>Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 00:33:44 +0100 >From: R.Kracht@t-online.de (Rainer Kracht) >To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org >Subject: Milstar 5 >observations with my new video camera (Mintron 12V1C-EX) >f=75 mm, f/1.3 Hi Rainer, Very pleased to see that someone else has now started to make use of a sensitive video camera for satellite tracking - the Mintron is a nice unit but a little too expensive for me unfortunately. Did you use the camera in the integrating mode in order to reach magnitude 10.7? - I would not have thought it capable of going that faint in video mode as there is no way I could reach that faint. Im using a 1004x camera f=82mm, f/1.6 and this can reach about +9.4 in good conditions with my bright city lit sky. Willie Koorts tried his new 1004x ccd camera on a 9 inch reflector and was able to reach about magnitude +12 in video mode - ie about 1/50th second exposure. Hope to see more people making using of video cameras as this is the way to go ! Good luck Greg ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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