New article on Tri-color Imaging posted...

Dec 16, 2003

I know that there is a lot of confusion among beginners, and even veterans, regarding CCD imaging and tri-color.  I’ve written an article on the subject in the event you’d like to understand a little more about how astronomical CCDs work and why you need filters to assemble color images. Yes, that’s correct…without filters these camera produce black and white images, much like the current images posted on this site’s Home page.

Just click to go straight to the article -or- click the navigation bar at the top of this page to get to the Articles Page where you can read much more than just this article.

Enjoy and feel free to email me at jay@allaboutastro.com if you have questions.