(meteorobs) Video Observations from Southern CA, December 25, 2009

[Robert Lunsford]

Wayne,

No, I really don't have the time to do that at this moment. I do need to find time to post summaries of each night of my data and 
others that use video cameras in North America. I'll start this in 2010.

The data is obtained by using the IMO's "MetRec" software. This program records all motion that passes through the FOV during the 
session. I start the program at dusk each clear evening and then end it at dawn. Once the session is complete I then manually remove 
all the aircraft, satellites, birds, and bugs that have caused false detections. Rather than reviewing 12 hours of video the program 
only displays a still picture of each event (a composite of all video frames that contain the meteor) so editing each night's data 
only takes a few minutes. The program automatically records the time, magnitude, shower association, and velocity of each meteor. It 
also plots all meteors on a chart and saves a bmp file of each meteor.

You are correct as to the times you listed (dusk to dawn).

Best wishes for 2010!

Bob

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From: "Wayne Watson" <sierra_mtnview at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009 1:31 PM
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Video Observations  from Southern CA, December 25, 2009

> Robert, are you putting your video observations somewhere on the web as
> video files? How are the observations made? Are you reviewing a video of
> the night each morning? They are obs from yesterday at 17:45 to 5:50
> this morning  local time, right?
>