文档介绍：Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series
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The 100 Best
Targets for
Astrophotography
Ruben Kier
Ruben Kier
Orange, CT 06477
USA
ISSN 1431-9756
ISBN 978-1-4419-0602-1 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-0603-8
DOI -1-4419-0603-8
Library of Congress Control Number: 2009928623
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To my parents, Pearl and Ralph, in celebration of
their 60th wedding anniversary:
For the nights when you would fall asleep in
the car waiting for me at the local observatory,
to your support and encouragement of my
education, and your enthusiasm about my
astrophotography, I am eternally grateful.
To my children, Melanie and Shelley, through
whose eyes I have rediscovered the marvels of the
cosmos; may you never abandon your sense of
wonder at the miracles of nature.
And to my wife, Stephanie, who by her example
has motivated me to e a better citizen,
physician, teacher, parent, and spouse.
Preface
A picture tells a thousand words. Some of the astronomy’s muni-
cations and teaching tools are its rich legacy of images. Astroimaging began
in 1840