Hi Tyler, Have you given any thought to speaking about your astro-imaging endeavours at a SLAS meeting next year? Not only could you show how you take and make your pictures you could also display the N8. Cheers, patrick On 01 Nov 2008, at 09:26, Tyler Allred wrote:
I decided to start with an ASA N8, and see how my budget holds out. It has a focal length of 730mm which will allow me to get a little finer detail in my images. Of course, I will eventually need a larger chip to really take advantage of the large flat field. My ST2000XM is pretty small at 1600x1200 with 7.4 micron pixels. I have been looking at a camera with the 16000 chip, which has a 4872x3248 array with 7.4 micron pixels. Man is it nice. There is also an Alta U8300 camera that has a 3326x2504 array with 5.4 micron pixels. That one would really get the finer detail, due to the smaller pixel size, but would still give a nice wide field. I am not seeing any astro guys using it however, so I am a little nervous about why. Perhaps the small pixels lead to more noise. I'm just not sure. So many choices... so little money!
I would really appreciate a for sale blurb in the news. Can you just copy the information in my email, or would you need some additional info? You have my direct email, so contact me with details if you need something from me.
I had no idea that my pretty pictures had any role in science... WOW! I feel important now. Its nice to think that all those hours weren't wasted after all. :)