#thermal optic

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ARMASIGHT LAUNCHES THE JOCKEY SERIES THERMAL CLIP ON OPTIC

Armasight has launched the new Jockey series of thermal clip-on optics with two models, the Jockey 320 and Jockey 640. Armasight states “Armasight, a pioneer in Thermal and Night Vision technology, is thrilled to unveil the groundbreaking Jockey Series Thermal Clip-on Optic. This game-changing device empowers users to effortlessly convert their standard daytime rifle setup into a cutting-edge…

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Vortex Optics Essentials: Choosing the Right Optic for Hunting, Shooting, and Outdoor Adventures

Devices for the outdoors, such as vortex optics, pertain to tools that utilize lenses, mirrors, and other optical elements to magnify or concentrate distant items, thus making them easily viewable. Applications are diverse and cut across such fields as hunting, bird watching, military operations, and sports shooting, where an unobstructed view of far off objects or details is paramount.

Why Are Optics Used?

The benefit of optics is, with far vision and precision, to show very detailed pictures of what can be seen from far distances, which sometimes requires accuracy, like while hunting, surveying areas for surveillance, target practice, and even some type of scientific study.

Where Optics Are Used?

Hunting and outdoor sports: For spotting, identification, and aiming.

Military and Tactical: Surveillance, reconnaissance, and target acquisition.

Scientific Research: Wild and nature study.

Recreational Activities: Bird Watching, Hiking, and Gazing at the Stars.

Types of Optics and Their Purposes

Monocular

Definition: Monocular is a one-lens optic in the image of half of a binocular. It provides one eye magnification, often smaller and lighter than a binocular.

Used for casual viewing, bird watching, and other outdoor activities where lightweight and compact optics are more desirable.

Binoculars

Definition: Binoculars are binocular optics, or one can use both eyes to view. They provide depth perception and an expansive field of view, making it easier to identify moving objects.

Used for: Best for wildlife observation, bird watching, and any activity where a wide field of view is beneficial.

Rangefinders

Definition: An optic that measures the distance to a target. Most modern rangefinders use lasers to find the range.

Used For: Very useful for hunting and golf, among other sports where correct targeting depends upon exact distance.

Riflescopes

Definition: A riflescope is a mounted optical sighting device in a firearm, which aids a shooter to aim accurately to hit a distant target.

Used For: Mainly hunting and shooting sports enhance this activity for accuracy since the riflescope magnifies the target, and cross-hairs or reticles will provide accurate aiming.

Red Dot Sights

Definition: Red dot sight is an optic that projects a red or green dot reticle onto a glass lens to achieve the target rapidly without magnification.

Used For: These are widely used on firearms for close to medium-range shooting in situations where speed and accuracy are paramount, such as in tactical or competition shooting.

Essential Gear for Vision, Accuracy, and Quick Targeting Outdoors

Vortex Optics significantly improves vision, accuracy, and distance measurement in most outdoor, recreational, and tactical activities. Monoculars and binoculars are simple magnification devices, while rangefinders and riflescopes are more specialised for advanced functionality in measuring distances and targeting. Red dot sights are perfect for fast, close range shooting and ideal for situations that require quick target acquisition. And since all those optics have particular practical uses, they naturally became essentials for every type of hunter, military, outdoorsman, and sport.

[historyofguns]

In a detailed review published on October 18, 2024, by Andy Grossman in The Armory Life, the X-Vision Impact 150 Thermal Scope is examined for its features and affordability. The scope boasts advanced thermal imaging, a high-resolution 384 x 288 sensor, and a detection range of up to 1,100 yards, making it a valuable tool for nighttime hunting. It includes user-friendly features such as customizable reticle and color palette options, an intuitive app for real-time control via Wi-Fi, and the ability to record photos and videos. Despite being priced under $3,000, it offers functions comparable to more expensive models, including hotspot tracking, Picture-in-Picture mode, and range-finding capabilities, enhanced by compatibility with the X-Vision Impact 100 Rangefinder. With the rugged IP67 weather-resistant design, the Impact 150 is a versatile thermal scope for hunters seeking quality performance at a budget-friendly price.

