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Old 05-09-2009, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by TrevorW View Post
Bert is that a scope or a new death ray device
It is a home made computer controlled camera and mount. The camera is cooled by a PID temperature controlled Peltier fridge (home built). It looks complicated but it is even worse now as I control the temperature of the lens so focus does not change over a night of imaging.I used my knowledge of overclocking computers to design the fridge.

It does not emit any rays apart from weak IR. It is designed to collect and record very weak photon streams from things far away.

It is a project in constant flux.

Bert
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