Product Description
Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs) are the state-of-the-art detector in many fields of observational science. Updated to include all of the latest developments in CCDs, this second edition of the Handbook of CCD Astronomy is a concise and accessible reference on all practical aspects of using CCDs. Starting with their electronic workings, it discusses their basic characteristics and then gives methods and examples of how to determine these values. While the book focuses on the use of CCDs in professional observational astronomy, advanced amateur astronomers, and researchers in physics, chemistry, medical imaging, and remote sensing will also find it very valuable. Tables of useful and hard-to-find data, key practical equations, and new exercises round off the book and ensure that it provides an ideal introduction to the practical use of CCDs for graduate students, and a handy reference for more experienced users.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 5 reviews)

CCD Astronomy book condition by J. Zamowski (Alabama)

4 Stars
November 25, 2008
The book arrived in the condition stated. It took a little longer than I expected for it to arrive, but it did arrive in good condition.

every thing about learning CCDs by S. hosseini (USA)

5 Stars
July 08, 2008
I loved it,... i though me EVERY thing about CCDs,...how do they work...and how to understand the results....

a very valuable book, entertaining too by ohmysohopeless (Nowhere to Go)

5 Stars
July 24, 2004
For a graduate student who has not had an observational astronomy course, the process of self-teaching the essentials of CCD astronomy is not a smooth one. You really don't know what kind of things you have to worry about before going to a telescope! Though this book does not cover comprehensively the topic of detection techniques in scientific contexts (too much for such a small book), it has an excellent, totally readable introduction to the basics of CCD detection in astronomy. The author obviously has been in the field for a long time, so his numerous anecdotes from his rich, past expericnes are entertaining as well as enlightening. It is such a short book but very satisfying, which is rare for a technical science book. This book would make a perfect textbook or supplement reading for any decent undergraduate observational astronomy course. Highly recommended as the first reading for observers.

An essential reference by Al Lizdog (Laramie, Wyoming USA)

5 Stars
July 06, 2002
Steve is the master of the art of CCD photometry. This is an essential book for professional astronomers and amateurs alike.

The Best amature CCD reference by Wiphu Rujopakarn (Bangkok, Thailand)

5 Stars
September 19, 2000
This book is a must-have reference for serious CCD imager. It is what I have looked for since I start using the CCD system! I wish it was published that time so that I didn't have to search hundreds of WebPages for same information.It includes many equation and scientific data (for example.. Si pixel turns photons to electrons, several useful S/N equations, image processing .. from dark frame substracing to calculating expose time of flat field imageagain .. mail me if you need more information at wiphu@kirdkao.org

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