[ATM] Quirky idea

[atmpob at yahoo.com (Dale Eason)]

--- Grey Coyote <greycoyotee@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Dal, Dale, Dale....
> 
> Put on your dream cap dude. Fire up the imagination
> and consider the possibilities... 
>

>From you description of the device I see no
posibilities.
 
> A single ccd chip is several times more sensitive
> than
> the human eye. The trick is getting an array of them
> to work together as one unit in a refractor, not a
> reflector...... I'm thinking a reflector would not
> work as well. Magnification is still focal length /
> aperature.

For telescopes and lenses aperature has nothing to do
with magnification but focal length does.


> I'm thinking the reflected light would
> cause issues with an array of chips. Not sure why
> yet.
When you come up with a reason let us know. 


> 
> Now take that sensitivity and multiply it by 2, or 4
> or 8. What level of magnitude would be visible under
> such circumstances? I'm thinking 13 to 15 easy. here
> in the city the best I can do is around 9 usually
> 7ish. 

 
> I know there's observatories that do this already.
> I'm
> just curious as to whether or not someone has
> attempted this at the amateur level. I'm really not
> wanting to reinvent the wheel.

 I thought you said you were making some sort of
refactor out of the CCD chips. Will you be putting a
lens in front of them to focus the light?  If so then
that is done by many people.  It is not much different
than attaching a film camera to the scope.  I assumed
you were not talking about that because it is quite
common. It works equally well with either reflectors
or refractors.



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