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Old 20-02-2008, 12:54 AM
Rob_K
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Interesting arguments here, but I strongly suspect that in time they'll all be consigned to the dustbin of history as a new generation of smart sensor is developed, one that can mimic the remarkable responsiveness the human eye. For instance, I can walk outside tonight and see the nearly full moon and all its dark maria showing, I can see bright stars near it, I can see the moonlit sky and tall trees silhouetted against it. But I can't photograph it with a dumb sensor, CCD or CMOS.

Combine this with a smart telescope that knows where it is in the sky, rather than the present generation of dumb scopes that are told where they are in the sky (and may or may not be exactly there) and you'll have the brave new world of astrophotography.

Or not...

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