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Author Mobberley, Martin, 1958-

Title Lunar and planetary webcam user's guide / Martin Mobberley
Published London : Springer, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 229 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series, 1617-7185
Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series. 1617-7185
Contents The solar system: a brief introduction -- Webcams, plus a "quick start" guide -- High-resolution essentials -- Planetary imagers worldwide -- Have webcam, will travel -- Planetary webcams and their alternatives -- A beginner's guide to using a webcam -- Detailed image processing, colors and LRGB -- Advanced stacking of rippling AVI frames -- Imaging the Moon -- Imaging Mercury and Venus -- Imaging Mars -- Imaging Jupiter -- Imaging Saturn -- Imaging Uranus and Neptune -- Imaging the Sun -- Appendix: Web pages for software, hardware, and observers
Summary "In the Lunar and Planetary Webcam User's Guide, Martin Mobberley demystifies the jargon of webcams and computer processing, and provides detailed hints and tips for imaging the Sun, Moon, and planets with a webcam. He looks at each observing target separately, describing and explaining all specialized techniques in context."--Jacket
Notes English
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In Springer eBooks
Subject Webcams.
Astronomical photography -- Equipment and supplies.
Imaging systems in astronomy.
Astronomy.
Astronomy
astronomy.
NATURE -- Sky Observation.
Astronomical photography -- Equipment and supplies.
Imaging systems in astronomy.
Webcams.
Photographie astronomique -- Appareils et matériel.
Imagerie en astronomie.
Physique.
Astronomie.
Astronomical photography -- Equipment and supplies
Imaging systems in astronomy
Webcams
Genre/Form Imaging systems in astronomy
Observations
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781846281990
1846281997
1846281970
9781846281976
128061188X
9781280611889
6610611882
9786610611881