Imaging Sunlight Using a Digital Spectroheliograph
Ken M. Harrison
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Description for Imaging Sunlight Using a Digital Spectroheliograph
Paperback. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 250 pages, 80 black & white illustrations, 25 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; PGS; PNFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Ken M. Harrison's latest book is a complete guide for amateur astronomers who want to obtain detailed narrowband images of the Sun using a digital spectroheliograph (SHG). The SHG allows the safe imaging of the Sun without the expense of commercial `etalon' solar filters. As the supporting software continues to be refined, the use of the digital spectroheliograph will become more and more mainstream and has the potential to replace the expensive solar filters currently in use. The early chapters briefly explain the concept of the SHG and how it can produce an image from the solar spectrum. A comparison ... Read more
Ken M. Harrison's latest book is a complete guide for amateur astronomers who want to obtain detailed narrowband images of the Sun using a digital spectroheliograph (SHG). The SHG allows the safe imaging of the Sun without the expense of commercial `etalon' solar filters. As the supporting software continues to be refined, the use of the digital spectroheliograph will become more and more mainstream and has the potential to replace the expensive solar filters currently in use. The early chapters briefly explain the concept of the SHG and how it can produce an image from the solar spectrum. A comparison ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
Condition
New
Weight
460g
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319248721
SKU
V9783319248721
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About Ken M. Harrison
An experienced amateur astronomer, Ken Harrison was born in Scotland where he trained as a mechanical engineer. He has been designing and building telescopes since the early 1960's and has built a series of spectroscopes for use on medium-sized amateur telescopes. He was Section Director of the Astronomical Society of Victoria, Australia Astrophotographic Section for ten years and ... Read more
Reviews for Imaging Sunlight Using a Digital Spectroheliograph
This book should be required reading for anyone thinking of embarking on the construction of one of these instruments, and the first half makes a good primer for anyone embarking on less-sophisticated solar observation. (Mike Rushton, The Observatory, Vol. 137 (1260), October, 2017) This book, which is definitely aimed at experienced astronomy buffs, provides an ... Read more