(meteorobs) Utah, Wyoming, Idaho Bolide 18NOV09

Chris Peterson clp at alumni.caltech.edu
Thu Nov 19 00:12:28 EST 2009


Not sure exactly what you mean. To be clear, the orientation of the camera 
isn't important. We orient ours for best coverage. What's important is that 
the camera be calibrated so that any position on the image can be mapped to 
an accurate altitude and azimuth.

Chris

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry" <ycsentinel at att.net>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Utah, Wyoming, Idaho Bolide 18NOV09


Impressive movies by Thomas & Chris!!!  It must have detonated very low in
the atmosphere.

These movies and pictures stress how (VERY) important close Azimuth
alignment to True North is for fixed cameras. So much depends on it when
major events like this occur.

Rain ruined California skies that night....... But a great big "WOW" for
those who captured this one......





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