Astrophotographer Wei-Hao Wang posted a challenge in this thread:
http://www.astromart.com/forums/viewpost.asp?forum_post_id=483855
It's a shot of M31, 12 hours of total exposure, is 8800x7000 in size, and his camera costs less than $1000.
You can see a small version of this huge image here:
http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~whwang/gallery/picutres/M31_film_2006-large.jpg
He wants to know if any digital system can match the quality (depth and FOV) at the same cost or lower.
Any takers?
CF
http://www.astromart.com/forums/viewpost.asp?forum_post_id=483855
It's a shot of M31, 12 hours of total exposure, is 8800x7000 in size, and his camera costs less than $1000.
You can see a small version of this huge image here:
http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~whwang/gallery/picutres/M31_film_2006-large.jpg
He wants to know if any digital system can match the quality (depth and FOV) at the same cost or lower.
Any takers?
CF