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  2. Photon counting - Wikipedia

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    Photon counting eliminates gain noise, where the proportionality constant between analog signal out and number of photons varies randomly. Thus, the excess noise factor of a photon-counting detector is unity, and the achievable signal-to-noise ratio for a fixed number of photons is generally higher than the same detector without photon counting.

  3. Astroscan - Wikipedia

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    When Edmund Scientific introduced the telescope in 1976 they called it "The Edmund Wide-Field Telescope" with a Part Number "2001" [5] Edmund had a public contest which ran until November 15, 1976, to come up with a name. [6] The winning name was "Astroscan 2001". The "2001" part of the name was dropped over time.

  4. Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst Walkthrough Part 3

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    300= This is the last number that you obtained from the telescope and it was 300 (472-172=300). The club sign. Enter the code correctly by moving the round piece to point to one of the cards.

  5. List of the largest optical telescopes in North America

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    Hale Telescope Palomar Obs. 200 inch 508 cm 1949 USA: Hooker Telescope Mount Wilson Obs. 100 inch 254 cm 1917 USA: McDonald Obs. 82 inch i.e. Otto Struve Telescope: 82 inch 208 cm 1939 USA: David Dunlap Observatory: 74 inch 188 cm 1935 Canada: Plaskett telescope Dominion Astrophysical Obs. 72 inch 182 cm 1918 Canada: 69-inch Perkins Telescope [10]

  6. James Webb Space Telescope - Wikipedia

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    The Webb telescope uses 132 small actuation motors to position and adjust the optics. [39] The actuators can position the mirror with 10 nanometer accuracy. [40] Webb's optical design is a three-mirror anastigmat, [41] which makes use of curved secondary and tertiary mirrors to deliver images that are free from optical aberrations over a wide ...

  7. X-ray astronomy - Wikipedia

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    X-ray detectors collect individual X-rays (photons of X-ray electromagnetic radiation) and count the number of photons collected (intensity), the energy (0.12 to 120 keV) of the photons collected, wavelength (c. 0.008–8 nm), or how fast the photons are detected (counts per hour), to tell us about the object that is emitting them.

  8. Unistellar - Wikipedia

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    Unistellar is a French manufacturer of computer-connected telescopes that allow non-professional skywatchers to observe astronomical objects at relatively low cost. The first product launched was named the eVscope, and used digital astrophotographic techniques.

  9. Astronomy (magazine) - Wikipedia

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    Astronomy is a magazine about the science and hobby of astronomy.Based near Milwaukee in Brookfield, Wisconsin, it was produced by Kalmbach Publishing. Astronomy’s readers include those interested in astronomy and those who want to know about sky events, observing techniques, astrophotography, and amateur astronomy in general.