Sentences with phrase «filter wheels»
"Filter wheels" refers to devices used in various instruments or equipment to easily and quickly switch between different filters. It allows us to selectively block or allow certain wavelengths of light, sound, or other forms of signals, helping to analyze or capture specific information. Full definition
This image is taken with a 20in RC Optical Systems telescope Operating at f / 8.1 Paramount ME Robotic Telescope Mount SBIG ST10XME CCD camera with color filter wheel LRGB color production was used to create this image.
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NIRCam has a special filter wheel that can select, or filter, specific optical elements that are used during the coarse phasing process.
This means that «for a wavelength display, we don't need to rely on color filter wheels or dedicated red and blue pixels,» explained Daniel E. Smalley, assistant professor of electrical engineering at BYU, who first reported an advance in this realm in Nature in 2013, while he was a graduate student working at MIT with his advisor V. Michael Bove.
While Webb looks at the bright star, grisms in the filter wheel will spread the white light of the star out on a detector.
My current equipment is constituted still with my «old» C8, a SBIG ST8 - XME CCD and its filter wheel, a Losmandy G11 mount with the Gemini2 controller, and an Optec focuser.