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Re: (meteorobs) pictures
At 19:36 06-12-96 -0800, you wrote:
>On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris) wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Everyone is talking about pictures of people. Is there somewhere out
>> there that has GOOD jpegs, tiff's, gif's etc. of meteors? Most of what I
>> have found on the web is very poor in detail. A blurry streak or a line
>> maybe. Maybe that's all there is? Someone with a CCD must have something
>> they caught? It would be nice to show someone and say "Hey, this is what
>> your missing by watching some infomercial on hair paint!"
>>
>> 1st
>>
>
>I don't know how much detail one might expect in a still image of a
>dynamic object like a meteor, but William McLaughlin has one that blows
>my mind:
>
>http://www.harborsidedot com/home/n/ngc253/comcomp.htm
>
>I was there, and the Perseids were kicking, so maybe it's not so
>improbable that he caught one on his ST-5. Not much detail that I can
>see, and I still don't know how anyone could describe it as a "steak" :).
>
>--
>Wes Stone <wstone@lclarkdot edu> Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
> SKYTOUR Amateur Astronomy Hypertext:
> http://www.lclarkdot edu/~wstone/skytour/skytour.html
Hi Wes,
Nice picture indeed.
But it's a CCD-image. And there are lots of very fine "old-fashioned"
photographs around. Please have a look at the web-site of the Dutch Meteor
Society which maintains a database of high resolution pictures for nearly every
meteor shower. The address is: http://www.pidot net/~terkuile/meteors/dms.htm
Best wishes,
Casper.
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