Debbie, I wanted to let you know that the Big Scope has a very limited FOV due to it's long focal length. Large objects will require mosaicking techniques to image the entire object. We couldn't fit all of M42 in a very low-power eyepiece with a large field stop. Perhaps a tele-compressor will be of limited help, but the real solution is a huge detector chip, like the size of a postage stamp. We only saw the central core of M35 with the Big Scope at low power. Also, as far as I know the Big Scope has already been named the Grim telescope, hasn't it? If not, that's my nomination. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Chuck Hards wrote:
Debbie, I wanted to let you know that the Big Scope has a very limited FOV due to it's long focal length. Large objects will require mosaicking techniques to image the entire object.
The software controlling the Big Scope can run scripted masaics. Now all we need is someone who can figure out how to write and run scripts.
Also, as far as I know the Big Scope has already been named the Grim telescope, hasn't it? If not, that's my nomination.
That has always been my vote but Bruce has emphatically declined the honor. I'd also like to have a better name than "Big Scope". I coined that name long ago thinking it would only be a working name, little realizing that all this time later we'd still be using it. Since Bruce will not let his name be put on it I'm hoping SLAS can come up with a name that reflects either SLAS ("SLAStroscan" <grin>) or this part of the the world ("Pretty Great Scope" <grin>). Patrick
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