Old Glass, New Tricks

Digital sensors and image processing software have revolutionized astronomy and astrophotography, but we still depend as much as Galileo on collecting photons. In our world of cooled cameras and image stacking, how much do we need the latest and greatest telescopes? MAS member Dan Bush will share his results from a recent experiment in combining new and old technology to image a familiar target, and perhaps spark some ideas about taking advantage of your older gear!
Dan Bush is a recent astrophotography hobbyist and longtime astronomy enthusiast. Many years ago he was a physics/astronomy major, interning at the Space Telescope Science Institute and getting very sick on an observing trip to Kitt Peak...
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