Messier Astrophotography Reference

Explica para cada objeto mesier la exposicion procesado apilamiento y telescopio sugerido para tomar un buena foto. Es muy util como una guia basica.

I’ve read every one of Alan’s books on Astrophotography and I highly recommend them. He is a fountain of knowledge and has a way of writing & communicating that knowledge and all his years of experience to a level that the beginner can understand. Some of his books I keep with me in the field for reference and refer to them often. His books are filled with examples and photos and what not to do’s. You get way more then what it cost and in todays world that is not a small thing. Thanks Alan for teaching me so much!

Honestly, I really did get a lot of info out of this book. Obviously actual photos of each object was great, as was the size references based on three common scopes, and the recommendations on how to photograph. Nice. Seriously. That said, I personally could have done without the subjective descriptions of how boring several of the objects were to the author. Yes, it is his opinion, and his work, however it took away much of the enjoyment I expected to get from this book. Put another way, if I want someone's opinion there are plenty astronomy forums I can go to. I hope this doesn't take the joy out of other new astrophotographers anxious to get their eyes on the Messier objects.

Very good book. I wish I had this one before I ordered eyepieces. I plan on hooking up a cell phone that has the option of longer (like 10 sec. exposures) to the eyepieces. I have an F4.9 12 inch scope with eyepieces including a 56mm (26.1X) and am hopping to get some OK pictures. I don't have an equatorial mount, but hopefully I can see something that resembles a nebula. If not, might have to get one years from now when I have the money.

When where and how to photograph the Messier objects in an easy to use format. Perfect for those cloudy night planning sessions.I have several kindle, android and apple devices. I got ready to load it on my new ZenPad and was informed that my user limit had been reached. No warning. Removed it from a device and still could not load it on the new device. I had to deactivate a device.That would be like picking up a book and being told that I had read it in too many rooms. If that is your policy let people know before you purchase.

Well written, as a handy reference book, especially for beginning to intermediate skill level astrophotographers. Now I can make better judgements in advance about what are the appropriate targets for my imaging system, for a given time of the year. The simple calendar bar graph and triple aperture comparison chart, for each object are particularly useful. This is a terrific guide for planning deep space targets on a calendar basis. There is useful guidance on exposure and iso settings for each object, as well. This saves me considerable trial and error grief. I recommend this book for any photographer interested in exploring the 110 deep space objects covered.

Very helpful in identifying and also finding the Messier catalogue. I have been using to make the best use of my opportunities to view deep sky objects from my geographic location.

Probably it's the lack of color, but this book left me flat. I do have other books by this author, and I've enjoyed them very much. However, they are not centered solely around visual objects, as this one is. Budget Astrophotography and Long Exposure Astrophotography, both have hints, techniques and methods that I've employed and found to be very useful. Budget AP, as you might have imagined, has a lot of lower cost options, ones that work, ones that you can employ while you build your AP dream machine.

It is... mediocre.On the good side, it is concise and consistent. The author states he took all of the pictures using the same setup of telescope and camera, so the pictures are internally consistent. Each entry shows the picture of the object, example sizes of how the object would appear in your viewfinder against three different telescope sizes, general information about the object, its location, tips for taking the picture, and a star map showing there relative location of the object. Comparing what the author says he used against the example sizes gives a strong impression that the pictures in the book have not been cropped in size.The downside is the low production quality of the book. Immediately, it's in black and white. That's fine for stellar clusters, but not for nebulas. The other main downside is the star maps. They have incredibly poor quality, with heavy pixelation and noise. The author states they are printed from a separate source, but there should be better ways to get the figures in clearer.Overall, the book serves its purpose as a concise reference for beginners, however further sources would be better as you progress.

Loved the info provided, bit of history and useful info as a newbie on the messier objects, plenty of tips and tricks... the thing that remarkably lets this otherwise great book down, is black and white plates!!! The only colour is on the cover - I would actually purchase this book again, if done with some colour in there! There is value in the B&W, of course, but, Alan.... colour too please!!

A good reference for doing the Messier list for the first or second time; definitely worth the price...

The price of the paperback may have been inexpensive but in terms of it being fit for purpose, unless i relocate to the northern hemisphere it really isn't very helpful for a person looking to photograph deep space objects from Tasmania.I bought this book as it came higly regards in astrophotography chat forums.More emphasis should be made in the Amazon Australia website to communicate that it is unlikely to be useful for but the book was likely to be suited to northern hemisphere readers and not particularly suited to Antipodeans in lower latitudes.

It's a good book for beginner, I like to see more detail in taking and development for the object to be photoed.