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Astroimaging
Astronomical Observing with Cameras

Observing astronomical objects with a camera is very exciting in that astronomical images contain fainter details that can be seen using visual observing methods. Another benefit of astroimaging is sharing your images with others.

To start astroimaging one needs a camera. A telescope may not be needed depending upon the type of astroimaging.

Astroimaging equipment ranges widely depending upon the type of astroimaging. For example, using a camera to take star trails and meteors photographs require very little equipment. On the other hand, a CCD image of M106 galaxy requires a telescope, computer skills, imaging processing skills, etc.

There are many resources that can help in learning about astroimaging. These resources include information about different imaging/photographing techniques and astroimaging equipment. Also, information is available on astronomical objects to image.

The below links covers the different aspects of astroimaging. They contains information about cameras, photography methods and equipment. Some topics such as CCD reference library is subdivided into beginner, intermediate and advanced sections.

Image Galleries, a collect of my favorite images
Sun Gallery taken with Nikon Coolpix 990 Digital Camera
Moon Gallery taken with Nikon Coolpix 990 Digital Camera
Mars Gallery taken with Philips PCVC740K ToUcam PRO web camera
Jupiter Gallery taken with Meade LPI camera
Saturn Gallery taken with Nikon Coolpix 990 Digital Camera and Philips PCVC740K ToUcam PRO web camera
Messier Gallery taken with Cookbook CB245 CCD camera
Fastar Gallery taken with ST-237 CCD camera and Fastar C-8

Images Indexes
Animations Sun, Moon, Jupiter and comets
Sun Images Nikon 990 CoolPix Digital Camera
Moon Images Nikon 990 CoolPix Digital Camera
29 Days of the Moon Images Nikon 990 CoolPix Digital Camera
Planet Images Nikon 990 CoolPix Digital Camera, Meade LPI, Philips PCVC740K ToUcam PRO web camera, SBIG ST-237
Comet Images Nikon D70, Fastar, SBIG ST-237
Messier Images Fastar, SBIG ST-237
Herschel II Images Fastar, SBIG ST-237
Messier Index Cookbook CB245

Nikon D70 Images
Messier Images
Comet Images

Fastar CCD Images
Messier Images
Herschel II Images

Cookbook CB245 CCD Images
Best of Messier
Messier Index
NGC Index
Name Index

David Haworth's Imaging Notes
Imaging Processing & Astro Artistry
Fastar Imaging
Fastar CCD Imaging Session
CCD Astroimaging Lessions Learned
CCD Camera Multiple Imaging Stacking
CCD Camera Aspect Ratio Resampling
CCD Camera Star Blooming
Imaging Sessions
Seeing and Transparency

David Haworth's CCD Imaging Equipment & Setup
Building the Observatory
Fastar C8 Telescope
Fastar C8 Telescope Setup
Celestron CG-11 observing setup at home
Celestron CG-11 & Orion ShortTube™ 80 mm refractor
Cookbook CB245 camera on Orion ShortTube™ 80 mm refractor
Celestron CG-11 observing setup at ARGO
Cookbook CB245 camera on Celestron CG-11 at ARGO
Celestron CG-11 observing setup at Table Mountain Star Party
SBIG ST-4 camera on Orion ShortTube™ 80 mm refractor
AIP4WIN Astronomical Image Processing for Windows Software

CCD Astroimaging Resources on the Web
CCD Reference List ccdref.pdf (PDF file format).
CCD Astroimaging Web Articles
CCD Conferences & Email List Servers
CCD Astroimages
CCD Astroimaging Astronomer's Web Sites
CCD Equipment & Software
CCD Astronomy Data

CCD Imaging Library
CCD Reference List ccdref.pdf (PDF file format).
Beginner's Books
Intermediate Books
Advanced Books
CCD Magazine Articles
CCD Computer CD-ROMs
CCD Video Tapes

ITS - Imaging The Sky Conference
2004
2003
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1999

Astrophotography Books

Astrophotography Web Resources
Star Field