(meteorobs) video meteors

Wayne Watson sierra_mtnview at earthlink.net
Sat Jan 29 15:17:50 EST 2005


You might want to take a look in the astrovideo (videoastro?) Yahoo Group. 
We had a small thread going on over there about 5-7 days ago on getting 
started with meteor video.

rob wrote:

> hi folks!
> 
> i am cobbling together some info to set up a portable video and audio 
> monitoring station.  any input on either or both of these topics 
> would be appreciated.  i have gathered some good info from searching 
> this group so far.  currently i have the following in my possesion:
> 
> Radio Shack PRO-95 scanner (tunable to AM TV stations with WIN95 
> software mod)
> Supercircuits PC-164 LLTV camera
> Various lenses and a homebuilt fast focal length *Copy Scope*
> Portable VCR
> MetRec software
> numerous PC's in my closet
> 
> i plan to purchase a Belkin USB Video II frame grabber when they 
> become available again.
> 
> the list keeps getting bigger the more searching i do.\ :)  the plan 
> thus far is to inject both the audio and video into the vcr, record 
> the tape, download and analyze it with MetRec, then enjoy!  I am 
> really hoping to catch a fireball spiraling toward the horizon but 
> this discussion about helions is getting my attention as well.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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