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Re: (meteorobs) Video Lenses for Leonids
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From: <YoungBob2@aol.com>
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Video Lenses for Leonids
> I have a 30mm lens for my 23C videocamera, but I have not
> tested it, yet. My thought was to use it with an all-sky mirror
> (an old "baby moon" hubcap upon which I have put 30 coats
> of Turtle Wax)
>
> Bob Young
Bob:
I am a station operator of a Sandia All-sky Bolide Detection Camera. It
is basically similar to the system you describe. A 23C type video camera
looks down at an 18" diameter convex mirror. The faint magnitude
detectability is limited to approximately -3.0 magnitude meteors and
brighter. Unless there are a bunch of fireballs in this category this year
you will be disappointed.
Ed Majden
http://www.amsmeteor.org/spectra/majdenobs.html
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