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Further to what Nick has added, I have now received 23 reports from observers. Sky conditions in the UK did not lend themselves to photometry. Nick should have the best sequence but hopefully once he has measured his hundreds of frames I can add data from other observers. Roger Drew obtained a nice sequence as it skirted the edge of the open cluster Praesepe (Messier 44) in Cancer for instance – that occurred at around 5.00-6.00 am so it was a fine effort on his part to obtain high-quality data at that time. Soon to appear on the ARPS web pages …
Richard
Back in April, Graham e-mailed a number of BAA folk, but which did not include David A., the following: “The astronomy content is at a very introductory level. One aim is to get existing photographers out there to be as amazed as I have been in recent years by what can be done with ordinary digital cameras as long as you get away from the light polluted towns. The book should also be useful to those who are already astronomers but have not yet tried photography (Part 3 is about practical techniques and every photo in the book has full details of how it was taken).
Another aim is to get youngsters interested in something technical. The book is intended to be suitable for school pupils.
Hopefully this puts the book more in perspective.
Richard
David Arditti’s review is well-constructed and not quite as negative as Sheridan’s words make out. Looking at other comments about the book on the Web, it is clear that Graham has several objectives in writing/producing the book and so it will definitel;y appeal to several audiences. How well it satisfies the budding astrophotographer is possibly a bit like asking the proverbial ‘length of string’ question. Maybe David is indeed expecting too much of an in-depth approach. I see that Graham is a member of the Tynemouth Photographic Society and I can imagine it could have a strong appeal amongst amateur photographers especially if they can exploit local dark skies.
Richard
