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Originally Posted by pw
I just bought and received the book "Making every photon count" by Steve Richards. It was strongly recommended on another astronomy forum. It is aimed at beginners to atstrophotography and is clearly written with a step by step explanation of the requirements and methods. I have found that it makes quality atsrophotography sound quite daunting (and I'm an experienced and capable terrestial photographer). I'm rethinking whether I want to pursue it further and might be better to invest my time and money in a solar telescope and use it to image the sun instead of the night sky.
I am going to try shorter exposure images of planets, moon and the sun through a white light filter using my dslr and CSC though.
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Peter,
When I first got into astrophotography back in the 1980s, I bought a book by Michael Covington called "Astrophotography for the Amateur". Covington has written another book "Digital SLR Astrophotography", and it is just as easy to read and follow as his original book. In the 80s, I also read other books supposedly for the beginner, and they were so complex as to turn anyone off having a go. I think some of these authors like to make it very complex to satisfy their own egos!
Don't let one book turn you off.
