(meteorobs) IR Camera is up. Waiting for a big'un.

[stange]

The new IR blocking camera is up with a std. camera temporarily. IR block 
filter does an excellent job reducing the Sun's glare too.

Photo #1 illustrates preparation for tonights focussing after basic 
mounting.
 http://www.geocities.com/stange34@sbcglobal.net/IR_CameraMtg

Photo #2 illustrates my design for a hemispherical mirror heater. Hot air 
flow is down, spreading out, and then upward. With 25W bulb, mirror inside 
temp reaches 80F. http://www.geocities.com/stange34@sbcglobal.net/heater

Photo #3 illustrates view on indoor monitor showing Sun 15 degrees high in 
the afternoon before alignment of camera was started. IR blocking filter 
prevents Sun from overwhelming the camera with brightness. 
http://www.geocities.com/stange34@sbcglobal.net/IRSun

Photo #4 illustrates capture of an aircraft flight with Moon's high 
intensity reduced from the blocking filter. This capture required extremely 
high gain settings of Handyavi because of poor light sensitivity of this 
Sony camera. I expect a PC164C will be authorized around Christmas. :-) 
http://www.geocities.com/stange34@sbcglobal.net/airplane

A camera (MUST) be able to detect high altitude aircraft in order to detect 
meteors.

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