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Lumenera Aids Guinness Feat

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Lumenera Corp. of Ottawa, a manufacturer of high-performance digital cameras and custom imaging solutions, has announced that its SKYnyx2-0 and Infinity2-1 CCD USB 2.0 cameras have been used to set a Guinness World Record for the largest ground-based digital lunar mosaic. In April 2009, the record-breaking team, which features 11 amateur astronomy imagers from the UK, took pictures from various locations in the UK on the same night. Lumenera’s professional astronomy cameras were combined with high-end amateur telescopes and special software to capture almost 1.2 million video frames of the...Read full article

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    Published: September 2009
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    astronomy
    The scientific observation of celestial radiation that has reached the vicinity of Earth, and the interpretation of these observations to determine the characteristics of the extraterrestrial bodies and phenomena that have emitted the radiation.
    photonics
    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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