(meteorobs) Chris(Cloudbait) Meteor Telescope?

[stange]

Chris & Ed,  Thanks for input.

I have two telescopes that might be able to do the job, but only one heavy 
free camera that is suitable because it is just 0.1 Lux. I do not want to 
use a super-sensitive light camera like my Stellacam II because I want as 
much detail as is possible without light bloom.

The most suitable telescope is a Stellarvue Nighthawk Next Generation 80mm 
F7 (SV 80ED) Fl=560mm, which has already been adapted to fit a Meade 
AutoStar mount.

Now I need to know when the next BIG shower will occur, while I find some 
way to focus mid-atmosphere ahead of time. I will run the camera with 
HandyAvi in meteor trail mode.

YCSentinel





---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Majden" <epmajden at shaw.ca>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: 2008/09/11 18:08
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Chris(Cloudbait) Meteor Telescope?


> 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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