Contents

Foreword by Babak Tafreshi

Preface

Acknowledgments

SECTION I WHAT IS LANDSCAPE ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY AND WHY NOW?

1 Introduction and Goals of Book

SECTION II UNDERSTANDING ASTRONOMY AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE FOR NIGHTSCAPE IMAGES

2 The Night Sky and Its Movement

3 Sunrises and Sunsets

4 Aurora Borealis/Australis

5 The Moon

6 Solar System

7 Meteors, Meteor Showers, Comets, Fireballs, and Bolides

8 The Milky Way

9 Weather and Atmospheric Science

SECTION III UNDERSTANDING PHOTOGRAPHY FOR LANDSCAPE ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY IMAGES

10 Light and the Human Eye

11 Camera and Lens Systems

12 Exposure

13 Light Painting and Light Drawing

14 Video, Time Lapse, and Motion Production

SECTION IV PLANNING SUCCESSFUL LANDSCAPE ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY IMAGES

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