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Re: (meteorobs) Info/help required for developing Leonid 99 film...
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From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@hudsoft.com.au>
To: <meteorobs@jovian.com>
Sent: maandag 22 november 1999 0:07
Subject: (meteorobs) Info/help required for developing Leonid 99 film...
> Hi everyone...
>
> I tried my hand at photographing the Leonids (first time using an SLR)
Using
>
> I'm also curious to see what other people think about how I could improve
> things... Here's what I'm considering:
> 1. Buying a piggy-back mount to allow me to lock the camera to the barrel
of
> my ETX-90EC telescope. This would at least allow tracking.
> 2. Purchase of a camera (SLR) with motor drive, that allows (for example)
a
> 5 minute exposure, then automatically winds on to the next (5 minute)
> exposure. (This would allow complete unattended operation). Does anyone
> knows of a camera that allow such a function?
> 3. Purchase of a 20mm lens. Would this give sufficient coverage of the sky
> without going to a radical fisheye? What I did notice was that a 28mm lens
> simply didn't cover much of the sky, so it was just sheer luck that the
> camera happened to be pointing in the general direction of a Leonid a few
> times (well I hope it was anyway!).
>
> Any info for a first timer would be greatly appreciated - Thanks.
>
> Regards, Greg Hudson. (ghudson@hudsoft.com)
>
Hi Greg
look at http://delpsurf.www.cistrondot nl/haas_array.html
Robert Haas DMS Delphinus
>
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