Sinistro camera has astronomical first light Our first 'homemade' camera, the Sinistro achieved first light on our 1m telescope in Santa Barbara last night. It was entirely designed by our optical and imaging engineers and was constructed in the LCOGT image lab. It has been 6 years in the making, so was a big relief for everyone on Team Sinistro, when the camera was mounted and took its first astronomical image (click on the inset image for a larger view).
CCDs Discipline: EducationCharge coupled devices, or CCDs are sensitive detectors of photons that can be used in telescopes instead of film or photographic plates to produce images. CCDs were invented in the late 1960s and are now used in digital cameras, photocopiers and many other devices. Its inventors, Willard Boyle and George E. Smith received the Nobel Prize in physics in 2009 for their work.Tags: CCDcharge-coupled device
How Telescopes Work Discipline: Education This guide describes how telescopes work. Telescopes are the fundamental tool in observational astronomy, and understanding their capabilities and limitations is central to understanding what we can learn from them. You will find that the text contains many links. Some will take you to a glossary definition, while others are links to more information about a topic you may want to explore further. Please use this guide in the way that makes most sense to you. You may want to read the entire guide first, then go back and follow links that interest you, or youTags: spectraopticsseeingrefractingreflectingCCDspectrographfield of viewangular resolution
