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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: wolfnowl on December 25, 2009, 04:27:01 pm

Title: 570 Megapixel
Post by: wolfnowl on December 25, 2009, 04:27:01 pm
Pixel peeping anyone?

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/st_darkenergy_camera (http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/st_darkenergy_camera)
Title: 570 Megapixel
Post by: bill t. on December 25, 2009, 06:22:23 pm
Around 1976 I got to take pictures of astronomer Vera Rubin at Lick Observatory somewhat after she had first detected something was wrong with galaxy rotation, which was the first evidence of dark matter.  Among other things she was actually taking mechanical measurements on large galaxy images projected through a giant telescope onto a white surface.  Things have come a long way since then.

Check out the National-Geographic-esque use of colored lights in that image, woohoo!  Looks like an early Star Trek episode.
Title: 570 Megapixel
Post by: feppe on December 26, 2009, 12:51:25 pm
Quote from: wolfnowl
Pixel peeping anyone?

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/st_darkenergy_camera (http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/st_darkenergy_camera)

I bet its anti-aliasing filter makes it unusable for big prints.
Title: 570 Megapixel
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 26, 2009, 05:14:13 pm
I like the notion that, since we don't know what "dark energy" is, or even if it exists, we'll just take some pictures of it to find out what it is.

Come to think of it, some of my own photography is done in that same spirit.   

Eric

Title: 570 Megapixel
Post by: tokengirl on December 29, 2009, 11:30:48 am
Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes
since we don't know what "dark energy" is, or even if it exists,

Of course it exists.  A couple of my family members have it and I have seen what it can do.    
Title: 570 Megapixel
Post by: DarkPenguin on December 29, 2009, 11:47:53 am
Quote from: wolfnowl
Pixel peeping anyone?

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/st_darkenergy_camera (http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/st_darkenergy_camera)

I hear nasa is slapping a lens chart up on Andromeda so that they can test this thing.
Title: 570 Megapixel
Post by: francois on December 29, 2009, 11:53:18 am
Quote from: DarkPenguin
I hear nasa is slapping a lens chart up on Andromeda so that they can test this thing.
True and I heard that they also use LensAlign Pro…