Directory of Astrophotography and CCD Imaging Resources

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This category lists sites that assist amateur astrophotographers learn and refine their techniques for both film and CCD imaging.

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Resources in This Category

• Amateur Astronomy

  http://www.xs4all.nl/~martlian/
  News, equipment, astrophotography, and projects.

• AO ( Active Optics ) for Amateur Imaging

  http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/ao.html
  Images and tips by the authors of a book on astronomical photography.

• Astro Imaging Hints Page

  http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/hints.html
  Articles for beginners, shooting comets, polar alignment, CCD pixel size and masking, and stacking.

• AstroChris

  http://www.astrochris.net/
  Images, plugins, moon phase, hints and tips, seeing conditions, and equipment.

• Astronomy and CCD Astro Imaging

  http://www.astrosurf.com/benschop/
  Images, observing tips and techniques, techniques, equipment information, projects, skymap, and links.

• Astronomy: Erik Bryssinck

  http://www.astronomie.be/erik.bryssinck/
  Results of astro-ccd photography, several tips and tricks for quickcam astro-ccd photography.

• Astrophotography and CCD Imaging

  http://www.skyandtelescope.com/howto/astrophotography?wfx2=lh2hj34l8s
  Tips for film, digital cameras, video cameras, and CCDs.

• Astrophotography by HrAstro

  http://www.hrastro.com/
  Provides instruction in astrophotography, information on the necessary equipment and an image gallery.

• Astrophotography by Jim Ferreira

  http://www.lafterhall.com/astro.html
  Solar, lunar and planetary video astrophotography images and article review.

• Astrophotography for the Amateur

  http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/astro/
  Provides table of contents, ordering information, and preview of chapter one by Michael Covington.

• Capella-Observatory - Astrophotography from Both Hemispheres

  http://www.capella-observatory.com/
  News, images, observatory, equipment, and links.

• Catching the Light - Astrophotography

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

• Clear Skies

  http://www.clearskies.se/Clear%20skies%20Main.htm
  Galleries, equipment, links, guestbook.

• Collected Data and Links on Low Light CCD Cameras

  http://www.nitehawk.com/rasmit/low_light.html
  Video equipment, applications in the hobby, modifications, sources and supplies, and software.

• Comet McNaught

  http://www.cometmcnaught.net/
  Gallery with photo details. Provides local sunset times for southern hemisphere cities.

• Cosmicshed

  http://www.cosmicshed.blogspot.com/
  Background, equipment, webcam images, new images, and equipment modifications.

• Coyote Skies

  http://www.rickthurmond.com/
  Photographic services, photography, and links.

• David's Astronomical Page

  http://www.12dstring.me.uk/astro.htm
  Gallery of images, equipment information, astrophotography tips and astronomical calculators.

• Deep Sky - Astrophotography For Amateurs

  http://www.galaxyphoto.com/thizy.html
  An instructional guide for beginners.

• Digital Camera Telescope Adapters

  http://mysite.verizon.net/~vze4r2c2/Astro/Adapters.html
  Table showing schematics of the coupling methods used by various commercially available digital camera adapters.

• Drew Evans Astrophotography

  http://www.drewjevans.com/astronomy/
  Photos of the moon, planets, the Milky Way galaxy and equipment used.

• Eyeshots

  http://www.freewebs.com/melscoolpage/
  Digital photographs of the sun, moon, and planets.

• Franco Sgueglia Web Site

  http://www.franco-sgueglia.com/
  Observatory, equipment, gallery, tips, and links.

• Frank's Astro-Imaging

  http://www.frankbrandl.com/
  Contains information on imaging techniques, galleries, equipment, and links.

• Grimée Observatory

  http://www.grimee.com/
  Features recent images, gallery, equipment, observatory and links located in Bonnert near Arlon in Belgium.

• Irvington Observatory

  http://www.freewebs.com/robertfields/
  Galleries, cameras, equipment, NexStar modifications, dome, video, guestbook, and chat.

• Jeff MacQuarrie's CCD Astronomy

  http://www.astroimages.org/
  Images of nebulae, galaxies, planets and star clusters. Each image contains educational information about the object with links for further research.

• Lynkeos

  http://lynkeos.sourceforge.net/
  A Mac OS X application dedicated to processing of planetary images acquired with a webcam through a telescope, including news, image gallery, project summary, and source code.

• Matt's Astronomy Website

  http://www.mattastro.com/
  Galleries, equipment, upcoming events, resources, and feedback.

• Mick's Astronomy Page

  http://www.freewebs.com/estronomy/
  Images, equipment and accessories, universe today, blast from the past, and guestbook.

• MVR's Astro Web Site

  http://vanriot.com/
  Gallery, images, equipment, and accessories.

• Ocupado.de

  http://www.ocupado.de/
  Gallery, equipment, and image downloads.

• Pleiades PixInsight

  http://pixinsight.com/
  Astronomical images, and techniques and tools for astrophotography and digital image processing.

• Roger's Website of Astronomy and Photography

  http://www.rogergroom.com/page/astronomy
  News, galleries, and information and resources.

• Sky-Image Digital Photography

  http://www.sky-image.com/
  Daniel Marquardt provides a blog, astronomical images, information on equipment and astronomical articles.

• Star Echoes

  http://astrosurf.com/lorenzi/
  Gallery, articles, about the author, and links.

• Stellar Products

  http://www.stellarproducts.com/
  Image galleries, tutorials, and products.

• The Firmament

  http://www.thefirmament.nl/
  Tutorials, equipment, images, and other items of interest.

• The New CCD Astronomy

  http://www.newastro.com/
  Online book by Ron Wodaski, tutorials, and downloads.

• The Pyxis CCD Camera Project

  http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/~baril/Pyxis/
  CCD camera system consisting of separate guiding and imaging cameras.

• Wide Field Astrophotography

  http://www.eskimo.com/~rachford/widefield/widefield.html
  Use of SLR film cameras and simple tracking equipment.

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