(meteorobs) video capture system compared to straight video

[Chris Peterson]

Are you talking the Sentinel 2 or Sentinel 3 systems? The newest design 
doesn't use any custom processor, just an ordinary video capture card. It 
captures the entire image at the same gain. If it saves the whole sky, the 
data inside and outside the region of interest should be the same. It may 
boost the signal in the ROI for display purposes, but I don't see why the 
saved data should be any different inside and outside the ROI.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry" <ycsentinel at att.net>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) video capture system compared to straight video


> What will be a significant upgrade in the future is the encrease in
> processing the entire sky recording the same as the centroid. Right now 
> the
> program records fainter light within the centroid better than what is
> recorded outside the centroid.
>
> That is what stood out and was noticed by Thomas I believe on the fireball
> burst.
>
> YCSentinel