(meteorobs) Chris(Cloudbait) Meteor Telescope?

[Chris Peterson]

Not that I know of. This would be extraordinarily difficult, as the 
statistics are against you. The narrower your field, the less likely you are 
to get a bright meteor. And you would need a bright meteor, as well as a 
specialized, high speed video camera.

There are tracking meteor cameras, but AFAIK none operate at a long enough 
focal length to get a high resolution image of the head of the meteor.

Last year, the Subaru telescope in Hawaii captured some meteor trails, 
allowing for detailed analysis. I don't recall if they analyzed out-of-focus 
images, or actually reset the focus for the upper atmosphere. But in any 
case, these weren't stop-action images.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "stange" <stange34 at sbcglobal.net>
To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 6:26 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Chris(Cloudbait) Meteor Telescope?


> Chris,
>
> Have you or anyone else, ever attempted to get a closeup of a meteor or
> fireballs (HEAD) through a telscope in prime focus using a composite video
> camera for fast framing?
>
> Focus will be somewhat difficult at 20 to 30 miles or so.
>
> It could be aimed outside an active radiant in a motion detection or 
> meteor
> trail mode with automatic tracking mount. Might be interesting...... even
> with the very narrow FOV.
>
> A streat could be split up into a single frame to see what a head looks
> like. I have only black & white capability at this time.
>
> YCSentinel