Re: Damaging a CCD?

2004-09-19 Thread Keith Whaley
Alexander Grigolia, Jr wrote: Joe, This time limit seems strange to me! Amateur astronomers routinely make 30-minute, 45-minute, and longer exposures with telescope-mounted CCD cameras! Alex Grigolia Their CCDs are cooled, are they not? I think that's the limiter... keith whaley On Sunday, Sept

Re: Damaging a CCD?

2004-09-19 Thread Tim
I thought they cooled them to reduce noise. t On 9/19/04 13:28, Keith Whaley wrote: > Their CCDs are cooled, are they not? > I think that's the limiter... > > keith whaley >> >> >> On Sunday, September 19, 2004, at 01:09 PM, Joseph Tainter wrote: >> >>> Page 50 of the October issue of Pop P

Re: Damaging a CCD?

2004-09-19 Thread Graywolf
I am not an expert on this but I think the problem is applying a continuous read voltage to the chip. It wasn't designed as a video chip. -- Andrew Bingham wrote: Telescope mounted CCDs are usually cooled to -30C with respect to the ambient temperature though, and pointed at very dark sources. On

Re: Damaging a CCD?

2004-09-19 Thread Herb Chong
y, September 19, 2004 2:09 PM Subject: Damaging a CCD? > Page 50 of the October issue of Pop Photo has the following statement > (in reviewing the Fuji Finepix S3): > > "...a black-and-white image is output through the S3 Pro's video > connector. (This signal lasts for 30 s

Re: Damaging a CCD?

2004-09-20 Thread Rob Studdert
On 20 Sep 2004 at 19:09, Joseph Tainter wrote: > So, gang, what's the verdict? Should one avoid time exposures with the > *ist D? > > I did some last July 4 (fireworks, of course) and my D is still chugging > along fine. I'd like to do it again. Given that the same CCD seems to be being used i

Re: Damaging a CCD?

2004-09-20 Thread CRB
From: William Robb Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:08:33 -0700 - >- Original Message - > >They are noisiest just before they burn up. >Cats are the same way. > >William Robb But what is WW really referring to? Can you guess? a) Pamela And

Re: Damaging a CCD?

2004-09-21 Thread Nick Clark
Sent: 19/09/04 21:28:42 To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Damaging a CCD? Alexander Grigolia, Jr wrote: > Joe, > > This time limit seems strange to me! > > Amateur astronomers