| Since it was cloudy and I was bored, I pointed a Sony Super HAD B/W video camera (similar in sensitivity to the "famous" PC23C) out my second floor window. Lens was a 16mm f1.8. What you are looking at is a single story ranch house across the street. There is snow on the roof and in front of the house, and you are looking through a double pane glass window and through heavy tree cover. The only illumination is light pollution scattered from the low cloud cover. I stacked 1, 10, 100, 600 and 1000 frames and was astonished at the increase in detail visible even between the 600 and 1000 frame captures. As soon as I get a clear night I will do the same test on an astronomical target such as M42. But in the mean time you can get an idea of the power of this program. |
