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Websites and resources about Astronomy - Astrophotography and CCD Imaging
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Amateur Adaptive Optics
Astronomical images and tips on astronomical photography and CCD imaging by the authors of a book on astronomical photography.
http://voltaire.csun.edu/ao.html

Video Astronomy by Craig Zerbe
Video CCD astro imaging and astrophotography taken by Craig Zerbe using an Astrovid 2000.
http://www.AstroImaging.com

Astrophotography Primer
Basic concepts, including tracking methods and equipment details.
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/6529/primer.html

Wide Field Astrophotography
Discusses technique that uses camera lenses and simple tracking equipment.
http://casa.colorado.edu/~rachford/widefield.html

Astro-Imaging Hints Page
Tips on astrophotography, hypering, and stacking methods. By Brad Wallis and Robert Provin.
http://voltaire.csun.edu/hints.html

Video Capture Astrophotography
Solar, lunar and planetary video astrophotography images along with an extensive links page and some how-to instructions on video astronomy.
http://www.lafterhall.com/astro.html

Astrophotography For Amateurs
An instructional guide for beginning astrophotographers by Olivier Thizy.
http://www.galaxyphoto.com/thizy.html

Astrophotography For The Amateur
Provides table of contents, ordering information, and preview of chapter one by Michael Covington.
http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/astro/index.html

Stellar Products
Tutorials on high-resolution astrophotography and CCD imaging; images of Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, and other astronomical targets.
http://www.stellarproducts.com/

Astromicroscopy Home Page
An unconventional method of observing the universe.
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/2165/

Astrophotography by Jerry Lodriguss
Deep-sky astronomical photographs, tips and techniques for astrophotography, and digital enhancement in Photoshop.
http://www.astropix.com

VideoAstro
E-mail discussion group with gallery of solar, lunar, planetary and deep sky images, links, and articles on video astrophotography.
http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/canterbury/222/astrovid.htm

Getting Started in Astrophotography
Hints and tips on taking photographs of the night sky using a camera and tripod.
http://www.robson101.freeserve.co.uk/Astrophotography/

Lombry's Luxorion
Series of articles that detail how amateur astronomers can obtain detailed CCD images.
http://www.astrosurf.com/lombry/

Rob's Astronomy Site
Contains images, Mel bartel's scope drive, night time weather statistics, gas hypering, deep-sky images, and freeware.
http://www.fornax.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Telescope
CCD imaging advice.
http://skyandtelescope.com/howto/imaging/

Ash's Astronomy Page
LX200.
http://members.cox.net/roeckelein_aap/

Astro-Photography Mailing List (APML) Archives
This is the archives of the world's most active forum for amateur film astrophotographers. This email list discusses equipment, tools, techniques, and science. Includes instructions for subscribing to the list.
http://astro.umsystem.edu/apml/

Doc G's Astrophotography Info
A venerable site filled with practical advice on film-based astrophotography equipment and techniques.
http://www.mailbag.com/users/ragreiner/

Mysky
Free web-based forum for image posting and discussion of amateur astronomical imaging.
http://www.mysky.org/mysky/

New Astronomy Press
a book on all aspects of CCD imaging and image processing.
http://www.newastro.com

A Manual of Advanced Celestial Photography
An important book, published in 1988 by Wallis and Provin. Although somewhat outdated now, it still has relevant information for film astrophotographers. Unfortunately out of print but can be found on used markets.
http://voltaire.csun.edu/book.html

Frank Astronomy
Gallery of astrophotography attempts, trails and tribulations of a beginning astrophotographer, astronomy links, and suggestions and tips for buying that first telescope.
http://www.my-spot.com/astronomy.htm

Amateur CCD and Film Astrophotography
Tips for beginners, plus images of the moon and planets with film and CCD.
http://www.astronomy.darkhorizons.org/

Eagle Observatory
Offers overview of the equipment, as well as images of galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters.
http://www1.wcf.net/~radduci/eagle/index.html

Glenn Ray's Astrophotography
Gallery of images, equipments used, and articles.
http://users3.ev1.net/~glennlray/Astro/

Ron Wodaski's Astronomy Stuff
Information about CCD imaging including tutorials, equipment reviews, and solar, lunar, planetary, galactic and other images.
http://www.newastro.com/wodaski/

Rick Thurmond's Astronomical Adventures
Analogue astrophotographs of nebulae and galaxies as well as terrestrial images and information about the C14 telescope with full descriptions of the techniques and equipment including darkroom techniques.
http://www.rickthurmond.com/

Roger's Website of Southern Amateur Astronomy
Offers news, equipment details, tutorials, and galleries of astrophotographs of the moon, star trails, planets, constellations and the milky way.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~rog1/astro/

Scope Addiction
CCD images of galaxies and other objects as well as information about telescopes and creating CCD images.
http://home1.gte.net/res0hnzl/index.html

Pleiades Astrophoto
Astronomical images, and techniques and tools for astrophotography and digital image processing.
http://www.pleiades-astrophoto.com/en.html

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