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Part 1: Getting Started with the New Astronomy

1 - Using a CCD Camera

• About CCD Cameras
• Acquiring Images
• What Can I Do with a CCD Camera?

2 - Practical Focusing

The first four sections of this chapter can be read free, without a subscription.

• Focusing Fundamentals  (free)
• Focusing Visually  (free)
• Software-Assisted Focusing  (free)
• Aids to Focusing  (free)
• Alternative Focusers
• Other Focusing Aids

3 - Practical Imaging

• Setting Up Telescope and Mount
• Signal versus Noise
• Imaging Bright Objects: Sun, Moon, Planets
• Imaging Deep Sky: Clusters, Galaxies, Nebulae
• Fun Science with a CCD Camera

Part 2: Taking Great Pictures

4 - The Hardware Explained

• Start with a Solid Mount
• Selecting a Telescope
• Choosing Camera and Software
• Matching Camera, Telescope, and Mount
• Imaging Options

5 - Taking Guided Exposures

• What Does Guiding Do?
• Auto-Guiding Cameras and Dedicated Guiders
• Mount Calibration
• Autoguiding in Action

6 - Increasing Image Quality

• Image Reduction (Calibration)
• Dark Frames
• Flat Fields
• Image Reduction in Action
• Cutting Down Noise
• Light Pollution Gradient Removal

Part 3: Advanced Image Processing

7 - Color Imaging

• Principles of Color Imaging
• Taking Color Images with a Filter Wheel
• Color Combining

8 - Image Processing Fundamentals

• Histograms (Selecting the Portion of the Data to Display)
• Improving Image Clarity: Sharpen and Blur

9 - Image Processing for Celestial Objects

• Processing Sun, Moon & Planetary Images
• Globulars
• Galaxies
• Nebulae
• Mosaics