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[at-l] OT Alert - was Idea for WOW pic on AT

Subject: [at-l] OT Alert - was Idea for WOW pic on AT
From: bullard@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Jim Bullard)
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 20:08:49 -0500
In-Reply-To: <IDEMKMNHCOAAOJDBMFAMEEHHDMAA.shane@theplacewithnoname.com>
References: <4.3.2.7.2.20030307201923.02b45320@mail.northnet.org>

At 10:26 PM 3/7/2003 -0600, Shane Steinkamp wrote:
> >...clip... I think they
> > must be compiling repeated exposures or computer enhancing
> > them. Any astronomers out there who know how they do that
> > digitally?
>
>The sensors are actually sampled repeatedly, and the image data accumulated
>digitally.  ...clip...

Sampling = taking information at a given moment (exposure).
Data accumulation = compiling exposures.

In other words, they are doing what I thought they were but they have
different terminology for the different technology.

References:
- [at-l] Idea for WOW pic on AT
  - From: Jim Bullard
- [at-l] Idea for WOW pic on AT
  - From: Shane Steinkamp

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