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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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| Signal to Noise: Understanding it, Measuring it, and Improving it (Part 1)
[Article] | 05/01/09 | by Craig Stark
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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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| 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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| Unistar Deluxe Alt/Az mount and Medium Surveyor Tripod
[User Review] | 04/05/04 | by Craig Stark
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| | By way of introduction, I have been an on-and-off amateur astronomer for the past 15 years. A few years back, the hobby got rekindled into anobsession by . . . |
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| Anttler's Optics 8" f/5 HPN Newtonian
[User Review] | 07/25/06 | by Craig Stark
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| | Repeat after me - No one telescope can do it all. Every scope is a balance of constraints and compromises. . . |
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| CN Report: SAC8 CCD Camera
[CN Report] | 09/01/04 | by Craig Stark
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| | Craig Stark shares a detailed analysis of (and some great images from) this economical imaging camera. . . |
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| ATM: Sphere-O-Scope
[How To] | 06/24/05 | by Craig Stark
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| | Building a spherical scope all
comes down to one thing – balance. If you do it right, the scope will move
smoothly and let you work with all your eyepi. . . |
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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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| 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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