Re: [APML] Meteor

["Andrew Schott" <aschott@cfl.rr.com>]

If the displayed rate is "true" then this looks more like a re-entry than a
meteor. I would think we're looking at something that has been expanded from
a time-lapse or time-compressed video record more than the actual data.  If
you'll notice, only a small portion of the field is "live" played back
registered against a fixed background.  It would be nice if there was a
running timestamp on the video but Murphy's law would have required the
display to be directly over the event;-)

Andrew---------


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bert Katzung" <katzung1@attbi.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:20 AM
Subject: Re: [APML] Meteor


> Hi again, Jim and Roland:
> I tried downloading all three files again and downloads were all pretty
fast
> via my cable modem---I didn't time them but the largest (1.54 MB) took
maybe
> 40 seconds. They ran fine (Quicktime v3.0).   The Quicktime program hung
at
> the end of the third one, but that's a different problem, I'm sure.
> Certainly these movies are amazingly different from the ordinary meteor
> watching experience. Must be a very high frame rate to slow it down so
much
> and leave no trail.
> Bert
>
> Bert Katzung
> katzung1@attbi.com
> www.astronomy-images.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roland Roberts" <roland@astrofoto.org>
> To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 9:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [APML] Meteor
>
>
> > >>>>> "Bert" == Bert Katzung <katzung1@attbi.com> writes:
> >
> >     Bert> I did a save to disk and got them to download OK I
> >     Bert> think. One ran fine, but Quicktime choked on the other
> >     Bert> two. Never did see a meteor in the one that ran, but I'll
> >     Bert> try downloading and running again. Thanks....
> >
> > Hmm, what version of QuickTime?  I was able to run all three.
> >
> > The meteor certainly did not look like I expected.  Looked more like a
> > huge ball moving through the field-of-view.  At least that's what I
> > *thought* the meteor was.
> >
> > roland
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