(meteorobs) Orion Starshoot All-sky Camera II and Meteor Imaging

Chris Peterson clp at alumni.caltech.edu
Mon Aug 31 11:20:02 EDT 2015


There are no allsky meteor cameras that sensitive without using some 
kind of image intensifier technology. The best you're going to get with 
a good lens and camera is probably around mag 2. You can get fainter by 
narrowing your field (and possibly using a camera array to cover more sky).

Still, mag 2 sensitivity is pretty good. Our cameras pick up 5-10 
meteors per night at the least active times of year, and hundreds a 
night during good showers. That's plenty of data to use for good science.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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On 8/31/2015 8:27 AM, Paul Zeller wrote:
> Chris, thank you so much for the reply. I didn't want to sink any money
> into a product like this without a clue about how faint it can go. I was
> hoping for a camera that could detect meteors to +4 mag. or at least +3.
> Any suggestions?
> On Aug 31, 2015 10:15 AM, "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
>
>> The use of a color sensor means sensitivity takes a hit. This camera
>> probably can't detect meteors dimmer than mag 0 0r -1, so you should
>> think of it more as a fireball camera than something good for routinely
>> recording showers.
>>
>> Chris
>>
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>> Chris L Peterson
>> Cloudbait Observatory
>> http://www.cloudbait.com
>>
>> On 8/30/2015 9:26 PM, Paul Zeller wrote:
>>>     Orion recently stopped offering their Starshoot All-sky Camera II but
>>> I've noticed these cameras are popping up secondhand through the
>> Internet.
>>> Is there anyone on the list who's ever used this product for monitoring
>>> meteor showers and can tell me how well it worked for them? How faint a
>>> meteor can it really detect? I'm very tempted to buy one, but I'm not
>> sure
>>> if it will perform as well as I hope for this. Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>>     Paul Zeller
>>>     pzeller1966 at gmail.com
>>
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