6 Feb
2005
6 Feb
'05
3:01 p.m.
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