So we are asking for help. In years past, I would have referred people
to Ron Wodaski's excellent book: The New CCD Astronomy, but it is out
of print and is also now a bit dated. (It is still a marvelous book,
however!!)

Where can we send people - especially beginners - for help?

Even though Ron no longer runs the ccd-newastro group on Yahoo, it is still active under a different owner, Dave Wormuth. <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ccd-newastro/>

Not a lot of activity, but a beginner might ask for help there.

Just a thought....

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Mike

Mike Dodd
Louisa County, Virginia USA
http://astronomy.mdodd.com