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From: guineau@wjg.enet.dec.com (W. John Guineau)
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Subject: Re: summary re: amiga, ccd, astronomy image-processing
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Date: 10 Sep 90 17:39:40 GMT
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In article <1160@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>, p554mve@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
(Michael van Elst) writes:
|> From: p554mve@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
|> Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
|> Subject: Re: summary re: amiga, ccd, astronomy image-processing
|> Reply-To: p554mve@mpirbn.UUCP (Michael van Elst)


[stuff ommited]

|> The first needs sth like a framegrabber. Scientific images (at least
|> astronomic ones) are done with CCD cameras. These devices have problems
|> with fast readout, we're using devices with 288x384 pixel resolution
|> and can hardly get more than 8 frames/second without degrading
|> image quality. We're awaiting another camera with 512x512 pixel that
|> can be used for up to 4 frames/second. All data is taken with
|> 8 bit/pixel (maybe 12 bit/pixel in the future). So far with the
|> 30FPS 24bit framegrabber.
|> 

I haven't been following this thread so this may have already been answered.
I was under the impression that CCD's were not 'cumulative' light collectors
and so are useless for dim things like deep sky.

(what I'm getting at) can I take my Panasonic (ala digiview) camera and 
optically couple it to my C8 and get images?


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