Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/27

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Subject: [Leica] hubble camera
From: dennis at hale-pohaku.com (Dennis Painter)
Date: Mon Jun 27 19:50:44 2005
References: <002a01c57b4f$a994a0d0$6452c33e@symke>
 
Here is a link with info and photos on one astronomical CCD sensor used in
the Canada, France, Hawaii observatory on Mauna Kea:
http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/Instruments/Imaging/CFH12K/Summary/CFH12K-FocalPlane.html

As you say the number of pixels in a sensor seem small but the data
collection and processing is for a different purpose than our digital
cameras.

animal wrote:

> An article on the construction of the hubble camera
> http://acs.pha.jhu.edu/instrument/overview/
> i was suprised by the modest amount of pixels in the different channels.
> best,simon jessurun
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