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Old February 1st 09, 06:26 PM posted to alt.astronomy
K. Carson
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Default Brown dwarf numbers way down

In article
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BradGuth wrote:

By now, linear response 200-dB dynamic range CMOS image sensors of 5.6-
µm are readily available, with 4.1 µm pixels that should start to
emerge this year, each ideally suited to the dual 16 bit ADC
configured camera.


I don't believe you know what a decibel is.

It is simply ten times the base-10 logarithm of a ratio.