(meteorobs) OT -Proceeding with IR block fireball detonation system.

[Francisco Ocaña]

Well, what about using a difraction grating? Just putting it in front of 
the lens could give spectra of bright fireballs, or not? Maybe we could 
get a -12 spectra per month or quarter. I see this better than the 3 
channel low-res spectroscopy of the colour cameras.

Paco

Chris Peterson escribió:
> Paco-
>
> Spectral analysis of meteor trails shows that emission lines dominate the 
> light output. However, I think it is possible, or even probable, based on 
> visual descriptions, that black body radiation dominates the output of 
> bright fireballs (which haven't been studied spectroscopically). One way to 
> study this question is by looking at the relative intensity at two or more 
> wavelengths. While color cameras aren't ideal for this (I'm setting up a 
> dual camera system with narrow band filters), it is still possible that 
> useful information could be extracted from the individual color channels. 
> The low sensitivity of color cameras makes them a poor choice for ordinary 
> meteor monitoring, but that is no disadvantage at all if you are 
> concentrating on fireballs.
>
> Chris
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Francisco Ocaña" <albireo3000 at yahoo.es>
> To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 4:50 AM
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) OT -Proceeding with IR block fireball detonation 
> system.
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>
> Interesting Chris! What would we expect from the 3 colour data?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Paco Ocaña
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