[AZ-Observing] Re: ISS Flyover Animated GIF
- From: Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 9:24:38 -0500
George,
The improvement in signal between 1/2000s and 1/1000s is the same as it would
be if you changed your exposure time from 30 minutes to 60 minutes. The
problem with 1/1000s in the case of the ISS flying through the frame is that
the image may be smeared slightly due to its motion.
Tom
---- George Kolb <geokolb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tom,
>
> Would you actually see a difference from 1/2000 sec to 1/1000 second or are
> you just fooling us?
>
> Great job. George
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Feb 28, 2013, at 5:32 PM, "Bernard Miller" <bgmiller011@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Pretty cool Tom. You can make out detail which is incredible. Nice work.
> >
> > Bernard
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Polakis
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 9:51 PM
> > To: AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [AZ-Observing] ISS Flyover Animated GIF
> >
> > Here is a animated GIF of tonight's International Space Station flyover.
> > It's 20 frames grabbed from 12,000 taken during a period of 200 seconds.
> > Very noisy, so next time I'll need to bump up the exposure time from
> > 1/2000s to 1/1000s. Scope is a 10" f/5.5 with a 2x Barlow lens, so it's
> > 2800mm at f/11. Tracking through a Telrad done by Jenn.
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/polakis/image/148986387
> >
> > Tom
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