wow that is really cool - I don't know much about astronomical photography, but it makes sense that you'd need to do lots of long exposures. What's the longest exposure you've had to do to capture something up there?
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Well, for my msc thesis we observed neighbouring galaxy IC1613 with 5 images per 20 minutes exposure time. combining them in particular software gave us 100minutes exposition. :) Thats the biggest one I have worked with, hopefully in the future I will go for more :)
100 minutes!! That is crazy long! Even as a combined 5x 20 minute exposure is epic, hahaha
Do you have to have a really fancy camera that's specifically designed to do this type of photography? Sorry for all the questions, I just find this really interesting :)
It is crazy! :D Luckily for us we get to sit in the comfy and warm room (thank you technology) instead of spending times in a freezing cold nights. :)
I like answering thoughtful questions. :) well, usually all telescopes have mounted camera (some have two-three-four) depending what their goal is.
This 60cm telescope used this Apogee U42 and the blue thing is Peltier Cooling system it cools the CCD camera 25-40 degrees below zero.
Just to have better image and reduce the noise. :)
If this was helpful keep coming with questions or suggestions :)
only $45k MSRP! lol! well that is amazing - I know a lot about film cameras and photography cameras, but I've never investigated "Quantum Efficiency" cameras. but that makes total sense that it heats up enough to justify a cooling system of its own - that's a lot of power in there. Really cool, I'm looking forward to more of your posts!
100 freekin minutes?! whoaaa!!