Canon 8-inch CMOS sensor for astronomical purposes

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:15 pm

andeelym · Post by **andeelym** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:24 pm

I read this I think yesterday and I was like wow.

Not sure how big of a lens or mirror is needed for a sensor this size.

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:52 pm

Added the canon press release and kiso telescope links. Enjoy!

orly_andico · Post by **orly_andico** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 6:20 am

no biggie. anything over say 4m (aperture) can easily cover that sensor.

MooEy · Post by **MooEy** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:27 am

In January this year, the CMOS sensor was installed on the focal plane of the Kiso Observatory's 105 cm Schmidt telescope

jimmyleong · Post by **jimmyleong** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:01 pm

i wonder how many megapixel would this sensor be?

MooEy · Post by **MooEy** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:23 pm

hmm.. assuming a pixel size of 7.4 microns, roughly 730mp?

~MooEy~

wucheeyiun · Post by **wucheeyiun** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:42 pm

This type of large CCD imaging plate is only for very large telescope setup like the Subaru telescope observatory at Mauna Kea, Hawaii ...

http://www.naoj.org/Introduction/telescope.html

http://www.naoj.org/Projects/HSC/index.html