(meteorobs) Question on an interesting meteor -Enhanced Picture
Chris Peterson
clp at alumni.caltech.edu
Wed Sep 9 13:27:41 EDT 2009
The so-called ISO setting for digital cameras is pretty meaningless once you
are outside the normal sub-second exposure range. For longer exposures, you
are better off just considering the QE of the sensor, which while poor
compared with a good astronomical CCD camera is still at least 10 times
higher than film. And, as you note, there is no reciprocity failure.
I have two-minute Milky Way exposures made on film, and two-minute exposures
made with a DSLR, and the latter show _significantly_ deeper stars and
objects.
I think the video on the IMO site of an evolving dust trail gives a pretty
good indication of how that can proceed, and doesn't seem all that different
from what the still photo under discussion shows.
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Majden" <epmajden at shaw.ca>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Question on an interesting meteor -Enhanced Picture
> Hi Chris:
> Woops, my error re the shower identification and velocity. Is there
> that much difference between a ccd image and film if shot at the same
> film speed? I guess reciprocity failure would be a factor if using
> film. I would still like to see a video image of such a meteor as
> the main body would have passed and you would just be examining the
> train.
> Ed
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