[ATM] Infrared Scope Design II

["Jacob Lauser" <23tauri@gmail.com>]

Thanks for the input, guys.

I did some sniffing around and found that most CCD chips do indeed
drop off above 700mm into the IR, so I was a bit diappointed, though I
found an interesting website about IR terrestrial photography using
filters, here: http://dpfwiw.com/ir.htm.

My questions about mirror coatings were in recollection of coating
work I did at the UofA, though I think Al would work decently too.

I guess in all this, I'm trying to find actual scientific value in
spending thousands of dollars of my hard earned dough on equipment. I
toyed with the idea of spectroscopy; just picking a patch of sky and
methodically working through the stars determining their type and
composition, maybe trying to measure red/blue shift, orbital data,
etc.... Plus, it would help justify the cost with my significant
other! ;)

Then again, perhaps its just astronomer envy. In my mind, I can do
just as significant observations as those papered folks. Plus, I
remember a rather wealthy industrialist several years ago who bought
his way onto Kitt Peak in Arizona while I was a docent there; he set
up a small scope, and earned a doctorate in his spare time. I want to
be that guy!

*sigh* I should have stayed in astronomy, but law was calling my name.... ;)

- Jake L.
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