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" Coloring the universe : "
Dr. Travis A. Rector, Kimberly Arcand, and Megan Watzke.
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854091
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Rector, Travis A., (Travis Arthur)
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Coloring the universe : : an insider's look at making spectacular images of space /\ Dr. Travis A. Rector, Kimberly Arcand, and Megan Watzke.
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Fairbanks :: University of Alaska Press,, [2015]
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, ©2015
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1 online resource
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1602232741
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: 9781602232747
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1602232733
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9781602232730
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Foreword by David Malin -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. HUMAN VERSUS TELESCOPE: COMPARING TELESCOPIC VISION WITH HUMAN VISION -- Seeing Is Believing -- Three Things a Telescope Does -- 2. THIS IS NOT A SELFIE: HOW TELESCOPES AND THEIR CAMERAS WORK -- How a "Visible-Light" Telescope Works -- Starlight, Camera, Action! -- Calibrating the Camera -- 3. COLORING THE UNIVERSE: BROADBAND IMAGES, AND HOW WE USE COLOR -- Show Your True Colors -- Making Color in Photography -- Putting Color into Astronomical Images -- Broadband Filters.
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10. OUTSIDE THE RAINBOW: THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM, DIFFERENT KINDS OF LIGHT -- The Electromagnetic Spectrum -- Radio, Radio -- Microwaves: More Than the Oven -- Infrared: Can You Feel the Heat? -- Visible: The Tiny Slice You Can See -- Ultraviolet: Light My Way -- X-rays: Beyond the Dentist's Office -- Gamma Rays: Light to the Extreme -- The Invisible Made Visible -- 11. PHOTOSHOPPING THE UNIVERSE: WHAT DO ASTRONOMERS DO? WHAT DO ASTRONOMERS NOT DO? -- From Data to an Image -- Enter Photoshop -- Cleaning the Image -- What Not to Do.
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12. THE AESTHETICS OF ASTROPHYSICS: PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION APPLIED TO THE UNIVERSE -- The Sharpness of an Image -- Color Contrasts -- The Composition of an Image -- Structure and Detail -- The Natural and Supernatural -- Anatomy of an Image: Breakdown of the Pillars of Creation -- Scientific and Beautiful -- EPILOGUE: SEEING THE EYE (AND HAND) OF GOD: PAREIDOLIA, OR SEEING FACES/OBJECTS IN ASTRONOMICAL IMAGERY -- Notes -- Resources -- Index.
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4. COLOR IS KNOWLEDGE: WHAT SCIENTISTS LEARN FROM COLOR WITH BROADBAND FILTERS -- Stars in Living Color -- Diamonds and Dust -- The Colors of Galaxies -- 5. A BRIEF HISTORY OF ASTRONOMICAL IMAGES: THE HISTORY OF HOW (AND WHY) IMAGES ARE MADE -- The Era of Photographic Plates -- Astronomy for Everyone -- The Rise of the Electronic Camera -- The Year That Was 1994 -- Onward to the Future -- The Time Is Now -- 6. THE MARVEL OF HYDROGEN: THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT AND HOW WE SEE IT -- Element Number One -- The Birth of Stars -- Jets from Forming Stars -- Choosing the Colors.
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7. SEEING RED: HOW WE SEE COLOR, AND HOW WE USE IT -- How Our Eyes See Color -- Interpretation of Color -- Perception of Temperature -- Here and Far -- Not Paint by Numbers -- 8. NARROW BAND IMAGING: ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION -- The Spaces between the Notes -- Give Me Oxygen -- When a Star Hits Empty -- Fifty Shades of Red -- The "Hubble Palette" and Beyond -- Big Stars Go Bang -- 9. A NIGHT IN THE LIFE: OBSERVING WITH THE WORLD'S LARGEST TELESCOPES -- These Are Professional Grade -- Reservations Required? -- Working Dusk till Dawn -- Remote Control.
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Space photography.
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PHOTOGRAPHY-- General.
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Space photography.
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| Dewey Classification
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778.3/5
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TR713.R43 2015eb
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Arcand, Kimberly,1975-
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Watzke, Megan K.
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