(meteorobs) Chris(Cloudbait) Meteor Telescope?

[Ed Majden]

Larry:
	Even if your telescope and ccd video camera combination had enough  
resolving power at such distances I don't think it would really  
reveal much about the meteor.  I know image intensified meteor  
systems are used to study the disintegrating nature of a meteor or  
train.  If anything, if you want to learn more about a meteor and  
what is occurring as it plunges through the atmosphere you should try  
meteor spectroscopy.  Good high dispersion meteor spectra are still  
few in number.  A high dispersion spectrum of a meteorite dropping  
fireball would be of great interest especially if a meteorite is  
recovered.  The odds of achieving this is pretty slim however but  
still worth trying if you can afford the cost of large format film.    
Too bad we can't find a 4X5 inch or larger CCD video imager that  
would work for this.
Ed


On 11-Sep-08, at 5:26 PM, stange wrote:

> 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
>
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