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Index
C
Calcium K line filter, 190
Caldwell catalogue, 69
Calibration frames, 84, 106
Calibration spectra, 201
Cassegrain, 27
Cassegrain telescope, 85
Catadioptric, 28
CCD noise, 78
CcdSoft, 2
Celestial Equator, 56
Celestial sphere, 53
Charged Coupled Device (CCD), 17, 75
Charge diffusion, 79
Charge Transfer Efficiency (CTE), 81
Chrom, 184
Chromatic aberration, 25, 37
Circumpolar, 58
Cleaning optics, 28
Clothing, 5
CMOS, 17, 75
Coaxial telescope, 113
Cold pixel, 136
Collimation, 26, 40
Coloured Halo, 37
Colour imaging, 141
Colour–Magnitude Diagram (CMD), 21
Coma, 26, 37
Condensation, 29
Cones, 75
Conservation of energy, 11
Continuum emission, 197
Convective zone, 184
Coordinated Universal Time One, 46
Corona, 193
Coronado, 190
Coronal mass ejection, 188
Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), 4,
206
Cosmic rays, 84, 95
Cosmological redshift, 4
Crab Nebula, 206
D
Dark adaption, 6
Dark current, 81
Dark frame, 85, 88
Dark Nebulae, 121
Dawes’ limit, 25
Decimal places, 162
Declination Dec, 57
Deconvolution, 144
DeepSkyStacked, 136
Defocused Photometry, 174
Diagonal, 34
Dicke Robert, 205
Differential photometry, 147, 162
Differential rotation rate, 191
Diffraction grating, 198
Diffraction halos, 98
Diffraction mask, 111
Diffraction spikes, 98
Digital development filters, 144
Digitisation noise, 81
Dipole antenna, 208
Dithering, 122, 137
Dobsonian, 29, 31
Dome flats, 85
Doppler effect, 12
Drizzling, 138
E
Ecliptic, 56, 59
Ecliptic coordinates, 59
Ecliptic latitude, 59
Ecliptic longitude, 59
Edge glow, 83
Einstein Albert, 11
Electroluminescence, 87
Electron Multiplying CCD, 176
Emission lines, 197
Emission Nebula, 121
Energy state, 11
English equatorial, 29
Epoch, 57
Equation of time, 47
Equator, 54, 60
Equatorial mounts, 30
Equatorial system, 56
Erfle eyepiece, 34
Erosion filter, 144
Error calculation, 166
European Extremely Large Telescope (EELT), 27
Exit pupil, 32
Exoplanets, 145
Exoplanets.Eu, 72
Exoplanet Transit Database (ETD), 72
Extended objects, 16
Eye relief, 32
Eyepieces, 32
F
Faculae, 185
Index
C
Calcium K line filter, 190
Caldwell catalogue, 69
Calibration frames, 84, 106
Calibration spectra, 201
Cassegrain, 27
Cassegrain telescope, 85
Catadioptric, 28
CCD noise, 78
CcdSoft, 2
Celestial Equator, 56
Celestial sphere, 53
Charged Coupled Device (CCD), 17, 75
Charge diffusion, 79
Charge Transfer Efficiency (CTE), 81
Chrom, 184
Chromatic aberration, 25, 37
Circumpolar, 58
Cleaning optics, 28
Clothing, 5
CMOS, 17, 75
Coaxial telescope, 113
Cold pixel, 136
Collimation, 26, 40
Coloured Halo, 37
Colour imaging, 141
Colour–Magnitude Diagram (CMD), 21
Coma, 26, 37
Condensation, 29
Cones, 75
Conservation of energy, 11
Continuum emission, 197
Convective zone, 184
Coordinated Universal Time One, 46
Corona, 193
Coronado, 190
Coronal mass ejection, 188
Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), 4,
206
Cosmic rays, 84, 95
Cosmological redshift, 4
Crab Nebula, 206
D
Dark adaption, 6
Dark current, 81
Dark frame, 85, 88
Dark Nebulae, 121
Dawes’ limit, 25
Decimal places, 162
Declination Dec, 57
Deconvolution, 144
DeepSkyStacked, 136
Defocused Photometry, 174
Diagonal, 34
Dicke Robert, 205
Differential photometry, 147, 162
Differential rotation rate, 191
Diffraction grating, 198
Diffraction halos, 98
Diffraction mask, 111
Diffraction spikes, 98
Digital development filters, 144
Digitisation noise, 81
Dipole antenna, 208
Dithering, 122, 137
Dobsonian, 29, 31
Dome flats, 85
Doppler effect, 12
Drizzling, 138
E
Ecliptic, 56, 59
Ecliptic coordinates, 59
Ecliptic latitude, 59
Ecliptic longitude, 59
Edge glow, 83
Einstein Albert, 11
Electroluminescence, 87
Electron Multiplying CCD, 176
Emission lines, 197
Emission Nebula, 121
Energy state, 11
English equatorial, 29
Epoch, 57
Equation of time, 47
Equator, 54, 60
Equatorial mounts, 30
Equatorial system, 56
Erfle eyepiece, 34
Erosion filter, 144
Error calculation, 166
European Extremely Large Telescope (EELT), 27
Exit pupil, 32
Exoplanets, 145
Exoplanets.Eu, 72
Exoplanet Transit Database (ETD), 72
Extended objects, 16
Eye relief, 32
Eyepieces, 32
F
Faculae, 185