Intensified Astronomical Imaging

Photon Counting and Deep Space Lucky Imaging

Benoit Schillings

Stan Moore

(Preliminary information)

Lucky guy with lucky cameras!

ZeroCam in use.

ZeroCam S1

M13 single frame – 0.03 second

M13 integrated 22,610 frames @ 31 FPS (12 minutes)

M17 (h-a filter) single frame – 0.05 second

M17 (h-a filter) integrated 76,000 frames at 20 FPS (1 hour)

M57 single frame – 0.03 second

M57 integrated 180,000 frames @ 31 FPS (1.66 hour)