(meteorobs) Lens question for meteors

Chris Peterson clp at alumni.caltech.edu
Fri Jun 13 16:35:08 EDT 2014


Was this using longer exposures? Keep in mind that once your exposures 
are on the order of 1/10 second or longer, you're starting to lose 
sensitivity to meteors, even though you're gaining sensitivity to 
stationary sources.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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On 6/13/2014 12:39 PM, Michael Boschat wrote:
>
> Hi:
>
>   I guess better to save the money .. my budget is limited as I've bought a few things and the lens mentioned at this
> time  out of my budget.
>
>   I guess I'll stick and try the 2.1mm lens, I can adjust camera from 1280x760 to 340x260 (?) and see.
>
> On the nights I have tested the lens, I saw 3 satellites, one flare up and 6 planes...but no meteors. As for stars from my
> location here in Halifax, I saw from Mars to Deneb down to Saturn. I have an overhang so could not detect stars there.
> My faintest star was Alpha Corona Borealis.
>
>
> many thanks for the replies and help...
>
> Clear skies
> ----------
> Michael Boschat



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