Using a CCD camera, one can
either capture some very wonderful images of our
night sky or perform actual science.
One of the best online resources from scientific
imaging with a CCD camera is the
AAVSO's CCD Observing Manual.
Santa Barbara Instrument Group has a paper that
demonstrates the scientific abilities of their
ST-7XEI and ST-9XEI CCD Cameras. It is a must
read for those who want to perform science with
their backyard equipment.
To read these papers, you will need:
For fun, I created a map - a step
by step - image reduction, available here:
Image Reduction Map
Coming soon is a detailed paper on the
Photometric System - a step by step tool on creating
your own Color Magnitude Diagram and the math used
to evaluate your data.