A Manual of Advanced Celestial
Photography
A Manual of Advanced Celestial Photography
by Brad Wallis and Robert Provin is
the most comprehensive book on astrophotography ever
published. Topics and techniques are
covered that go far beyond the scope of any other
publication in this area.
Some of the areas discussed include:
Chapter 1: A BRIEF HISTORY OF ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Chapter 2: INSTRUMENTATION (Optical Systems,
Mountings, Drives)
Chapter 3: TECHNIQUES AT THE TELESCOPE (Polar
Alignment, Guiding Focusing)
Chapter 4: THEORETICAL POINTS OF INTEREST (
Photographic Resolutions, Raytrace Reality )
Chapter 5: SENSITOMETRY (How to Measure Film
Speeds, What is a D LOG E Curve? & much more)
Chapter 6: BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY (
Characteristics of films and developers, picking the best for
your work )
Chapter 7: COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY (How they Work, Color
Basics, Color Reciprocity Failure, Tri-Color )
Chapter 8: INTRODUCTORY DARKROOM TECHNIQUES (Equipment, Processing, Printing & more
)
Chapter 9: ADVANCED DARKROOM TECHNIQUES (Mosaics,
Masking, Integration Printing & more )
Chapter 10: HYPERSENSITIZING TECHNIQUES (The works
!)
Chapter 11: DEEP-SKY ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY (Wide and
Narrow field work, FILTERS)
Chapter 12: HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPHY (SEEING, Planetary, Lunar & Solar
Eclipses
388 pages including Appendices and a spectacular
Bibliography
A Manual of Advanced Celestial Photography can be
ordered from Willmann-Bell (1-800-825-STAR) and other
mail-order book dealers.
Be sure and watch for From Silver to Silicon the latest
work by Wallis and Provin, soon to be published by
Willmann-Bell.
Return to the Wallis and Provin Page.