[ATM] Quirky idea

[georgea at cam.org (georgea@cam.org)]

Ahh, but if he used photographic paper he would get a similar result to the CCD 
array in the tube...

George Anderson
Montreal Canada

Clear skies and good health

Quoting Richard Ozer <rozer@pacbell.net>:

> 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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