Re: Thermal IR on Ebay

[Michel Wurtz - LTE <mw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joshua_Putnam wrote:
> 
> We've all had a good laugh at common photo stuff going for twice
> what it's worth on Ebay, so I thought I'd pass along something
> different: auction no. 81016037 is a Hughes Aircraft
> military-surplus infrared viewing device, spectral response 3 to
> 5.4 microns, using an argon-cooled photovoltaic detector at -186C.
> 
> With 4 days to go it's only up to $52.

Hmm... minus 186C you said ?  Did they furnish for this price the
power plant needed for the cooling device ? :-)))

More seriously, this is probably the critical point and may be
expensive to repair when broken.
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