RE: [APML] 'challenge'

[Jerry Lodriguss <jml@astropix.com>]

>Wouldnt it be clever, if we could think of a way to REALLY get the image,
>real time?  Not some pasted together fake, but an actual image.  I can think
>of several ways to do this.  My first thoughts are to shoot with the Ha
>filter and CCD, and determine the maximum exposure in seconds so saturn just
>doen not saturate.  Than add bunches of those, that can fit within a narrow
>10 or 15 minute time frame so saturn does not move very far between shots.
>You will end of with (I hope!) a black and white REAL image, fully
>appreciated by your peers as a worthy effort to the upcomming january 4th
>challenge.

Hi Chris,

Well, if you want to have a "real" image, and not "cheat" at all, you would 
have to do it in a single exposure.

Jerry






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