(meteorobs) Daytime telescopic video meteor work possibility?

[Chris Peterson]

You can certainly record meteors in the daytime sky. Typical daytime 
telescopic stellar magnitude limits are on the order of around mag +1, so 
meteors are possible. Of course, capturing meteors telescopically is always 
a long shot. As you decrease your focal length, your chance of capture 
increases, but your limiting magnitude gets brighter. For a good wide field 
with a reasonable chance of captures, you'll probably be seeing only meteors 
in the mag -3 or -4 and brighter range. You need to figure out what sort of 
tradeoff makes the most sense in this case.

Chris

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


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Ashcraft" <ashcraft at heliotown.com>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:19 AM
Subject: (meteorobs) Daytime telescopic video meteor work possibility?


> The other day I was tracking Jupiter in the daylight sky with a 100 mm
> refractor, Celestron CG5-gt mount and a DMK 41 video camera.   I had
> Jupiter in sight on my pc screen with good contrast until I stopped at
> 10 am on a bright sunny morning.
>
> This makes me ponder the possibility of using this telescope system for
> the daytime Arietids.  I am thinking of training the telescope on the
> Arietid radiant and seeing if it might capture some daytime streaks with
> the DMK 41 at a high contrast or gamma setting.
>
> I am wondering if anyone does or has done daytime telescopic meteor
> observing?
>
> Are there any papers or articles of this daytime possibility or web
> links on this subject?
>
> Thank you in advance for any information on this subject.
>
> Clear skies,
> Thomas