(meteorobs) All sky cameras

[Chris Peterson]

Hmmm... just what is a "fireball of mag 0"? <g>

Chris

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


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "stange" <stange34 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) All sky cameras


>I have to agree with Chris and Thomas.
>
> In the main, the PC164C's are superior to the Sentinel camera in both 
> focus
> crispness and sensitivity by about 1 to 2 magnitudes. I tested both 
> cameras
> with Sentinel software here under my poor Mag 2.5 City light conditions.
>
> Using my Sentinel at a higher software brightness level of 150, (where 128
> is the normal range), I can routinely detect fireballs of mag 0 and
> sometimes mag 1. Basically it will detect fireballs almost as dim as the
> dimmest star that is visible in your starfield if your sensitivity setting
> is close to your threshold setting. Unfortunately getting too close to
> threshold settings cause false triggers from other sources.
>
> So for this station in Yuba City..... mag 0 and is the limiting magnitude.
>
>
> YCSentinel