Astrophotography Essays

All essays copyright (c) Tony Gondola 2007, All Rights Reserved. Please contact the author for questions or publication rights

 

Imaging

Extending Dynamic Range with Contrast Masking

Extending Dynamic Range in Lunar Imaging with Luminosity Masking

Histogram Use and Tuning in Lunar Imaging

Goodbye Wavelets - High Pass filter processing

Negative difference processing - A method of  albedo enhancement of gray scale lunar images

High resolution lunar image processing - A step by step workflow process

Secondary obstruction test

Atik 2HS imaging guide

 

Optics

Optical Quality - Defects and accuracy and why it matters

A Simple Mirror Test