The Cambridge Deep-Sky Album

by Jack Newton

Other authorsPhilip Teece (Author)
Hardcover, 1983

Status

Available

Call number

QB63 .N478

Publication

Cambridge University Press (1983), Edition: 1st, 128 pages

Description

Presents photographs of galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters as photographed in color through a homebuilt telescope.

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LibraryThing member billsearth
Jack Newton was a pioneer in capturing deep-sky objects on sensitized emulsions. He has since moved into digital detectors but at the zenith of his film work, he collaborated with Teece on this pictoral cataloge of deep sky objects. This book showed dedicated amateur astronomers that with some
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equipment and a lot of perseverence they could capture images of most deep sky objects.

Newton's photos were taken on sensitized color film and are each printed with a reference map Prior to the digital detector age, this book provided images that showed the amateur what deep sky objects would look like when photographed through a 16-20 inch aperture scope.
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Language

Original language

English

ISBN

0521256682 / 9780521256681

Barcode

241

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