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Summary
Author Biography
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements | p. v |
Introduction: Deep-Sky Video Astronomy | p. xiii |
Using Video for Astronomy | p. 1 |
The Image Sensor | p. 2 |
Efficiency in Astrophotography | p. 4 |
Progressive Scan | p. 4 |
Interlaced TV Images | p. 4 |
Video Resolution | p. 7 |
Low Light Performance | p. 8 |
Hot Pixels | p. 10 |
Color Versus Black and White | p. 10 |
CCD Sizes and Image Scale | p. 12 |
Cameras | p. 17 |
Image Accumulation Cameras | p. 17 |
Cameras Modified for Astronomy | p. 20 |
Basic Camera Features | p. 20 |
Camera Control | p. 23 |
Shutter Speed | p. 23 |
Signal Gain Control | p. 24 |
Gamma Settings | p. 25 |
Accumulation Mode | p. 26 |
Video Cables and Connections | p. 28 |
Video Capture | p. 31 |
Digitizing Video | p. 31 |
Software Capture Tools | p. 32 |
Aspect Ratio | p. 33 |
Capture Resolution | p. 35 |
Image Quality | p. 37 |
RGB Color Spaces | p. 37 |
Recording Directly to DVD | p. 38 |
Bright Object Smearing in Videotape Recordings | p. 39 |
8-Bit Grayscale Images | p. 40 |
Understanding Capture Rates | p. 41 |
Storage Mediums | p. 43 |
File Sizes | p. 44 |
At the Telescope | p. 47 |
Focal Reducers | p. 47 |
Barlow Lens | p. 48 |
Eyepiece Projection | p. 50 |
Filters | p. 51 |
Filter Selectors | p. 51 |
Real-Time Video Observations | p. 54 |
Creating a Video Portrait | p. 55 |
Dark Frames | p. 55 |
Flat Fields | p. 56 |
Avoiding Dust Motes | p. 59 |
Image Scale and Resolution | p. 60 |
A Basic Plan for Your Imaging Session | p. 61 |
Guiding and Tracking Corrections | p. 66 |
How Many Images Should be Captured? | p. 67 |
Framing Multiple Fields to Capture Large Objects | p. 69 |
Initial Processing | p. 71 |
Software for Initial Processing of Video Files | p. 71 |
Stacking with Registax Direct from an AVI File | p. 73 |
Manually Stacking Images | p. 78 |
Final Processing | p. 83 |
Calibrating Your Computer Monitor | p. 84 |
Extracting the Detail | p. 85 |
Vignette/Gradient Removal | p. 90 |
Unsharp Masking | p. 95 |
Making Color from Black and White Images | p. 103 |
Color Balance | p. 107 |
Adding a Luminance Channel to RGB | p. 112 |
Making a Simulated Green Channel | p. 113 |
Adjusting Color Shift in Single CCD Color Camera Images | p. 117 |
Removing Artifacts | p. 117 |
Blending MultiField Images | p. 126 |
Printed Video Images | p. 130 |
Publishing Images to a Website | p. 132 |
Other Video Applications | p. 133 |
Lunar and Minor Planet Occultations | p. 133 |
Astrometry | p. 135 |
Supernova Searching | p. 136 |
Meteor Observations | p. 137 |
Video as a Guiding Tool | p. 137 |
Manual Guiding | p. 140 |
Automatic Guiding | p. 141 |
Video Finderscope | p. 142 |
Video Polar Alignment | p. 144 |
Collimating with Video | p. 144 |
Detecting Faint Planetary Moons | p. 145 |
Near Infrared: Imaging the Unseen | p. 146 |
The Gallery | p. 149 |
Suburban Light-Polluted Skies | p. 149 |
Dark Country Skies | p. 160 |
Glossary | p. 173 |
For Reference and Further Reading | p. 179 |
Internet Sites of Interest | p. 179 |
Index | p. 181 |
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