(meteorobs) Video Observations July 26, 2008

[stange]

Impressive camera packaging. Focussing a double set of lenses at that power 
must have been a chore. Very nice & unusual Open Cluster background for that 
meteor picture! Nicely done!

YCS


---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Lunsford" <lunro.imo.usa at cox.net>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: 2008/08/01 12:48
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Video Observations July 26, 2008


> YCSentinel & All,
>
> Actually the AMS video system is composite system that includes an 
> external
> Nikon 50mm F1.4 camera lens, an image intensifier, and a PC164C NTSC video
> camera equipped with a 2.7-13.5 F1.3 Fujinon lens. A picture and 
> description
> of this setup is available at: http://www.amsmeteors.org/video2008.html
>
> The camera is completely portable so I take it to dark skies whenever I am
> able. The main factor is to make sure the moon remains out of the field of
> view and that the system is turned off before it becomes too light. Most 
> of
> the observations are simply from my suburban backyard. All data is 
> processed
> by Sirko Molau's MetRec program for video observations.
>
> Clear Skies!
>
> Bob
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "stange" <stange34 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 8:44 PM
> Subject: (meteorobs) Video Observations July 26, 2008
>
>
>> Sounds like you have a 4-8mm lens on your video camera Robert.
>>
>> Those lens focal lengths did a very good job of detecting faint stars &
>> meteors even with a reduced FOV for me before I went All-Sky.
>>
>> Additionally, I had roof mounted the camera on a TV rotator so I could
>> point
>> it anywhere I wanted in the Constellations with just a little loss of the
>> Horizon and Zenith areas. Are you doing something similar?
>>
>> YCSentinel
>
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