Got this email from Raytec Imaging I just spoke with CBC(America) the manufacturer of the Computar lenses. All of the aspherical lenses have been discontinued....
Robert McNaught
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Jul 20, 2007 9:56 am
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One on my PCs is consistently failing to update the date while running continuously in DOS. It seems to update about once every two days. The time is okay....
Robert McNaught
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Aug 3, 2007 2:16 am
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Has anyone tried the WDR Deep Sky Camera for meteor recording? http://www.mintron.co.uk/ Is the Mintron 12V6HC-EX better? Malcolm Currie...
Malcolm J. Currie
mjc@...
Aug 16, 2007 5:50 pm
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You don't want to use any sort of frame integration or long exposure camera for meteor detection. The best meteor sensitivity will be at video rates. That's...
... Indeed. I wasn't suggesting otherwise. While the name suggests it's aimed at the Deep Sky imager, the comparison table and blurb does mention meteor...
Malcolm J. Currie
mjc@...
Aug 16, 2007 7:02 pm
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Dear friends, I got a few thousands of 5sec. exposure images of the sky, including Perseids in there. My question is to know if there is a software that can...
Chris, Malcolm, ... Malcom has already clarified what he means, but I would like to add that our standard is 2x frame integration with Mintron. This way you...
Folks, as was announced earlier on this list, the aspherical Computar lenses with f/0.8, that are used by most video observers, were discontinued by the ...
In testing out some newly configured computers for MetRec operation, I discovered I only had one spare floppy drive sized power extention cable to fit to the...
Robert McNaught
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Dec 17, 2007 12:13 am
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Hi Rob- I didn't even know the Meteor 2 had a power connector on it. I've never used it. But a quick examination of the manual shows that this power isn't used...
Thanks Chris, That will be a big saving! The cords would cost about 10% of the computer cost (although I gather you said you got your computers for free)....
Robert McNaught
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Dec 17, 2007 12:35 am
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Rob, I guess none of us is using these cables. I always asked myself what these might be good for ;-) Thanks Chris for checking this out. If you still need...
... Hi Rob, My ageing 1GHz Pentium III PC + Meteor 2 card has been running Metrec fine *without* the extra power supply. I think the Meteor 2 is capable of...
Andrew Elliott
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Dec 17, 2007 2:10 pm
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Folks, after more than a year of development work I decided to release the new version 4.1 of MetRec. Since it includes a number of helpful new functions, some...
First, an awesome job Sirko! At first look, the Meteor II link on your info page is dead and the Meteor II product seems to have disappeared from Matrox's...
Hi Sandy, ... so they finally discontinued that grabber as well? What a pity. After all it's no wonder, since this has been offered for almost 10 years now. ...
Folks, when you upgrade from MetRec 4.0 to 4.1, you can still use your old ref file and config file. Just make sure, that the following parameters are added to...
Folks, after it has been difficult to get Meteor II grabbers below US$ 200 in recent months, I now got an offer for used Meteor II standard grabbers at US$ 150...
Folks, I still have two second hand Theben SEL 170 at hand that I got some time ago at EBAY. I have equipped all of my cameras with this time switch. I start...
Sirko, this reminds me that I've been meaning to post some general questions for a while: I have a digital camera, image intensifier, and some of the other...
Hello, ... this was true for me, when I started HERMINE about 15 months or so ago. I bought the frame grabber, computar lens and a DCF77 clock from Sirko and...
Lew, haven't heard from you for a while... Hope everything is well? ... under light polluted skies I would suggest you to operate a non-intensified camera. In...
... Is this observation based on a fairly narrow FOV camera? Certainly, with an allsky camera, it isn't true. Our cameras in dark locations (LM=6.5) record...
Chris, ... that's intersting. I spoke about wide field cameras - not all-sky, but certainly not narrow FOV. With the 3.8 and 6mm lens you get FOV diameters of...
Yes, the allsky cameras detect meteors down to just shy of mag 2 in a dark site. I'm not sure why there's such a strong difference (the cameras in dark sites...
My reading of Sirko's remark was that for the standard wide fields in use, a change of LM from +6.5 to say +5.5 or even +4.5 has far less effect on the Mintron...
Malcolm J. Currie
mjc@...
Jan 16, 2008 11:40 pm
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Folks, I found a seller who offers five new 3.8mm f/0.8 mm asperical Computar lenses (exactly, the ones that are not produced and sold anymore) at 70 Euro plus...
Folks, I just received the sad news that one of our long-lasting video meteor observers, IMO member and participant of the IMO Network, Steve Evans, died ...
Folks, this is just to let you know that there are currently three Mintron 12V6HC-EX cameras for sale at EBAY. The price varies currently between 235 and 280...
Is there some way when running in AutoRestart, to shut down the previous nights files? I had a prolonged power cut during the day. Way too long for the UPS....
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