(meteorobs) Quadrantids 2016 from Spain, above the clouds

[Francisco Ocaña González]

Thanks Ferrucio, Rohankumar, Salvador!

Currently we are using an Evil camera with self recording system. We are
trying to get the manufacturer to have a collaboration with us. As we are
completely self-funded we prefer to wait before disclosing it. Anycase it
is an off-the-shelf product, comercial brand. Simply we don´t want to make
free publicity to the brand, but the idea of the project is to make it open
for other enthusiasts. The camera is controlled by a Raspberry Pi, and we
will release the software too. The configuration this time was ISO 20000,
full HD, exp. 1/50, 30 fps, Sigma 30mm f1.4.

If you are interested in figures, more or less the material for each
mission costs 4500€, and up to 3500€ are most of the times reusable for the
next one (if nothing fail... previous one ended up in Mediterranean Sea...).

Best,

Paco

2016-01-08 12:49 GMT+01:00 Ferruccio Zanotti <fzanotti1 at alice.it>:

> Great Job!!!
>
> which camera did you use?
>
> Best Regards
>
> Ferruccio Zanotti - IMTN
>
>
> Il 08/01/2016 09:51, Daniele Brundu ha scritto:
>
> Beatiful, beatiful!
> Great result, congratulation.
>
> Daniele Brundu
>
> 2016-01-07 13:17 GMT+01:00 Francisco Ocaña González <albireo3000 at gmail.com
> >:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I want to share the report of the Quadrantids 2016 from Spain. The
>> weather was terrible all across the Iberian Peninsula, however we managed
>> to get some nice meteors from over the clouds:
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z3V8jpJwq8>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z3V8jpJwq8
>>
>> We launched a stratospheric balloon and despite the weather conditions
>> (flight shortened to 8 useful minutes due to rain/ice) we recorded 7
>> meteors. The flight lasted 90 minutes and the ground track was around 150km
>> long. Maximum height was around 22km, though previous flights reached up to
>> 32km (usual missions have 40-60 minutes with stable video).
>>
>> After 5 years of launches, we finally sent a colour and full HD
>> videocamera. Previous attemps were sometimes failures (Geminids 2015,
>> Draconids 2011) and some others kind of success (Geminids 2012,
>> Camelopardalids 2014), but this time we are quite satisfied with the result
>> of the mission and we hope to share more videos like this.
>>
>> I want to thank to quite some people of this list, specially for their
>> appropiate remarks and suggestions, specially at IMC meetings.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Paco Ocaña (on behalf of the mission team from UCM, SPMN and Daedalus)
>>
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