The Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG) is adding two new models to its line of specialized, high-resolution CCD cameras for astrophotography and spectography. The ST-8300M and ST-8300C both feature ...

Charge-coupled devices (CCDs) have revolutionized amateur astronomy, enabling astrophotography from previously unsuitable locations due to their enhanced light sensitivity and associated software ...

Although one can begin to explore amateur astrophotography with a smartphone camera or a webcam, today's tool of choice for this pastime is a special-purpose, cooled CCD camera. The case in point is ...

The world's largest astronomical camera has been installed on Palomar Observatory's 48-inch Oschin Telescope in California. This telescope has been working to improve our understanding of the universe ...

The VLT Survey Telescope (VST), the latest addition to the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory, has made its first release of impressive images of the southern sky. The VST is a ...

Telescope Cameras for Amateur Astro-Photographers The Imaging Source, an international manufacturer of imaging hardware and software for astronomy, has released a series of highly affordable, low ...

This morning, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three researchers who made advances in optical technologies. Charles Kao won the half the prize for leading the search for development of ...

According to CEFCA, JPCam is the definitive scientific instrument of the OAJ JST/T250 telescope, designed to perform large sky surveys. JPCam is the second largest astronomical camera in the world, ...

One night was all it took. I was hooked after my first encounter with CCD imaging. I can still recall the thrill of seeing the images pop onto the computer screen seconds after the camera’s shutter ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Using a virtual-phase, thermoelectrically cooled CCD, a relatively inexpensive but very sensitive slow-scan camera has been built. The primary ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has been an essential part of NASA’s discovery of celestial bodies in the vast range of the universe. It is currently equipped with several scientific instruments. Which ...

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