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| Image Sampling
[Article] | 10/05/09 | by Craig Stark
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| | We're returning to the issue of signal-to-noise in this installment a bit, but it'll take us a chunk of the column to get there directly. The topic in this. . . |
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| Image Sampling Myths - Part 5
[Article] | 01/26/10 | by Craig Stark
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| | The first thing on the docket is the notion that the Nyquist Theorem (and its sampling limit) applies only to things like one-dimensional audio streams and. . . |
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| Introduction to Fishing For Photons
[Article] | 05/01/09 | by Craig Stark
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| | Before we dive into the meat of things here with the first real entry, it's probably worth spending a bit of time introducing myself and introducing this c. . . |
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| On the Bench: QHY-10
[Article] | 06/16/12 | by Craig Stark
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| | The QHY10 gives you the size of a typical DSLR sensor, but in a package that gives you a full 16-bits worth of data (vs. 12 or 14 bits), regulated cooling . . . |
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| Profiling the Long-Exposure Performance of a Canon DSLR
[Article] | 07/02/12 | by Craig Stark
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| | Every tool has constraints on how best to use it. This helps us understand a bit more about those built into the Canon DSLRs.. . . |
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| Signal to Noise: Part 3 - Measuring your Camera
[Article] | 07/07/09 | by Craig Stark
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| | Believe
it or not, you can get very accurate measurements on your camera with
only a minimum of hardware, skills, and time. . . |
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| Signal to Noise: Understanding it, Measuring it, and Improving it (Part 1)
[Article] | 05/01/09 | by Craig Stark
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| | You've probably
heard
it before and if you continue to read my columns here, you'll hear it
a hundred more times -- astrophotography is all
about. . . |
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| Signal to Noise: Understanding it, Measuring it, and Improving it | Part 2 - Understanding One Pixel
[Article] | 05/25/09 | by Craig Stark
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| | In this installment, we'll talk about the fundamental unit of our image – the pixel.
While it may seem like a pretty low bar to set here, understa. . . |
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| Upgrade Yourself with IP4AP
[Article] | 09/14/09 | by Craig Stark
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| | We're going to take a bit of a break from the series on SNR and explore another side of astrophotography. It's a side that many inclined to think of this . . . |
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| What to do When PHD Guiding isn't Push Here Dummy
[How To] | 05/09/12 | by Craig Stark
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| | I designed PHD Guiding to be as simple as "Push Here Dummy". When everything works, it's great (and quite often that's the case!). But, what do you do when. . . |
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