(meteorobs) Astrovid "Fireball Camera"
Leo S
l.stachowicz at btinternet.com
Tue Nov 25 14:55:06 EST 2008
Cheers Paul,
Will definitely have a good look over your web site. Thanks for the tips.
Right now I'm in West London, and not far from Heathrow, so it might be
a bit tricky to do here, but I want to move away from London (still not
sure where!) within the next year, hopefully to a more appropriate location.
Have you had any success yet Paul?
Leo
Paul at paul-pugh.net wrote:
> Hi Leo, Chris et al
>
> This is my first post to the group... so be gentle..
>
> I have been working on a similar setup for a few months now here in
> the UK, see my website for details. I'm also hoping to have a near
> real-time feed available for IYA2009 at http://www.spacescan.co.uk/...
> well that's the goal at least.
>
> Pitfalls:- Although I live in a relatively low light pollution
> location, I am right bang in the middle of high density housing, so
> [very] local light issues cause problems but not nearly as many as I
> feared.
>
> By far the biggest problem I face is aircraft. The UK is really quite
> small when compared to our North American cousins and guess where the
> main north/south UK airway is.... that's right about 30,000ft over my
> head!
>
> It's also worth pointing out, though you probably have already found
> this out, that the component parts (camera, lenses, etc) all seem to
> cost a lot more in the UK... then there's the cost of the electricity!
>
> Benefits:- Getting to explain to the wife what all that stuff is on
> top of the shed!
>
> Good luck in your project Leo.
>
> Regards
>
> Paul
>
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> http://www.paul-pugh.net
> http://www.spacescan.co.uk
>
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