CCD Astroimaging Books
A Practical Guide to CCD Astronomy, Patrick Martinez and Alain
Klotz, 243 pages
A guide to choosing and using CCD cameras for amateur astronomers
Amateur Telescope Making, Stephen F. Tonkin
Chapter 14 is on building and using a Cookbook CCD Camera by Al
Kelly, 14 pages
The Art and Science of CCD Astronomy, David Ratlidge, 162 pages,
http://www.astrovid.com/CCDBOOKS.HTM
12 chapters by different authors about their CCD experiences.
Astronomical Equipment for Amateurs, Martin Mobberley
Chapter 8 is on electronic imaging, 43 pages
Astrophotography for the Amateur, 2nd Ed., Michael A. Covington
Chapter 12 is on Computer Image Enhancement, 26 pages & Chapter 13
is on CCD Imaging, 16 pages
CCD Astronomy Construction and Use of an Astronomical CCD Camera,
Christian Buil, 321 pages
An intermediate to advanced understanding of CCD camera design,
operation and imaging processing.
http://www.willbell.com/ccd/ccd4.htm or
http://www.astrovid.com/CCDBOOKS.HTM
The CCD Camera Cookbook, Richard Berry, Veikko Kanto & John
Munger, 176 pages
This book shows you how to build your own CCD camera.
http://www.willbell.com/ccd/ccd5.htm
Choosing and Using a CCD Camera, Richard Berry, 96 pages
Book includes Quikpix software for PCs
http://www.willbell.com/ccd/ccd6.htm
Deep Space CCD Atlas: North (264 pages) and South books by John
Vickers P.O.B. 1292 Duxbury, MA 02331
A good reference of CCD images to verify your objects
Electronic Imaging in Astronomy - Detectors and Instrumentation,
Ian S. McLean, 472 pages
CCDs and other imaging devices used in professional observatories
FOSTER CCD Imaging Series, Software Bisque, 107 pages,
http://www.bisque.com/
Covers the fundamental requirements for obtaining good CCD images.
The Handbook of Astronomical Image Processing, Richard Berry &
James Burnell, 640 pages
A very good book on image processing & it includes Astronomical
Image Processing for Windows (AIP4WIN)
Willmann-Bell, Inc. http://www.willbell.com/aip/index.htm
Handbook of CCD Astronomy, Steve B. Howell, 164 pages, Cambridge
University Press
Good intermediate introduction to CCD imaging.
Introduction to Astronomical Image Processing, Richard Berry, 96
pages
A beginners guide to CCD image enhancement for PCs and basics on
CCD imaging processing, includes
Astronomical Image Processing (AIP245) software
http://www.willbell.com/ccd/ccd7.htm
The New CCD Astronomy, Ron Wodaski, 476 pages
A very good book to start learning about CCD astronomy
http://www.wodaski.com/newastro/default.asp
Splendors of the Universe : A Practical Guide to Photographing the
Night Sky, Terence Dickinson, Jack Newton,
Terrence Dickinson
Covers various aspects of astrophotography including CCD imaging
Part 4: More Power to You, 17 pages
Video Astronomy, Steve Massey, Thomas A. Dobbins & Eric J.
Douglass, 200 pages
A beginners guide to using video
Sky Publishing Corp., http://skyandtelescope.com/
CCD Astronomy Magazine
CCD Astronomy was published from spring 1994 to winter 1997 with
four issues per year.
Obtain the back issues of CCD Astronomy from Sky Publishing Corp.,
http://skyandtelescope.com/
Especially summer 1995 for the article Starting Out Right by
Douglas George.
This is a must to read article for anyone starting in CCD imaging.
CCD Astroimaging Conferences and
Presentations
Imaging the Sky conferences,
http://home.teleport.com/~argo/its2002/its2002.html
AstroImage conferences by the Orange County Astronomers,
http://www.chapman.edu/oca/special.html
IAPPP-Western Wing Photometry and CCD Imaging Symposiums,
http://www.iapppwest.org/2002_symposium.html
CCD Astroimaging Computer CD-ROMs
CCD Imaging CD-ROM, Software Bisque, http://www.bisque.com/
Includes FOSTER CCD Imaging electronic book.
Before and after processed images
SkyPro CCD astronomy software demo (V2.04) with over 1,000 sample
images taken with a wide range of optical
instruments.
The Ultimate CCD Collection, Images by Jack Newton & Don Parker
SkyPro CCD astronomy software demo (V2.04) with over 300 color
images.
Images are provided in 24-bit TIFF, JPEG and 8-bit bitmap files.
http://www.bisque.com/
Deep Sky Imaging Using a CCD, Pedro Re, Kunihiko Okano, Dennis
Luse, Rik Blondeel, Michael Purcell, William
McLaughlin and Luc Vanhoeck, http://www.astrovid.com/CCDBOOKS.HTM
