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Astronomie solaire

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 8:23 pm
by krakatoa1883
I just received this book already reported by Christian in the shop section of the forum:

http://www.astronomiesolaire.com/index.php

Wonderful is all I can say, I am sure it will soon become the bible of the advanced solar imager. It reminds me of another great book, High Resolution Astrophotography by Jean Dragesco on which I learned to take my first steps in this field twenty years ago and still a fine reference work.

Every topic is very well covered with plenty of details on both the theoretical principles, including mathematical backgrounds, and the practical applications in solar equipment (telescopes, telescope modification, filters, auxiliary devices) and imaging techniques (but there is a fine chapter on solar drawing too). I find it really difficult to tell which chapter I enjoyed most, however the ones on specialized solar telescopes and equipment projects (including the construction of a coronagraph) are particularly inspiring as well as the one on image processing which reports many examples on the best use of Autostakkert and several other programs. The book is of a large format and printed on high quality paper, every image and picture is well reproduced without loss of details or colors.

My congratulations to all authors for this excellent work.

Re: Astronomie solaire

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 9:20 pm
by pedro
I also got mine today and I read half of it during the afternoon

Well written and lots of interesting topics. Highly recommended (in french)

http://www.astronomiesolaire.com/
http://www.astronomiesolaire.com/sommaire.php
http://www.astronomiesolaire.com/apercu.php

Re: Astronomie solaire

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:13 am
by ffellah
Is Christian thinking of an English release of the book ?

Franco

Re: Astronomie solaire

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2018 4:45 pm
by JF Roudier
Good evening,
thank you for your appreciations.
An edition in English is in preparation.
Sincerely,
Jef, coauthor

Re: Astronomie solaire

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2018 6:33 pm
by ffellah
Thank you, Jef, for responding. I can't wait to get a copy ! Please let us know when ready, so we can order it.

Franco

Re: Astronomie solaire

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2018 7:27 pm
by eroel
Jef:
Me too, I will wait for the English edition.
Raf, I also kept up with Dragesco and some earlier giant imagers (Chemical emulsion and digital) (King, Young, Massey, Dobbins, Douglass, Garcia, Ratledge, Volker, Jenkins and many others)
My, that makes me think that I am old. :shock:
Best regards.
Eric.

Re: Astronomie solaire

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2018 10:48 pm
by rsfoto
JF Roudier wrote: Sun Nov 04, 2018 4:45 pm Good evening,
thank you for your appreciations.
An edition in English is in preparation.
Sincerely,
Jef, coauthor
Hi,

Very Good. As soon it is out in English I will order one. Perhaps shipping gets cheaper when Eric Roel and me order at the same time and one shipment is done to Mexico or perhaps USA and somebody brings them over :shock:

regards Rainer

Re: Astronomie solaire

Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 7:40 pm
by christian viladrich
Thanks Ralf and Pedro for your kind comments :-)

This give us even more motivation to get the English version ready ASAP.

Best regards
Christian

Re: Astronomie solaire

Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 8:02 pm
by marktownley
I'll definitely buy the English version Christian

Re: Astronomie solaire

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 1:14 pm
by denababy
How will we know when the English version is released here in the UK?

Re: Astronomie solaire

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 8:49 pm
by christian viladrich
Hi,
We will keep you informed when the English version is ready.

Re: Astronomie solaire

Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 8:32 am
by Carbon60
I’m looking forward to that, Christian. Congratulations on your wonderfully informative book. The English version will be a delight.

Stu.