Re: [APML] Astrophoto Books

["John Gleason" <dvj@earthlink.net>]

Well Robert.....  

Depending on how you read the calendar, your book may very well be the last
astrophoto book of the 20th century.  Unless you mean April 28, 2001.  ;-)



John Gleason, dvj@earthlink.net
http://www.celestialimage.com



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> From: Robert Reeves <rreeves@connecti.com>
> To: astro-photo@seds.org
> Subject: Re: [APML] Astrophoto Books
> Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 8:27 PM
> 
> > Besides astrophotography for the Ameture,
> >
> > Can any one recommend any other astrophotography books ?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> 
> Funny you should ask... Its about time I came in from the dark on
> this subject.
> 
> I have been semi-lurking on APML for years, and over that time I
> have written a book on astrophotography myself.  It is called
> "Wide-Field Astrophotography" and it will be released by
> Willmann-Bell in 10 days (ship date is April 28).
> 
> I have no quibble with Covington's book mentioned above, in fact he
> and I helped each other to some extent with our respective books.  We
> were in a good natured race to see who would put out the last astrophoto
> book of the 20th century.  I lost, so I have the first astrophoto book of
> the
> 21st century.  While Michael's book was the only new game in town, I
> kept quiet about mine.  But now that it ships next week, it is time to
> plug Wide-Field Astrophotography and announce to the group that there
> is a new book available.
> 
> It is advertized as 540+ pages, (Which is news to me, the manuscript
> was only 530 pages last time I saw it.) 350 illustrations, and 53 tables.
> Its quite a chunk of hardbound book for only $29.95.
> 
> To read the table of contents and the entire first chapter (with
> illustrations,
> many by fellow APML member Chuck Vaughn) on-line. Go to the
> Willmann-Bell web site at http://www.willbell.com
> and click on "What's New".  The center new book is mine.  Click on it
> for details and a .PDF file of the first chapter.  Naturally, the
following
> chapters
> are more specific than the introductory first chapter, but you will get
the
> drift.
> 
> To access chapter 1 directly, go to
> http://www.willbell.com/new/pdfs/WideFieldChapter01.pdf
> but I urge you to look at the table of contents as well at
> http://www.willbell.com/new/widefieldast.htm
> 
> Although I am listed as the author, there is input from about a dozen
> folks, many who were or are APML members and photo contributions by
> many folks.  Although the book was not written by a committee, sometimes
> I feel like it could not have been completed without all the help from
many
> individuals.  Its taken about four years to put it together but it is now
> ready to
> ship from Willmann-Bell.  Check it out.
> 
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> 
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