Capturing the Stars: Astrophotography by the Masters

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Capturing the Stars: Astrophotography by the Masters

Robert Gendler

Language: English

Pages: 160

ISBN: 0760335001

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


To gaze at the stars is one thing; to capture that gaze in photographs is something else, a tantalizing scientific art that many attempt and few master.  That rare mastery is on full display in this beautiful volume of space photography from thirty of the most accomplished astrophotographers in the world, both professional and amateur.  Galaxies, star clusters, nebulae, and other deep-sky treasures fill the pages.  Along with the marvels of the night sky--the Andromeda and Whirlpool galaxies, the Pleiades and the Praesepe, the Orion and Crab nebulae, and many more--each section features a profile of the photographer’s work, techniques, philosophy, and experiences.  Compiled by the world's leading amateur astrophotographer, with an introduction to the history of space photography, this spectacular volume is an essential for every stargazer’s bookshelf.

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Young blue stars has formed in the bridge of material shared by the two galaxies. NGC 2440 The final stage in the lifetime of a sunlike star, the planetary nebula stage lasts only 10,000 to 30,000 years, an astronomical instant in the overall life of a star. The dying central star of NGC 2440 is one of the hottest known, with a surface temperature near 200,000 degrees Kelvin. The Orion Nebula Spanning forty light years, the legendary Orion Nebula (M42) is one of the most inspiring cosmic.

To the Milky Way. At its northern tip (lower left), an anomalous spiral arm interacts with a dwarf companion galaxy, similar to the Milky Way’s relationship with the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Antennae The merging galactic systems NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 are known as the Antennae. Surprisingly commonplace in the universe, galactic mergers can take hundreds of millions of years to run their course. These two galaxies began their union between 300 million and 450 million years ago and will likely.

To the Milky Way. At its northern tip (lower left), an anomalous spiral arm interacts with a dwarf companion galaxy, similar to the Milky Way’s relationship with the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Antennae The merging galactic systems NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 are known as the Antennae. Surprisingly commonplace in the universe, galactic mergers can take hundreds of millions of years to run their course. These two galaxies began their union between 300 million and 450 million years ago and will likely.

Dark and bright nebulosity lies near the plane of our galaxy, close to the famous glowing cloud known as the Orion Nebula (M42). (See page 95 for a portrait of M42.) LDN 673 This field represents number 673 in Lynds’ Catalog of Dark Nebulae. The catalog, published by American astronomer Beverly Lynds in 1962, was based on photographic plates made by the National Geographic–Palomar Observatory sky atlas and, in many cases, can be cross-identified with Barnard’s catalog. IC 446 and IC 447 This.

Other galaxies. The Foxfur Nebula The clouds of the Foxfur Nebula comprise curious shapes and textures sculpted by the radiation of massive nearby stars. M95 A prototypical barred spiral galaxy, M95 played a critical role in establishing Hubble’s constant, a value that defines the rate of recession of galaxies. American astronomer Edwin Hubble first established the constant in 1929. The refinement of Hubble’s constant has great implications for cosmology and our knowledge about the ultimate.

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