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Have you ever visited a website with an impressive CCD image and wondered what it would take to get that picture with your equipment?  This calculator will give you the necessary exposure time with a given CCD and telescope needed to match that taken with another camera and scope.  Click here for details on the calculations.

The camera and telescopes listed below are those for which data was readily available.  There are currently 74 cameras and 147 telescopes to choose from.  For other setups, data can be entered manually.

Select the original telescope, CCD, and exposure times below. Then choose the telescope and CCD you are using. The exposure times necessary to produce exposures equal to the original is output below.
 

Original Luminance (L) Exposure

Original Red (R) Exposure

Original Green (G) Exposure

Original Blue (B) Exposure

Choose Original CCD Camera

Choose Original Telescope

   or Enter User Defined Focal Ratio

Original Luminance Binning

Original RGB Binning

New CCD Camera

New Telescope

   or Enter User Defined Focal Ratio

New Luminance Binning

New RGB Binning



 

New L Exposure: 

New R Exposure: 

New G Exposure: 

New B Exposure: 

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