Measuring Skyglow with a Camera
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Measuring Skyglow with a Camera
Hi, I am doing a science fair experiment that uses a digital camera to measure skyglow. The camera I have does not go into some of the setting mentioned in the procedure of the experiment. For example, the lowest aperture is f/3.5 and this experiment asks for f/2.8. Also, the smallest image resolution is much larger than the example they give. Will this be a big problem, or will it be fine as long as the camera settings remain constant? Thank you so much!
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Re: Measuring Skyglow with a Camera
Hi cfranb,
As you correctly point out, the most important thing is to control all of your variables except for exposure time. A smaller aperture may reduce the overall pixel brightness, but you should still be able to do the project. Likewise, the image resolution shouldn't be a big problem. But, you definitely need to be able to manually control the shutter speed/exposure time in order to do this project.
As you correctly point out, the most important thing is to control all of your variables except for exposure time. A smaller aperture may reduce the overall pixel brightness, but you should still be able to do the project. Likewise, the image resolution shouldn't be a big problem. But, you definitely need to be able to manually control the shutter speed/exposure time in order to do this project.
All the best,
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