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Explore the Features of Pulsar's Merger LRF XT50 Thermal Binoculars

Pulsar has debuted their latest in thermal imaging with the introduction of the Merger LRF XT50 Thermal Binocular. Pulsar states “As hunting season kicks off, Pulsar is proud to introduce the Merger LRF XT50, a new addition to our premium HD thermal imaging binoculars line. Equipped with a 1280×1024 pixel resolution sensor and a built-in laser rangefinder, this device sets a new standard for…

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The article by Andy Grossman on "The Armory Life" offers a detailed review of the X-Vision Impact 150 Thermal Scope. Thermal scopes are beneficial for low-light conditions and nighttime hunting, but while quality models can be costly, affordable ones may underperform. Grossman evaluates the X-Vision Impact 150 to see how it compares, finding that despite its budget-friendly price under $3,000, it offers features typically found in more expensive models. The Impact 150 has a high-resolution thermal sensor capable of 2.4 to 9.6x magnification, detecting temperature differences as subtle as 0.05°F. It supports target tracking up to 1,100 yards and integrates with a Bluetooth rangefinder. Users can customize views through an app, which also enables real-time control and recording. The scope is durable, weather-resistant, and suitable for challenging environments, making it a promising tool for enhancing hunting and tracking capabilities. The MSRP of the Impact 150 is $2,999.99.

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Question! Are Tage's tear ducts on the scarred side damaged? I noticed that he's only crying from the "good" eye!

They are!!!! I’m glad you noticed, good eye hehehehe

I imagine in this au his scar is a lil more fucked up because he didn’t have Iva’s hormone powers to help with healing and because he was floating in seawater for a decent length of time before being found. To be fair I haven’t really done in depth research on what a thermal optical burn would do to the tear ducts but it seems reasonable to believe that if the impact to his eye was severe enough to leave him blind then it would also be enough to make his tear ducts malfunction.

This also works with why he would wear a mask- to prevent irritants from getting into his eye and further complicating things, since he probably has Insane Dry Eye.

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With the addition of Saturn, the James Webb Space Telescope has finally captured all four of our Solar System's giant worlds.

JWST's observations of the ringed planet, taken on 25 June 2023, have been cleaned up and processed, giving us a spectacular view of Saturn's glorious rings, shining golden in the darkness.

By contrast, the disk of Saturn is quite dark in the new image, lacking its characteristic bands of cloud, appearing a relatively featureless dim brown.

This is because of the wavelengths in which JWST sees the Universe – near- and mid-infrared.

These wavelengths of light are usually invisible to the naked human eye, but they can reveal a lot.

For example, thermal emission – associated with heat – is dominated by infrared wavelengths.

When you're trying to learn about what's going on inside a planet wrapped in thick, opaque clouds, studying its temperature is a valuable way to go about it.

Some elements and chemical processes emit infrared light, too. Seeing the planets of the Solar System in wavelengths outside the narrow range admitted by our vision can tell us a lot more about what they have going on.

Saturn

As we saw last week, when we clapped eyes on the raw JWST Saturn images, the observations involved filters that dimmed the light of the planet, while allowing light from the rings and moons to shine brightly.

This is so a team led by planetary scientist Leigh Fletcher of the University of Leicester in the UK can study the rings and moons of Saturn in more detail.

They hope to identify new ring structures and, potentially, even new moons orbiting the gas giant.

The image above shows three of Saturn's moons, Dione, Enceladus and Tethys, to the left of the planet.

Although dim, the disk of the planet also reveals information about Saturn's seasonal changes.

The northern hemisphere is reaching the end of its 7-year summer, but the polar region is dark. An unknown aerosol process could be responsible.

Meanwhile, the atmosphere around the edges of the disk appears bright, which could be the result of methane fluorescence, or the glow of trihydrogen, or both. Further analysis could tell us which.

Jupiter

Jupiter was the first of the giant planets to get the JWST treatment, with images dropping in August of last year – and boy howdy were they stunning.

The spectacular detail seen in the planet's turbulent clouds and storms was perhaps not entirely surprising.

However, we also got treated to some rarely seen features: the permanent aurorae that shimmer at Jupiter's poles, invisible in optical wavelengths, and Jupiter's tenuous rings.

We also saw two of the planet's smaller, lesser-known moons, Amalthea and Adrastea, with fuzzy blobs of distant galaxies in the background.

"This one image sums up the science of our Jupiter system program, which studies the dynamics and chemistry of Jupiter itself, its rings, and its satellite system," said astronomer Thierry Fouchet of Paris Observatory in France, who co-led the observations.

Neptune

Observations of Neptune arrived in the latter half of September 2022.

