENTS, AND I LOVE IT. IT SHOWS WONDERFUL DIAGRAMS AND EVERYTHING YOU WOULD NEED TO KNOW. THANK YOU GEOFF NASH

Excellent intro to astrophotography

This is an excellent book - both inspirational and educational. The bulk of the book focuses on simple techniques for photographing wide-angle Milky Way panoramas, conjunctions, and constellations. The best part is that the authors really focus on using simple and commonly available cameras and equipment and provide plenty of stunning examples using these techniques. While the first reviewer is correct in that this book is not really a comprehensive guide for guided telescopic astrophotography I think this book stands on its' own as a much-needed intro for those who have always wanted to take night sky pictures without getting in over your head and being burdened with expensive and complicated equipment. I took some great Milky Way photos this summer after reading this book and now friends are asking me for enlargements!

Extremely informative, a fabulos book.

Outstanding book on Astro photography. Well written, easy to follow and has outstanding pictures and images alike. A must for anyone thinking about pointing a camera at the sky.