2023 Amazing Sky Calendar
FREE!
Click on one of the images at left to download a free PDF of my 12-month 2023 AmazingSky Calendar. It is a 40-megabyte download handled via DropBox.
A DropBox page opens with the Calendar. Then select Download to get the PDF on your computer. Print the PDF locally if you would like a printed version.
The Calendar features 14 of my favourite astrophoto images from 2022, and monthly pages that highlight the best sky events for 2023, with an emphasis on naked-eye and photogenic events.
Thanks! And clear skies in 2023!
How to Photograph & Process
NIGHTScapes and TIMELapses
My ebook shows you how to take beautiful still-image "nightscapes" by moonlight and starlight, and how to shoot time-lapse movies of the night sky. Extensive step-by-step tutorials cover how to process still images and time-lapse movies.
It is available in two versions:
As a single-volume multimedia ebook for Apple Books
The Apple Books edition contains: 18 embedded HD videos of time-lapse examples / 50 step-by-step tutorials on processing images / Numerous Photo 101 and Astro 101 sections on the basics of photography and astronomy / Reviews of time-lapse gear and instructions on how to use intervalometers and motion-control gear.
$27.99 U.S. (available in Apple Books Stores worldwide — I don't sell this edition here)
OR ...
As a 2-volume PDF set
The two-volume PDF set is suitable for all devices, with the same content as the Apple iBooks edition.
Volume 1 deals with shooting techniques for stills and movies.
Volume 2 presents the step-by-step image and movie processing tutorials.
Volume 1: How to Photograph NIGHTScapes and TIMELapses
425 pages $14.95 U.S.
Volume 2: How to Process NIGHTScapes and TIMELapses
425 pages $14.95 U.S.
Available for purchase and download via the links below, thru the eJunkie e-commence service.
Tap/Click on the cover images to go to a page with all the contents listed in detail.
Buy Volume 1 PDF Edition
Buy Volume 2 PDF Edition
The Backyard Astronomer's Guide
Revised 4th Edition
Published in September 2021
"If you were to own only one book on amateur astronomy, this is it.”
— Sky & Telescope magazine
This 416-page print book provides a complete guide to the hobby of amateur astronomy, answering such questions as:
• Which telescope should I buy?
• What accessories do I need?
• How do I find my way around the sky?
• What can I expect to see through my telescope?
• How can I take pictures of the sky?
$49.95 U.S. and Canada (suggested retail)
Tap/Click on the cover image to go to a page with all the contents listed in detail.