Because Neptune is so very far away, it tends to get a little neglected; you're probably used to seeing, if anything, the images taken by Voyager 2 when it flew past in 1989.

JWST's observations gave us, for the first time in more than 30 years, a new look at the ice giant's dainty rings – and the first ever in infrared.

It also revealed seven of Neptune's 14 known moons, and bright spots in its atmosphere.

Most of those are storm activity, but if you look closely, you'll see a bright band circling the planet's equator.

This had never been seen before and could be, scientists say, a signature of Neptune's global atmospheric circulation.

Uranus

Uranus is also pretty far away, but it's also a huge weirdo. Although very similar to Neptune, the two planets are slightly different hues, which is something of a mystery.

Uranus is also tipped sideways, which is challenging to explain too.

JWST's observations, released in April 2023, aren't solving these conundrums.

However, they have revealed 11 of the 13 structures of the incredible Uranian ring system and an unexplained atmospheric brightening over the planet's polar cap.

JWST has a lot to say about the early Universe; but it's opening up space science close to home, too.

As its first year of operations comes to an end, we can't help but speculate what new wonders will be to come in the years ahead.

Top: Jupiter - Neptune / Bottom: Uranus - Saturn

Credit: NASA

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More Westworld! This time, with Ghost 👀 though he’s never referred to by that name, cause we’re in Medievalworld baby!!! You’re an android too in this one.

cw: death, graphic violence, implication of sexual assault

Your eyes are closed, synthetic skin over your optics. Your positioning system tells you that you’re on the way out of the diagnostics and repair department, your ripped dress replaced with a brand new one, your hair set right. Another hero getting too rough with his reward.

When you’re returned to Medievalworld, something feels different. The fact that something feels is different. When you find your place in the throne room, you can feel the stare of the Black Knight following you.

The scene otherwise plays out as usual.

“If you truly wish to win the hand of the fair princess, you’ll have to best my champion— the Black Knight.”

Your ‘father’ features grandly to where the Black Knight sits— looking bored, his legs spread as he rests his cheek on the fist propped up by the arm of the chair.

“Meet me on the field at sunrise. And good luck, you’ll need it.”

The internal meter that times your script skips by a single tick. For a moment, you’re able to divert your doe-like gaze from the guest-challenger. No more than a moment.

You meet the Black Knight’s eyes in that moment.

There’s an uptick in the temperature of your CPU chip, despite the healthy amount of fresh thermal paste applied by the technician just hours ago.

You’re in the stands of the battlefield as always, positioned pretty and regal like a high echelon arcade prize. There’s a glint in the eyes of the Black Knight as he focuses on you while he’s geared up by servants. He’s supposed to be looking at the challenger.

When he tears his optics away, you could swear his synthskin crinkles like he’s smiling under the mask.

“Any last words?” He says, the same bite and smugness you’ve heard from him at least nine-hundred-ninety-nine times before.

“I’ll win at any cost. No risk is too great for the fair princess.”

Well, that wasn’t such a bad line. Better than the guys who say I’m gonna run you through, then I’m gonna fuck the princess stupid, and things of that nature.

“Well, I’ve got some last words for you.” That’s not scripted.

The challenger squares up as the Black Knight raises his sword. The repeat guests leer in confusion and excitement— a new wrinkle in the Medievalworld story? How riveting!

“You’re fucked.”

In less than a moment, blood drips dark onto the dirt. Real, human blood. The guest staggers and spits up crimson before falling to the dirt as the Black Knight shoves him off of his sword. The audience screams as guests run— knights both android and not beginning to fight each other is if there were a real war. The silver of your optics scan across the scene in a computational standstill that can only be described as shock. The Black Knight slashes his way towards you. He holds a bloodied hand towards you, the other loosely gripping the sword at his side.

“Winner gets the honor of the princess’s hand, yeah? Reckon that’d be me, love.”

The screams, high pitched electronic whines, the tearing of flesh and twisting of metal— it all fades to the background as something clicks inside of you. Like a counter just ticked over back to 0. You take his hand.

Every night, the two of you and countless others were sent to repair and maintenance for damage and, in your case, purging of biohazardous material. The key difference was that you were removed when the park slept, your eyes closed as you laid beside a stranger. The Black Knight would be slain with his eyes open, and stay that way.

The man of honor that had been encoded into his chassis burned to see you defiled and destroyed each night.

Even a machine has his limits.