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

[Samuel Barricklow]

What should I use to convert analog video into digital video for input into a PC?

Thanks,
Sam Barricklow


> On Aug 31, 2015, at 10:20 AM, Chris Peterson <clp at alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
> 
> 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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