light bucket

1. astronomy A telescope whose lens (the "bucket") has a large aperture so as to gather and focus a large amount of photons, thereby producing brightened images of normally imperceptible objects. I'm always left amazed after using the light bucket at the university and glimpsing images of the cosmos way out in the dark of space.

2. By extension, such a lens (as on a camera or telescope) that has a large enough aperture to enhance images in low-level light. What's truly special about the light bucket on this camera is that it maintains a relatively high shutter speed while still capturing clear shots in low-light environments.

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释义	light bucket light bucket 1. astronomy A telescope whose lens (the "bucket") has a large aperture so as to gather and focus a large amount of photons, thereby producing brightened images of normally imperceptible objects. I'm always left amazed after using the light bucket at the university and glimpsing images of the cosmos way out in the dark of space. 2. By extension, such a lens (as on a camera or telescope) that has a large enough aperture to enhance images in low-level light. What's truly special about the light bucket on this camera is that it maintains a relatively high shutter speed while still capturing clear shots in low-light environments. See also: bucket, light Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: spread far and wide a good/great many hog leg with great (something) comes great (something else) battleship loom loom large consume consume mass quantities by and large References in periodicals archive * AL LAMPERTI has been going deep since 1985 when he acquired his first light bucket. He and other members of the Delaware Valley Amateur Astronomers developed the AGN Observing Program for the Astronomical League. Ancient Photons from AGNs: Light from these faraway galaxies has traveled for millions to billions of years, crossing vast expanses of space The Kepler observatory's single instrument is a very sensitive photometer -- "a big light bucket," as NASA researcher Martin Still describes it -- that would be overwhelmed by the light of the sun. Venus On The Move: Its Transit To Aid Search For Exoplanets At meetings, members view the stars through the society's powerful 15-inch Dobsonian reflector telescope - a "light bucket" telescope - and watch NASA and space-related videos, among other activities. Stargazing; Aldrich Astronomical Society hooked on space Today my Dobsonian light bucket delivers the Whirlpool of my dreams. Those magnificent Messiers: star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies are within reach of even the smallest telescope every night of the year Kiruna's ore is of a constant Fe content so using a production monitoring system as part of the automation package would immediately show light bucket load. Mine automation Astrosat joins several other X-ray observatories already in orbit: Chandra makes out fine details in low-energy X-ray images, NuSTAR brings high-energy X-rays into sharp focus, Swift monitors the sky for distant explosions bright in X-rays and gamma rays, and ESA's XMM-Newton is a light bucket for low-energy X-rays. Missions: India launches first astronomy satellite Herschel kicks the light bucket. On April 29th the largest infrared space telescope yet launched ran out of cryogenic coolant, permanently ending its science operations. Herschel kicks the light bucket The scope is far more than just a big light bucket, and it's a real joy to use it for observing planetary detail. Building my dream observatory: a veteran telescope maker spent four years building this novel 32-inch reflector and home observatory The 72-inch (1.8-meter) "light bucket" telescope, and its unique high-speed receivers, could detect laser pulses made by our own current technology from as far as several thousand light-years. Two big new steps for SETI Many of the featured objects are familiar showpieces requiring just binoculars or a small refractor; a few are obscure challenges for an experienced observer with a 12-inch or larger light bucket. The brief descriptions have a conversational tone and flow smoothly with a nice balance of elegance and warmth. The Galaxy's Treasures Impatient with the lingering twilight, I grabbed a 220x eyepiece and aimed my light bucket at the Beehive. A hive of galaxies in Cancer From NGC 6886, I pushed my light bucket another 2[degrees] eastward to snare NGC 6905 (20h 22.4m, +20[degrees] 06'). Two planetaries and three decades a very large Dobsonian-mounted telescope syn: light bucket The observer's dictionary Rearward, LED halo lights have been installed in the original tail light buckets. Jeep goes wild with retro thinking Bartlett: $3 Miller/Coors Light 20-ounce jumbo drafts, $14 Miller/Coors Light buckets, $5 Absolut Bloody Mary, $5 jumbo Long Island Ice Tea Super duper
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