First Light
KAI-11000M, 11 Megapixel, 35mm format CCD in Large Format Camera.
60 second exposure of M13 taken through an AP 130 F/6 refractor (without field flattener).
Seeing was poor (>4 arc sec).
Full frame image, reduced to 25% of original size. Diagonal field of view is
approximately 3.25 degrees.
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Note: Image was taken through nose piece threaded for t-adapter which causes
vignetting in the corners. Also, the prototype CCD
chamber has plain uncoated glass. Producton model cameras will come with a newly
designed 2" nosepiece that does not obstruct the
light path and the CCD chamber window will be optical quality glass with AR coating. |