(meteorobs) Quadrantids Pictures and Videos

[Jim Wooddell]

Hi Mike!

What kind of skycam?

Jim



Jim Wooddell
http://k7wfr.us


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Hankey" <mike.hankey at gmail.com>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 7:05 AM
Subject: (meteorobs) Quadrantids Pictures and Videos


> Hello Meteor Observers,
> 
> I hope you all enjoyed the Quadrantids. It was a good show from north
> central Maryland with almost no clouds.
> 
> I setup a plethora of cameras this year including 2 DSLRs, 3 security
> cameras pointed at the sky and 1 new all sky camera.
> 
> It was the first night I used the allsky camera and I don't think I
> ran the software right because i caught 0 meteors with it. Does anyone
> have experience using meteor mode with handy AVI?
> 
> One of my DSLRs filled up the memory card after about an hour and I
> didn't realize it.
> 
> Other than those 2 problem I got pretty good results. I caught 8
> meteors on the primary DSLR using a near allsky fisheye lens.
> 
> I was a little disappointed with the DSLRs performance after examining
> the video as I caught over 50 meteors with the security cameras!
> 
> To my surprise, the vast majority of these were in the southern skies
> at a low elevation angle (just out of the DSLRs FOV). 95% of them came
> in between 2 and 5 am.
> 
> One interesting highlight -- I caught 2 meteors in the same DSLR
> exposure, while reviewing the video I found the event on film and both
> meteors happened at the same exact second.
> 
> I put together a compilation youtube video with a of all of the best
> video meteors and also a composite image of 6 of the best meteors
> caught on the DSLR.
> 
> http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/comets/quadrantids-2012/
> 
> Happy 2012!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike Hankey
> Freeland MD
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