Beginner CCD Astroimaging Books

These are two excellent books to start learning about CCD astroimaging.

Choosing and Using a CCD Camera, Richard Berry,
This is the best book to start learning about the basics of CCD astroimaging. Book includes Quikpix software and images that runs on a DOS PC. A more detailed book description is at Willmann-Bell, Inc.
Introduction to Astronomical Image Processing, Richard Berry,
A comprehensive guide to CCD image enhancement for the IBM-PC and compatibles. This is the second book to read on CCD technology after reading the above Choosing and Using a CCD Camera book. It focuses on learning about image processing which is required after taking raw CCD images. The book includes AIP245 Astromonical Image Processing software and images that runs on a DOS PC. A more detailed book description is at Willmann-Bell, Inc.
Download Small Refractor CCD Imaging paper version 1.6, October 22, 1999 in PDF format (refccd1.6.pdf file size: 24KB)
Download Small Refractor CCD Imaging presentation version 1.6, October 31, 1999 in Microsoft PowerPoint format (refccd16.pps file size: 1,606KB)

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