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good book or starter for CCD Imaging

Started by cdub1955, 10/03/2007 12:50AM
Posted 10/03/2007 12:50AM Opening Post
I have had my hand at some film astrophotography. But I am going to venture into CCD. Can you recommend and direct me to some books etc. to get a head start...

Chris
Posted 10/03/2007 12:18PM #1
Chris,
Stu's suggestions are dead on, and I'd add one more to you list: The Handbook of Astronomical Image Processing by Richard Berry and James Burnell. While Wadoski's book is very much a how to manual for all-things imaging--what scopes, mounts, how to shoot, process, etc.--this one focuses almost entirely on processing images, a very large part of the picture (pun just slipped out!). I found it very, very helpful to understand what the software actually did to an image to help me get a grip on the many options in the process. (BTW, also comes with its own processing software.)
Anyway, my 2c.
I hope you have fun with it,
Larry