(meteorobs) Chris(Cloudbait) Meteor Telescope?

Fri Sep 12 10:57:02 EDT 2008

	Head images are difficult.  The way it is being done at the
University of Western Ontario is to use a moderate field intensified
video camera to locate a meteor in the usual manner followed by
computerized telescopic tracking with equipment by Peter Gural.  The
equipment is an improvement in the AIM-IT system used to produce the
Leonid MAC head image referenced in the earlier note by Leo S.
http://reentry.arc.nasa.gov/s-gural.html

	The magic happens when the intensified video images are
processed in real time to detect and locate the meteor and to drive a
steering mirror in front of a moderate aperture telescope.  The
telescopic images are then stabilized and tracked in the telescope
yielding the head images.   Not easy or cheep but numerous images have
been obtained this way.   Peter Brown of UWO is in charge of this and
preliminary results should be available soon.

http://aquarid.physics.uwo.ca/index.htm

Wes

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
[mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of stange
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 7:26 PM
To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
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 

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