(meteorobs) Dark Subtracts with a typical allsky camera

[Wayne Watson]

A bit of clarification.  What I'm after is eliminating the need to cover 
the camera.  The camera should be able to close completely when taking 
dark frames.
On 10/4/2012 6:13 PM, Wayne Watson wrote:
> I have a Rainbow L163VCS (has an iris) camera with a Sony HB-710EC
> allsky lens. If I want to do a dark subtract, I cover the lens with dark
> material, and take say 16 frames, which I then stack. I can do the same
> for an open dark sky. The purpose is of course to bring out faint stars,
> which one can use to get a sky mapped with RA/DEC coordinates. Are there
> modestly priced cameras and software that can do this instead?
>

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