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Amateur CCD Astronomy
By Richard Jacobs, M.D.
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Digital electronic imaging devices, like the CCD (charge coupled device) allow the amateur astronomer to "see" the wonders of our universe as never before. The CCD affords amazing views of the night sky even for amateur astronomers with modest telescopes living in large light-polluted metropolitan areas. The CCD also permits precise astrometry, spectroscopy, photometry, and other types of scientific research for even amateur astronomers. Of course, the CCD can be used to obtain beautiful and interesting astrophotography. This webpage is devoted to showing examples of astrophotography that this author, an amateur astrophotographer, has taken with the CCD. Many of these images have been taken from my backyard in Chandler, Arizona -- a suburb of Phoenix -- where the light pollution approximates 4th magnitude skies. I hope you will find this webpage to be interesting and useful.
NEW IMAGES
Last Updated April 1, 2008
(c) Richard Jacobs, M.D.
Cone Nebula
NGC 4631
M33
M31, Andromeda Galaxy
M45, Pleiades
NGC 869
Mercury Sun Crossing
Halpha
Orion Nebula Complex
Veil Nebula
NGC 5139
Rho Ophiuchi
NGC 7000
M13 
M8 & M20
M3
NGC 2244
Markarian's Chain
M101
NGC 1977
Sun, H-alpha
Comet
2001/Q4 NEAT
NGC
6822
M1
NGC 6302
NGC 7354
NGC 7635 
NGC 3628
T-Lyrae
NGC
6210
NGC
7026
M42
Sun
Moon
M13
NGC
4038/9
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