DIY Exoplanet Detector with a DSLR

[Greg Bernhardt]

Great project to do!

DIY Exoplanet Detector with a DSLR

 

[Drakkith]

Wow, he's right on the edge of the noise floor. I've done this exact project with a CCD camera and an 8 inch telescope and I can tell you that just using a camera lens without a telescope it's going to be very difficult to see any exoplanet transits. Even with my setup the quality of my data points was lower than I'd have liked. With just a camera you're simply not gathering enough light. (Not to mention how much gets rejected by the bayer array on the camera's sensor)

 

[DaveC426913]

This is super-duper cool.

I want to do this.

Here's the rest of the article.
http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/hands-on/diy-exoplanet-detector
It explains several things that the video doesn't: such as how he compensated for intrinsic atmospheric fluctuations

 

[Amine Quentin]

great video
thank's