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Other CCD Imagers

Rick Yandrick StarlightXpress HX916, great images!
Paul Sterngold StarlightXpress HX916
Rob McKay FLI MaxCam, owner of the Dark Horizons site, where you can find links to many other astro-imagers
Ray Gralak SBIG ST-8E and ST-10E
Bob Holzer StarlightXpress HX916 and MX7-C
Al Kelly all kinds of CCD cameras!
Michael Caligiuri ("Doc Mike") StarlightXpress MX7-C
Rob Gendler SBIG CCD cameras -- one of the best CCD imagers in the world
John Gleason SBIG ST-10ME, the guy who got me started and inspired me!
Anthony Chung's Image Gallery from Hong Kong



Equipment Makers and Vendors

Adironack Video Astronomy equipment dealer, U.S. distributor for StarlightXpress cameras
StarlightXpress maker of my CCD camera equipment, and great people
Oceanside Photo and Telescope my local astronomy dealer and good friends
Meade Instruments maker of most of the commercial scopes I've owned
Santa Barbara Instruments Group (SBIG) maker of CCD cameras and the filter wheel and autoguider I use
Losmandy maker of fine, heavy-duty telescope mounts like the G-11 I use
Cyanogen/Diffraction Limited Producers of MaximDL/CCD, the fine CCD capture/processing software that I use




Astronomy Groups and Educational Resources

The Astronomy Connection (TAC) San Francisco Bay-Area Astronomy group
The San Diego Astronomy Association San Diego area Astronomy group with a fine private observing site
Oceanside Photo and Telescope Astronomical Society (OPTAS) My local observing group
The Astronomical League International group, fine education resources, observing awards, etc.
San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers The original group founded by John Dobson for public astronomy outreach and ATM resources
The TAC-South Mailing List An e-mail discussion group for San Diego area observers
The SCT-USER Mailing List An e-mail discussion group for owners of Catadioptric telescopes, run by Rod Mollise, CAT fancier and SCT book author




CCD Imaging Tutorials, Techniques, and Tips

Ron Wodaski's Astro Pages Great information, author of the book The New Astronomy on CCD imaging
CCD Astronomy Page Tutorials, How-Tos, links, etc.
Acquiring and Processing Astronomical CCD Images by Al Kelly
Matching CCD Camera Pixel size to a Telescope Good reference on this subject
Gregg Ruppel's Page Good discussion of techniques for CCD imaging

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