Home Movies Of International Space Station 17
Thomas the Rhymer writes "A UK amateur astromer has taken home movies of the space station during 3 min possover using nothing more than an 8in reflector and a webcam. The BBC article has a link to the short digitial movie. Resolution somewhat short of a Spielberg movie but not bad. FWIW there is a Brit on board at the moment."
Re:Neato (Score:1, Insightful)
What does the webcam have to do with this? Is it because it connects to a computer, it's kewl? It's the telescope that did all the work, but hey, it's analog, so who cares, right?
Not quite. Imagine that, instead of an 8-inch telescope like this guy did, you've got a 3-meter telescope. That telescope is doing a heck of alot more work for you, right? And then you hook up a web cam that has a resolution of 200x200 pixels. That great image is lost.
This is just another instance of a chain being only as strong as its weakest link. Your image will be no better than the lesser of the abilities of your telescope and your web cam.