On Jan 26, 3:57*am, (G=EMC^2 Glazier) wrote:
Noah *Universe created by an artist begs the question. Who created the
artist *go figure *TreBert

We can now take a whole lot better look at some of that cosmic eye-
candy.

With 140 db/DR CMOS imaging and absolutely terrific options in
bandpass filters that'll look directly into a vibrant star without
losing the crisp detailed surface, horizon and of whatever is in
nearby orbit. Actually, nearly that kind of ccd/cmos pixel dynamic
range has existed and been in use for quite some time.

http://www.ims.fraunhofer.de/uploads...rays_en_07.pdf

Camera D/A converters are where the imaging technology buck stops (so
to speak), although more powerful parallel CPUs tend to make a 128 DB
image doable, though 64 DB might be a practical upper limit that only
supercomputers could manage, and perhaps 32 DB for stuff that’s on the
fly (so to speak). However, even by using a 16 DB A/D with such a
dynamic range capable CMOS imager is going to knock some eye-candy
socks off, and if need be via taking multiple scans, one at each 16 DB
portion of the available dynamic range should be more than good
enough (4 scans could extract 64 DB worth of dynamic range), although
you’d likely need a Blue Ray DVD for storing each image.

~ BG