Specifications

first successful night out. Nights can become cloudy or foggy, the
full Moon can shine too much, the seeing can be extremely bad…
Number of things can come bad, but the bad luck never lasts
forever. Start with bright objects (globular clusters, planetary
nebulae) and learn the technique. Then proceed to more difficult
dimmer objects.
If you are new to CCD imaging and terms like “dark frame”, “read noise”
and “image binning” sound strange to you, refer to the “Introduction to
CCD Imaging” chapter of the SIPS software documentation. This chapter
explains basic principles of CCD operation and their usage in astronomy,
discusses color imaging, CCD chip dark current and camera read noise, chip
resolution and pixel scales in relation to telescope focal length, explains
basic image calibration etc.
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