Monday, November 19, 2012

KT&C DNR700 camera test video


As promised a short video with a box around the fireball.  It's about the brightest I captured on video with ~4 seconds frame integration at the camera level.  The same integration level used in other for sale all sky camera units you've seen advertised in some websites and reviewed in several popular astronomy magazines in the past year.  The fov is approximately 70 degrees and as you can see there are over a dozen hot pixels, just like in the units sold by others online - however - this can be gotten around using some very good astronomy ccd programs available on the internet. 

The video isn't that great, but I'll have better still images as time permits during the build.  But what can you say for free online video hosting in a blog? :)

-Enjoy