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"Odysseus" wrote in message ... yechidah wrote: I see. Then why did you suggest to seek out photos from the internet if you knew that the quality could never do justice to the real thing? Sorry; since you didn't mention the twinkling effect in your message body, I didn't consider your request for images of Sirius in the specific context of the subject line. -- Noted. Thanks. YS Odysseus --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.542 / Virus Database: 336 - Release Date: 11/18/03 |
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On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 23:18:03 GMT, "yechidah"
wrote: "Wally AngleseaT" wrote in message ... On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 04:27:43 GMT, "yechidah" wrote: "Wally AngleseaT" wrote in message ... On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 21:03:45 GMT, "yechidah" wrote: no photos, eh? He http://www.solstation.com/stars/sirius2.htm But you won't see "rainbows" because photo's don't capture the scintillations. OK? Satisfied now? No. There are scintillation cameras. I'm sure someone, somewhere has been experimenting with photographing sirius using such equipment. You just haven't been informed of this, is all. YS When you find a scintillation camera, I'll be interested. Really. Google brought up 18,700 hits on scintillation camera - http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...llation+camera yeah, but X-ray cameras are out of reach for most of us, and won't give you the rainbow effect you want. -- Find out about Australia's most dangerous Doomsday Cult: http://users.bigpond.net.au/wanglese/pebble.htm "You can't fool me, it's turtles all the way down." |
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"Wally AngleseaT" wrote in message ... On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 23:18:03 GMT, "yechidah" wrote: "Wally AngleseaT" wrote in message ... On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 04:27:43 GMT, "yechidah" wrote: "Wally AngleseaT" wrote in message ... On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 21:03:45 GMT, "yechidah" wrote: no photos, eh? He http://www.solstation.com/stars/sirius2.htm But you won't see "rainbows" because photo's don't capture the scintillations. OK? Satisfied now? No. There are scintillation cameras. I'm sure someone, somewhere has been experimenting with photographing sirius using such equipment. You just haven't been informed of this, is all. YS When you find a scintillation camera, I'll be interested. Really. Google brought up 18,700 hits on scintillation camera - http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...llation+camera yeah, but X-ray cameras are out of reach for most of us, and won't give you the rainbow effect you want. The more I read about this stuff, the more I am led to believe that holographic photography might be the only way to really *capture* Sirius properly. I wonder if it's been done. YS --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.542 / Virus Database: 336 - Release Date: 11/18/03 |
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