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Articles and Reviews
2004-2005

• Universal Astronomics Unistar Deluxe Alt/Az mount and Medium Surveyor Tripod (Cloudy Nights User Review, 2004)
• SAC8 CCD camera (Cloudy Nights CN Report, September 2004)
• The Effect of Stacking on Bit Depth (Tech report: PDF format)

2006

• Stacking Images with Drizzle (June 2006, AstroPhoto Insight volume 2, issue 2)
• Anttler's Optics 8" f/5 HPN telescope (Cloudy Nights User Review, July 2006)
• Anttler's Optics 8" f/5 HPN telescope (Astromart Review, July 2006 - weekly winner)
• Debayering Dymstified (September 2006, AstroPhoto Insight volume 2, issue 3)

2007

• Line Filter Reconstruction on One-Shot Color Cameras (May 2007, AstroPhoto Insight volume 3, issue 2)
• Quick Look: The Baader T2 System (June/July AstroPhoto Insight volume 3, issue 3)
• Quick Look: Two New Guiders (August / September 2007 AstroPhoto Insight volume 3, issue 4), covering the CCD Labs QGuider (Orion autoguider) and Fishcamp Starfish
• Autoguiding: As Simple as "Push Here Dummy"? (October 2007, Astronomy Technology Today)
• Review: Atik 16IC (December 2007 AstroPhoto Insight, Special Hardware Issue volume 3, issue 7)
• DSLR vs. CCD: A Bench Test comparison (December 2007 AstroPhoto Insight, Special Hardware Issue volume 3, issue 7), comparing the Canon 350 XT, Canon 40D, SBIG ST-2000 XCM, and CCD Labs Q8-HR

2008

• On the Bench: Meade DSI III Pro (April 2008, AstroPhoto Insight volume 4, issue 2)
• Borg 101 f/4 (April 2008 Astronomy Technology Today, volume 2, issue 4)
• Bench Test: QSI 520ci (June 2008, AstroPhoto Insight volume 4, issue 3)
• CCD Labs: Q453-HR (QHY8) and Q285-M (QHY2Pro) (July 2008 Astronomy Technology Today, volume 2, issue 7)
• Telescope Stability Systems: StableMax Tripod (August / September 2008, AstroPhoto Insight volume 4, issue 4)
• The Borg Guide Scope and X-Y Stage (November 2008 Astronomy Technology Today, volume 2, issue 11)
• Guider Roundup (October / November 2008, AstroPhoto Insight volume 4, issue 5)
• The ELF (Tips, Tricks, and Techniques, Astronomy Technology Today)

2009

• Three Canon DSLRs hit the Bench (April / May 2009, AstroPhoto Insight volume 5, issue 2) - Canon XSi, 50D, and 5D Mk II
• Spike-A Bahtinov mask (2009 Astronomy Technology Today)
• Deep Sky Printing (2009 Astronomy Technology Today)
• An Introduction to Fishing for Photons (May 1, 2009, Cloudy Nights) PDF Reprint
• Signal to Noise: Understanding it, Measuring it, and Improving it Part 1 (May 1, 2009, Cloudy Nights) PDF Reprint
• CCD SNR Calculator spreadsheet (Described in Part 2 of the Cloudy Nights SNR series).
• Signal to Noise Part 2: Understanding One Pixel (May 26, 2009, Cloudy Nights) PDF Reprint
• Signal to Noise Part 3: Measuring Your Camera (July 7, 2009, Cloudy Nights) PDF Reprint
• On the Bench: Atik 314L+ (August / September 2009, AstroPhoto Insight volume 5, issue 4)
• Upgrade Yourself with IP4AP (September 14, 2009, Cloudy Nights) PDF Reprint
• Signal to Noise Part 4: Image Sampling (October 2009, Cloudy Nights) PDF Reprint

2010

• Signal to Noise Part 5: Image Sampling Myths (January 2010, Cloudy Nights) PDF Reprint

2011

• Noise and spatial patterns (January 2011, AstroPhoto Insight volume 7, issue 1)

Talks

• Affordable DSO Astrophotography. Midwest Astro-Imaging Conference, July 2007
• Guiding on the Cheap. Northeast Astro-Imaging Conference, April 2008
• Guiding on the Cheap. Julian Starfest, August 2008
• PHD Guiding and Nebulosity 2. OCA Astronomers, August 2008
• Nebulosity 2. RTMC Nightfall, 2008
• Autoguiding: As easy as "Push Here Dummy". RTMC Nightfall 2008
• Choosing a Camera for Astrophogotraphy: Sorting Good Photons from Bad using DSLRs and Dedicated CCDs. Midwest Astro-Imaging Conference, July 2009
• Choosing a Camera for Astrophogotraphy: Sorting Good Photons from Bad using DSLRs and Dedicated CCDs. Julian Starfest, August 2009
• Improved Autoguiding. AIC, November 2009
• Affordable DSO Astronophotography. AIC, November 2009
• Nebulosity. Midwest Astro Imaging Conference / Mac Astronomy Workshop, July 2010
• Image Sampling, F-raitos, and SNR in Astrophotography. Julian Starfest, August 2010
• RTMC Premium Astrophotography Workshop, May 2011 with talks on: 1) Image Sampling, F-ratios, and SNR (PDF of slides), 2) Nebulosity 2 (PDF of slides) and 3) Improved autoguiding (PDF of slides)

Projects Described Elsewhere
8" Sphere-O-Scope (Cloudy Nights ATM How-To, June 2005)
LYBAR Chair: Phil Harrington’s Star Ware
LYBAR Chair: Astronomy Technology Today
LLCC (Lazy Laser Collimator Collimator): Astronomy Technology Today

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