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003			OSt
020			_a9780521617628
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a522.686 _bH839h2
100			_aHowell, Steve B.
245			_aHandbook of CCD astronomy [2nd ed.] _cSteve B. Howell
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_bCambridge University Press _c2006 _aCambridge
300			_axiv, 208p
440			_aCambridge observing handbooks for research astronomers
490			_a/ edited by Richard Ellis ... [et al.] _vno. 5
520			_aCharge-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 hard-to-find data, key practical equations, and new exercises round off the book and ensure that it provides an ideal introduction to the practical use of CCDs for graduate students, and a handy reference for more experienced users.
650			_aCCD astronomy
650			_aAstronomy
942			_cBK
999			_c567050 _d567050