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Old 08-07-2010, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by mithrandir View Post
You'd have atrocious vingetting. Neither of those could illuminate the chip. They are using a 1.8 metre scope.

And somehow I don't think your USB3 / Firewire800 could manage a download in 30 secs.
That's my point

The chip would be as big as an A4 sheet of paper!!!

That scope most likely is a Nasmyth focus with a 12" tertiary mirror and at least that for the focuser size. The camera probably has onboard storage and then downloads via a fibre optic link....it's probably the size of two boxes of reflex copy paper and weighs just as much!!!!.
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