[ATM] Quirky idea

[rozer at pacbell.net (Richard Ozer)]

You are truly a very evil person ;-)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dale Eason" <atmpob@yahoo.com>
To: "The Amateur Telescope Makers List" <atm@atmlist.net>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [ATM] Quirky idea


Here is something that is a lot cheaper than a bunch
of CCD chips and will work just at well.

Try putting several sheets of white paper in an array 
side by side down on the ground at night.  Report back
to us on the results.


Dale Eason

--- George Anderson <georgea@cam.org> wrote:
> 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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