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Aswald Goldmember 1,162 posts Likes: 106 Joined Oct 2013 Location: London, Paris, NY More info | May 28, 2015 01:26 | #1 http://www.engadget.com …n=Engadget&?ncid=rss_full
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moose10101 registered smartass More info | May 28, 2015 06:40 | #2 It must cost a hell of a lot more than the $100k that the article mentions. That's just for the lenses.
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Aswald THREAD STARTER Goldmember 1,162 posts Likes: 106 Joined Oct 2013 Location: London, Paris, NY More info | May 28, 2015 06:49 | #3 Imagine the software to "stitch" all the images together!
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Nighthound Cream of the Crop  More info Post edited over 8 years ago by Nighthound. | May 29, 2015 10:27 | #4 The tracking mount all the glass is sitting on however is $15,000. (Paramount ME II by Software Bisque). Once you've spent 100k on glass what's another 15. Steve
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Jon Cream of the Crop  69,628 posts Likes: 227 Joined Jun 2004 Location: Bethesda, MD USA More info | May 29, 2015 10:34 | #5 They probably had the tracking mount just lying around already, maybe from an older telescope. They are an Astronomy program, after all. And probably whipped up the camera holders in their machine shop (something else most physics departments have access to). What I wonder about is the "coated in a unique subwavelength nanomaterial"; did they really disassemble the lenses and apply an additional layer of coating, or are they referring to Canon's stock lens coating? Jon
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May 29, 2015 11:07 | #6 Jon wrote in post #17575899 They probably had the tracking mount just lying around already, maybe from an older telescope. They are an Astronomy program, after all. And probably whipped up the camera holders in their machine shop (something else most physics departments have access to). What I wonder about is the "coated in a unique subwavelength nanomaterial"; did they really disassemble the lenses and apply an additional layer of coating, or are they referring to Canon's stock lens coating? Just tossing out general cost for those interested in outfitting their backyard observatory with this rig. Steve
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Aswald THREAD STARTER Goldmember 1,162 posts Likes: 106 Joined Oct 2013 Location: London, Paris, NY More info | May 29, 2015 11:29 | #7 Good question...
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CyberDyneSystems Admin (type T-2000)  More info Post edited over 8 years ago by CyberDyneSystems. | May 29, 2015 11:40 | #8 Reminiscent of, and almost as cool as the SUPER WASP; Wide Angle Search for Planets  Image hosted by forum (730112) © CyberDyneSystems [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff.  Image hosted by forum (730113) © CyberDyneSystems [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff. Yes, those are long discontinued EF 200mm f/1.8 L lenses  I guess when your talking about the entire galaxy, 200mm = "wide angle" GEAR LIST
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