The Astrophotography Planner: Second Edition

One of the best planners for observation , planning astrophotography. Wish I had known about it earlier

A nice way to learn about astrophotography if you are just getting started. Good review of targets by month of the viewing year.

nice tool for making a list of objects available for astrophography

Information wss awesome. Book pages have large indulations on the edge. Looks like the book is in a humid greenhouse. Would also gave been better if objects and constellations had common name labels somewhere. You will need another book or internet to figure out what some of these things are and to figure where they are located.

Very informative great photos

There are lots of web sites that tell you when is the best time to shoot various celestial targets. This book is full of charts that have graphing showing how many hours of imaging time you have for any given target at three different latitudes... which sounds useful, but it's easier to to look online than to read the charts in the book.

Don't know if it was my mistake or misdirection, but this is not what I was expecting. This book is completely useless. Don't buy it unless you have money to throw away.

It really helps with your astronomy observation sessions for the evening, by grouping recommended targets. Lots of good information.

Bom livro

Da astrofotografo l'ho trovato insufficientemente esaustivo: gli stessi dati che vengono riportati sono reperibili gratuitamente online, mentre mi sarei aspettato qualcosa di più da una pubblicazione di questo prezzo. Inoltre l'indice delle pagine contiene non pochi errori.

As an avid astro-photographer for about 30 years now I am always on the lookout for things that will assist with finding new targets as the seasons progress. I also use the latest equipment and AI assisted programs, so I am not stuck in the past. With the advent of new and more advanced amateur equipment a whole new range of targets has emerged over the years. The author of this book (and his other sky map book) has clearly put in an enormous amount of time and effort to map these things out. Not only that he shows the best times to view them and the amount of data time you will have (depending on the clouds of course). The additional information of how the targets respond to broadband and narrowband filters is of enormous help and will prevent time being wasted trying to acquire data that is simply not to be seen on that particular target. His tips on when to use additional exposure time in certain filters is of particular interest to people like me. I regard this book as essential reading for any astronomer who is interested in taking top-quality images of space targets. I do not say that lightly. You can spend hours trawling through the internet looking for the data you need, or you can just pick up this book and see it all immediately. 5-stars from me.

Très bien pour les "amateurs " d'astrophotographie.

Excellent reference material. The well presented layout conveys information in charts and maps, together with a short description of important things to consider. Choose a date, check the moon to decide if it's RGB or narrow band time, then quickly browse for a target visible from your latitude. With a clear plan in mind one can then set about creating the sequence of exposures in APT, NINA or other software, to gather sufficient time on target to produce a pleasing image.