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cruvature of the lens

Post by tilvi » Mon Oct 04, 2004 6:38 pm

Does this GIF file provide any information about the curvature effects of fisheye lens on the incoming light?

http://nightskylive.net/hl/moving.gif
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Post by Guest » Tue Oct 05, 2004 12:52 am

Tilvi,
Yes. However, we get more conventional and easily decipherable information on the curvature of the lens from the placement of stars in the CONCAM fields.
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