Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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