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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: summary re: amiga, ccd, astronomy image-processing
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Date: 13 Sep 90 20:18:29 GMT
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guineau@wjg.enet.dec.com (W. John Guineau) writes:

>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.

A lot of observatories are using CCD's.

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

You need to use a CCD or camera with a very low lux rating. The lower the
lux rating the lower light the CCD will function in. Your panasonic B&W
camera probably won't function at that low a light level, but it wouldn't
hurt to try, would it? You need some sort of mount tho. But you could probably
fake it by having a friend hold it up to the eyepiece  and seeing what happens.
Focusing might be a problem.


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