[mustpax]

The reason that this is on the front page is because not everyone is a serious astrophotographer.

If you find yourself asking "I already know about this, why is this on the front page?" Take a moment, you've just answered your own question.

[joshumax]

However it still isn't exactly that new or revolutionary... CentralDS has been doing this with Canon cameras for a while now and it looks like P.L.L. has just taken the cooler and retrofitted it to a Nikon this time. Still went with the ASI 1600MM-Cool and MC-Cool based on their prices still being lower together than what they're charging.

[echelon]

I know little to nothing of astrophotography, so this article comes as news to me. (I like the article, FWIW.) I wasn't even aware cooling could be used to account for sensor noise. Now my mind is actively aware of the problem and is trying to enumerate other possible means of correction in this, and other, imaging fields.

[frandroid]

> The reason that this is on the front page is because not everyone is a serious astrophotographer.

[Florin_Andrei]

The article is mildly interesting, but this is not state of the art by any means.

It's a little bit like an article saying "computer engineers use special software that could take human readable source code and convert it into executable binaries for faster execution". A layperson would have their minds blown, but it's a super-yawner for those in the industry.

[DavidWanjiru]

Is it correct to say that the majority of HN users are astrophysics "laypersons"? I'm guessing they are.

[tgb]

Please post a better article: I'll upvote it!