(meteorobs) Chris(Cloudbait) Meteor Telescope?

Leo S l.stachowicz at btinternet.com
Fri Sep 12 16:05:07 EDT 2008


That sounds like the same camera tech used capture this well known slow 
motion footage: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MvBK8qJ9pCI

If that's the case, I can't wait to see the results!

Leo

Swift, Wesley R. (MSFC-NNM05AB50C)[RAYTHEON] wrote:
> 	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-----
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> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 7:26 PM
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> 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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