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Sams Publishing was founded in 1946 by Howard W. Sams, originally producing radio schematics and repair manuals.It was acquired by ITT in 1967. ITT sold its publishing division in 1985 to Macmillan.
Astrophotography cameras (3 P) Pages in category "Astrophotography" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Astrophotography, also known as astronomical imaging, is the photography or imaging of astronomical objects, celestial events, or areas of the night sky. The first photograph of an astronomical object (the Moon ) was taken in 1839 [ 1 ] , but it was not until the late 19th century that advances in technology allowed for detailed stellar ...
The author, Nigel Cumberland, of a Teach Yourself book entitled Secrets of Success at Work. Like many similar series, Teach Yourself has always used a common design for all of its books. Most older titles are covered with a distinctive yellow and blue, (formerly black), dust jacket, but over the years the publisher has changed the cover design ...
Albert G. Ingalls (1888–1958), editor of Amateur Telescope Making, Vols. 1–3 and "The Amateur Scientist". David H. Levy discovered or co-discovered 22 comets including Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, the most for any individual. Sir Patrick Moore (1923–2012), presenter of the BBC's long-running The Sky at Night and author of many books on astronomy.
Typical short-exposure negative image of a binary star (Zeta Boötis in this case) as seen through atmospheric seeing.Each star should appear as a single Airy pattern, but the atmosphere causes the images of the two stars to break up into two patterns of speckles (one pattern above left, the other below right).
This is a modern amateur Newtonian astrograph, specifically designed for astrophotography. An astrograph (or astrographic camera) is a telescope designed for the sole purpose of astrophotography. Astrographs are mostly used in wide-field astronomical surveys of the sky and for detection of objects such as asteroids, meteors, and comets.
Astronomy is a magazine about the science and hobby of astronomy.Based near Milwaukee in Brookfield, Wisconsin, it was produced by Kalmbach Publishing. Astronomy’s readers include those interested in astronomy and those who want to know about sky events, observing techniques, astrophotography, and amateur astronomy in general.