[APML] Another nail in the coffin

[Jerry Lodriguss <jml@astropix.com>]

Another nail in the coffin of film astrophotography was announced today.

Scientists at the European Space Agency have developed a new CCD camera, 
called the S-Cam made of superconducting materials that are so sensitive it 
can detect a single photon, as well as measure it's position on the chip, 
it's color, and time of detection.

The story is at the ESA web site at:

http://sci.esa.int/content/news/index.cfm?aid=1&cid=1&oid=29220

More technical details at:

http://astro.estec.esa.nl/SA-general/Research/Detectors_and_optics/detectors 
_scam.html

Of course, it's only a 6x6 pixel array right now with a total of 36 pixels, 
BUT, I'm sure one day, real soon, as our CCD shooting friends have assured 
us, there will be a 2K x 3K chip that retails to consumers for a couple of 
hundred bucks.

<VBG>

Jerry
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