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Old 12-01-2014, 01:50 PM
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This is how I understand "binning". http://www.spotimaging.com/iq/binning.html
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Old 12-01-2014, 02:28 PM
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Well, this i how I understand binning
http://www.starrywonders.com/binning.html
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Old 12-01-2014, 05:07 PM
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Andy,

The article by Craig Stark that Geoff linked explains how binning works more eloquently than I could. Binning does effectively give you larger pixels and the ability to trade off reduced resolution for increased SNR. The article also reinforces what I've been trying to say - pixel size is very important in imaging and is directly relevant to exposure time.

OK, so we are talking about basically the same thing. Your arcmin/mm is calculated using exactly the same formula as my arcsec/pixel. The angular size corresponding to a distance on the focal plane is derived through basic trigonometry:

angular size = 2 * arctan(d/2F) radians [multiply by 3438 for arcmin or 206265 for arcsec]

The angular size depends on two things: d, which is 1mm for you and the pixel size for me, and F which is the focal length. You'll notice that it does not depend on the focal ratio! So I say again (for the last time in this thread, I hope) image scale does not depend on focal ratio.

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