(meteorobs) 2008 Orionids

[Roberto]

Hi,
I use a Mintron video camera that is a format of 1/2. He can himself be
bought in England to approximately 330 euros. He can arrive till 2.5s of
exposure. he is much sensitive one and with an exposure of 0.04s outside
city I see stars of mag. 6 approximately with a objective from 8mm of focale
f/0.8. I must find the site where it came advertised that now I do not have
more.
Clear skies,
Roberto Haver

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Majden" <epmajden at shaw.ca>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) 2008 Orionids


> Depending on the specs you look at these cameras have the same low
> lux sensitivity 0.0003 at f1.2 - 1/60 sec.  What we need is a camera
> where you can control exposure length, i.e. 1/30 sec or better 1/15
> sec exposure.  Such a system may not be more sensitive recording
> moving objects (meteors) but they should be capable of recording more
> background stars for reference points for measurement.  The film
> based MORP Cameras used chopping shutters with a chopping rate of 4X
> per second.  A bit on the low side for velocities but Ian Halliday
> used these rates successfully for his Fireball Network.    Anyone
> know where one can find a video camera with low lux capability with
> exposure length control that will not break the bank?
> Ed Majden
> B.C. Canada Sentinel Network
> Courtenay, B.C.
>
> On 24-Oct-08, at 3:11 PM, Wayne Watson wrote:
>
> > As I vaguely recall, you use several camera setups. In fact, don't you
> > have sites outside your main area?  Do they all use that camera? Do
> > you
> > believe it's more sensitive than the Senintel camera, Hi-cam
> > Camera--HB-710E/C? See <http://www.hicam.co.kr/>. It's buried in there
> > somewhere. Every time I bookmark it, it ends up as their home page.
> >
> > Chris Peterson wrote:
> >> Same camera as always, a PC164C. You can't get much more sensitive
> >> than this
> >> for meteor work without using an intensifier (which I've done, but
> >> it is
> >> simply impractical for routine allsky meteor detection).
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >> *****************************************
> >> Chris L Peterson
> >> Cloudbait Observatory
> >> http://www.cloudbait.com
> >>
> >>
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