(meteorobs) OT -Gen. Info. Daylight Fireball mirror & aprecursor "Blip"

[Chris Peterson]

I'd consider a very sensitive camera for daytime use as well as nighttime. 
Low lux cameras aren't more sensitive to light (all normal video cameras 
have similar QE specs); what low lux cameras actually have is lower noise. 
This is very important for daytime observations, where there is very little 
contrast between the sky and most fireballs you might hope to record.

I've experimented with my allsky cameras in the day. While I've never 
recorded a meteor, I have seen a lot of airplanes. The high "sensitivity" 
PC164C captures them much better than a PC23C or an even higher lux color 
camera I tried.

Chris
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Chris L Peterson
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <chiayk1 at singnet.com.sg>
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Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 12:31 AM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) OT -Gen. Info. Daylight Fireball mirror & 
aprecursor "Blip"


>
> Hi :
>
> Very marvelous findings. Hm... i have mothballed a similar setup in my 
> closet.
> Given the ample ambient light - perhaps a day light fireball monitor 
> requirement of a low lux ccd is not even required. Are u using the same 
> ccd for both day and night or dedicated this one for the day only 
> fireball.
>
> Thanks
> rgds
> ykchia
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