Handbook of CCD Astronomy

Name: Handbook of CCD Astronomy
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ISBN: 9780521617628

ISBN-10: 0521617626

ISBN-13: 9780521617628

Edition: 2nd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Steve B. Howell, Richard Ellis, John Huchra, Steven Kahn, George Rieke

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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…

Book details

List price: $55.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/2/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 220
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface to the first edition


Preface to the second edition



Introduction



Nomenclature



Why use CCDs?



Exercises



CCD manufacturing and operation



CCD operation



CCD types



CCD coatings



Analog-to-digital converters



Exercises



Characterization of charge-coupled devices



Quantum efficiency



Charge diffusion



Charge transfer efficiency



Readout noise



Dark current



CCD pixel size, pixel binning, full well capacity, and windowing



Overscan and bias



CCD gain and dynamic range



Summary



Exercises



CCD imaging



Image or plate scale



Flat fielding



Calculation of read noise and gain



Signal-to-noise ratio



Basic CCD data reduction



CCD imaging



Exercises



Photometry and astrometry



Stellar photometry from digital images



Two-dimensional profile fitting



Difference image photometry



Aperture photometry



Absolute versus differential photometry



High speed photometry



PSF shaped photometry



Astrometry



Pixel sampling



Exercises



Spectroscopy with CCDs



Review of spectrographs



CCD spectrographs



CCD spectroscopy



Signal-to-noise calculations for spectroscopy



Data reduction for CCD spectroscopy



Extended object spectroscopy



Slitless spectroscopy



Exercises



CCDs used in space and at short wavelengths



CCDs in space



Radiation damage in CCDs



CCDs in the UV and EUV (300-3000 A) spectral range



CCDs in the X-ray (< 500 A) spectral range



Exercises


Appendices



CCD reading list



General CCD references



CCD manufacturers: websites & information



Some basics of image displays and color images



False color and pseudo-color images



Exercises


References


Index