Anybody Fancy A 3,200 Megapixel Camera 😁

[johninderby]

The Vera Rubin Observatory 3,200 megapoxel camera.

https://www.space.com/vera-rubin-observatory-record-breaking-first-photos.html

Don't think it’s going to fit your WO Redcat 51. 😁😁😁

 

 

 

Edited September 9, 2020 by johninderby

[CraigT82]

I love that the first test images were of a Romanesco broccoli!

 

[wimvb]

7 hours ago, johninderby said:

Don't think it’s going to fit your WO Redcat 51. 😁😁😁

Forget about Redcat, that solar panel looking contraption won’t even fit in my obsy.

I wonder if they are going to use Pixinsight or APP to stack all the subframes.

[johninderby]

Found these vids of the camera.

 

Edited September 9, 2020 by johninderby

[DaveS]

Um...

You know how much our size of Astrodon filters cost? How much for the filters *that* size! .

[tomato]

They might be following the trend and going OSC...

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Code we developed might be used reducing those data, for faint, extended object detection in particular. Actually, 3.2 Gpixel images aren't the biggest we have processed. Our current record stands at 165 Gpixel remote sensing data, and we hope to tackle a 1.5 terapixel image some time soon

[ollypenrice]

On 09/09/2020 at 12:47, DaveS said:

Um...

You know how much our size of Astrodon filters cost? How much for the filters *that* size! .

Something like this?

I was lucky enough to get a personal tour of the Institute of Astro Physics in Marseille and saw this narrowband filter under development. It was destined for the VLT and subsequently for the OWL. Being a tad large for the average draw tube it's designed to sit in the middle of one of the azimuth bearings at the Nasmyth focus. It can isolate tiny fractions of a Nm at wavelengths going well beyond the visible spectrum in both directions. And therein lies our single ray of hope: you'd only need to buy one!

😁lly

Edited September 14, 2020 by ollypenrice

[wimvb]

25 minutes ago, ollypenrice said:

And therein lies our single ray of hope:

Single wavelength, multiple rays, you mean? 😉

[DaveS]

1 hour ago, ollypenrice said:

Something like this?

you'd only need to buy one!

😁lly

Not sure I could afford even *one* VLT. MY "VLT" is an ODK12.

[kev]

On 14/09/2020 at 10:53, DaveS said:

Not sure I could afford even *one* VLT. MY "VLT" is an ODK12.

Get Gina to make one! lol

 

[johninderby]

There was the OWL (overwhelmingly large telescope) and then there is mine.......... ..the UWS (underwhelminly smalll telescope) 😁😁😁

 

Edited September 17, 2020 by johninderby