The New
Astronomy: Chapter 7
Cover photo: © Tony Hallas
Color Imaging
Many people got their start in CCD imaging because of some image they saw. Most of the time, that image was a breathtakingly beautiful color image. Color requires a little more time and energy than black and white imaging, but the results are well worth it. If you are able to take guided exposures in black and white, you only need some equipment and a few techniques to enter the magical world of color CCD imaging.
One-Shot Color
- Starlight XPress: MX-5C
- Apogee: LISAA Color
Multi-Shot Color with Filters
- How Filter Wheels Work
- Alternatives to Filter Wheels
- Color Passbands
- Types of Color Filters
Color Imaging Techniques
- Automating Color Imaging
- RGB and LRGB
- CMY and LCMY
- Red + Blue + Synthesized Green
- Binning Color Images for LRGB and LCMY
Color imaging gives your subjects a whole new dimension.
Color brings an immediacy to images that can be breathtaking.
Image Copyright 2000 by Ron Wodaski