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Old 04-04-2007, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by bird View Post
DP, if I was using a toucam or dmk camera with 5.6u pixels then the image should be 7.4/5.6 = 1.32 times the original size, ie Jupiter would be 461 pixels across the equator. It would only *just* fit inthe 640x480 ccd :-)

cheers, Bird

i like my 1400...........call it rough as guts maths, but it looked awesome on my 24" monitor...........ie fill the screen!!!!

much more fun than actually calculating it properly

plus you had a great chance to rub it in to us all..........."yes, young grass hoppers, one day you can come scratch the clouds of jupiter with uncle bird, but until then..... keep practising on your baby pixels"
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