Oculum-Verlag - Ullrich Dittler - Photographing the sun

Ullrich Dittler - Photographing the Sun

An introduction for amateur astronomers

Observing and photographing the sun is fascinating because it is the
closest star and its proximity offers incomparable insights that change
daily. This book explains in a clear and comprehensible way how to get
started photographing the sun.

Being treated

the structure of the sun

photography in white light

photography in H_α light

Photography in calcium light

Motifs for solar photographers

photography practice

Image processing

Current filter models, shooting techniques and image processing methods are presented in detail. The author gives personal tips from his own practice. The focus is on numerous own image results with detailed shooting data.

About the author
Ullrich Dittler is Professor of Interactive Media at Furtwangen University during the day. In the evenings and at night, he has been running a private observatory in the Black Forest for many years. He is equally passionate about photographing the sun in different lines of sight, deep-sky astrophotography and the detection of exoplanets with the means of an amateur. Dittler is the author of numerous publications on astrophotography and has presented his astrophotographs in various exhibitions.

 

- Book in German language