[ATM] Quirky idea

[georgea at cam.org (George Anderson)]

A bunch of unfocused photographic sensors pointed at the sky?
Might be good for measuring light pollution...
What you want is to put the quick cam (after you remove the lens) at the
focal point of a primary mirror, you will also want to do this when it
is cold (-10f) so as to reduce noise.

George Anderson
Montreal Canada

Clear skies and good health

Grey Coyote wrote:
> 
> Ok guys
> 
> Color me crazy here...
> 
> The chldren's daycare we use had a quickcam 3 they
> were giving away. I snagged it.
> 
> My idea and I am wondering if other similarly
> masochistic types out here have done this...
> 
> is use an array of ccd chips in place of a primary
> mirror. In a sense this would make it a refractor
> scope.
> 
> What think, has this been done in the amateur world
> yet? How doable is this? I'm thinking 4 or 8 of the
> small chips in an array.
> 
> Opinions? Comments?
> -Rob
> 
> 
> 
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