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One of the easiest ways to become disappointed is to expect your pocket digital camera, or your phone camera, to give you good pictures of the heavens. You might manage a tolerable picture of the Moon; and the brighter planets are at least recognizable if the camera is pointed at a telescope eyepiece. But they are no better than being barely recognizable. This chapter will explain how quite modest equipment will serve you far better.
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Clark, J. (2015). Photographing the Moon and Planets. In: Viewing and Imaging the Solar System. The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5179-2_4
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