[Aavso-photometry] In defense of the ST-9 & CCD choice Considerations

arne arne at aavso.org
Tue Jun 12 09:54:57 EDT 2007


mlfleenor at charter.net wrote:
> 
>  I also have found that I can get great results while not paying too much attention to the silly 2”/pixel requirement. I certainly wouldn’t consider that as the primary factor for selecting a sensor. ( I run 0.62”/pix or 1.24”/pix with my ST10xme and 14” SCT )  You can easily deviate from this and achieve superb results. QE, noise and FOV are much more important to me.
> 
Mike, have you seriously found a recent posting or reference that
gives a guideline of 2arcsec/pix?
Arne


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