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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2013 22:19:46 GMT
Our planet is bombarded day and night by visitors from space and not of the little green man type Meteors, comet trails and even small asteroids burn up in our atmosphere all the time. We see them by luck with the eye on the odd occasion, but now we can see more and more often, using highly sensitive CCTV cameras and capture software. So what do we need? 1. A sensitive CCTV camera with sense up capability 2. A frame grabber to connect the camera to a PC 3. Capture software to record results This is the basic setup which will allow you to capture those elusive objects even while you sleep!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2013 11:34:26 GMT
Carl what would be the preferred choice of lens to use on the camera?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2013 11:54:06 GMT
Hi Chris, Im using a Honeywell 2.8 - 8mm CCTV lens. At 2.8 it gives a very wide FOV almost fisheye. If you want a specific part of sky then it can be adjusted up to 8mm to narrow the FOV.
Generally the wider the FOV the more chance of catching something.
HTH Carl
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Post by Rick in NWArk on Mar 23, 2014 3:06:41 GMT
I grabbed the ZWO - ASI120MC cam as a starter planetary imager and chose it because it can function as an all-sky cam. We'd have to move out a bit to be able to join the all-sky network tho.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2014 22:51:45 GMT
Bear in mind that using frame integration (sens up) will leave you with meteor trails, not meteor videos.
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