Abstract
CCD instrumentation and techniques in observational astronomy are surveyed. The general topics addressed include: history of large array scientific CCD imagers; noise sources and reduction processes; basic photometry techniques; introduction to differential time-series astronomical photometry using CCDs; 2D imagery; point source spectroscopy; extended object spectrophotometry; introduction to CCD astrometry; solar system applications for CCDs; CCD data; observing with infrared arrays; image processing, data analysis software, and computer systems for CCD data reduction and analysis. (No individual items are abstracted in this volume)
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Reduction (mathematics)Data reductionComputer scienceMathematicsData mining
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- 1993
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- 30
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Steve B. Howell
(1993).
Astronomical CCD observing and reduction techniques.
Choice Reviews Online
, 30
(06)
, 30-3248.
https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.30-3248
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- 10.5860/choice.30-3248