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Pages: 1 wenjha Vendor Reged: 09/24/08 Loc: SuZhou China Very bright meteor captured with ASI120MM 20121209       #5562072 - 12/09/12 09:39 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I don't know where to post this, hope its ok here: can't see many stars under heavy light polution in the city! but still many bright meteors captured. specially there is one very bright crossed the Orion Constellation. but seems very slow,don't like a meteor. equipment:ASI120MM+4mm lens software:HandyAvi exposure 30ms under 2X2bin mode http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB1gasidtJE Post Extras:       Freddy WILLEMS Postmaster Reged: 11/13/05 Loc: Hawaii, Honolulu Re: Very bright meteor captured with ASI120MM 20121209 [Re: wenjha]       #5562775 - 12/09/12 04:53 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Looks like Jupiter, so bright !? Post Extras:       wenjha Vendor Reged: 09/24/08 Loc: SuZhou China Re: Very bright meteor captured with ASI120MM 20121209 [Re: Freddy WILLEMS]       #5563286 - 12/09/12 10:49 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   jupiter is the star in the below at the first image. the object is even more brighter than the moon Post Extras:       MvZ Pooh-Bah Reged: 04/03/07 Loc: The Netherlands Re: Very bright meteor captured with ASI120MM 20121209 [Re: wenjha]       #5563578 - 12/10/12 05:10 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Sam, it is very difficult to tell from this image what it is. The camera self also seems to be moving a bit, which makes the object appear to move very erratic. Is this the original footage, or have you done anything with it? (like cropping?) Edited by MvZ (12/10/12 07:19 AM) Post Extras:       Kokatha man Post Laureate Reged: 09/13/09 Loc: "cooker-ta man" downunda... Re: Very bright meteor captured with ASI120MM 20121209 [Re: MvZ]       #5563649 - 12/10/12 07:18 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   .....got me stumped?!? Post Extras:       Tuawcxs super member Reged: 04/25/08 Re: Very bright meteor captured with ASI120MM 20121209 [Re: wenjha]       #5563720 - 12/10/12 08:32 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very cool, did you see it with your eyes as well? I just saw a big meteor during twilight last week in NJ. Was hoping it would be one of the whole length of the sky events. Big bright meteros are great. Post Extras:       wenjha Vendor Reged: 09/24/08 Loc: SuZhou China Re: Very bright meteor captured with ASI120MM 20121209 [Re: MvZ]       #5563751 - 12/10/12 08:51 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Emil I don't think camera moved druing capture.the object moved I think.this is the original video captured by HandyAvi. Post Extras:       wenjha Vendor Reged: 09/24/08 Loc: SuZhou China Re: Very bright meteor captured with ASI120MM 20121209 [Re: Kokatha man]       #5563792 - 12/10/12 09:17 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Yes Darryl very strange object! Post Extras:       wenjha Vendor Reged: 09/24/08 Loc: SuZhou China Re: Very bright meteor captured with ASI120MM 20121209 [Re: Tuawcxs]       #5563796 - 12/10/12 09:20 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   No, it is captured by software automatically. if I saw it then I must know what is it. if it a meteor, then maybe a portent of the end of 2012 Post Extras:       MvZ Pooh-Bah Reged: 04/03/07 Loc: The Netherlands Re: Very bright meteor captured with ASI120MM 20121209 [Re: wenjha]       #5563812 - 12/10/12 09:28 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Ah ok, there is gaps in the data. I see the time jumping forward. The camera does not appear to move. The object you captured does however wobble a lot, especially at the end when it slows down a lot as well. It is also moving VERY slowly. There is also a lot of flickering going on. Perhaps it is some kind of reflection, it does not look like a meteor. Post Extras:       Tuawcxs super member Reged: 04/25/08 Re: Very bright meteor captured with ASI120MM 20121209 [Re: wenjha]       #5564878 - 12/10/12 08:49 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   How about an Iridium satellite or a slower Gps type sat. With the gain up on the camera it may of over exposed it. Post Extras:       zAmbonii Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/19/08 Loc: Ypsilanti, MI Re: Very bright meteor captured with ASI120MM 20121209 [Re: Tuawcxs]       #5569829 - 12/13/12 07:53 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice video Sam. I got the ASI120MC today and was going to give HandyAvi a try tonight and it seems to crash anytime I try to start a capture. Is there anything special you did to get it to work with HandyAvi? Post Extras:       wenjha Vendor Reged: 09/24/08 Loc: SuZhou China Re: Very bright meteor captured with ASI120MM 20121209 [Re: zAmbonii]       #5570079 - 12/13/12 10:34 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Ya, I just connect and set sensetivity.then press start. can you email me and give me a snapshot of the error? Post Extras:       zAmbonii Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/19/08 Loc: Ypsilanti, MI Re: Very bright meteor captured with ASI120MM 20121209 [Re: wenjha]       #5570174 - 12/14/12 12:04 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I'm not getting an error. When I hit the button to start the capture. I don't get the dialog box, the program just quits. I unplugged the ASI120MC and plugged in my SPC900nc and it seems to work fine, but when I plug the ASI120MC back it just quits to desktop (with no error showing). Post Extras:       edsplace sage Reged: 11/02/11 Re: Very bright meteor captured with ASI120MM 20121209 [Re: zAmbonii]       #5570189 - 12/14/12 12:14 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Try sharpcap quick and easy to get running with the camera. Firecapture is great, but requires some changes to the configuration file that might take a little longer to get running and The GRS is overhead now. Dont forget to choose the ROI tab in the properties menu and check "high speed" to get the full frame rate available with the camera. Without that you will find the camera runs at about 1/2 speed. Post Extras:       zAmbonii Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/19/08 Loc: Ypsilanti, MI Re: Very bright meteor captured with ASI120MM 20121209 [Re: edsplace]       #5570232 - 12/14/12 01:12 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I've got it running, just was having problems with trying to get it to work with HandyAvi. My plan for tonight (if it stayed clear) was to get some images with Jupiter, and then pack it up and get the DSLR out to do a timelapse and hope to capture some meteor streaks, and have the ASI120MC alongside with the widefield lens trying using HandyAvi trying to capture meteor streaks. I've got a bunch of .avis to process and lets just say, I am quite impressed with the results so far. I ended up capturing with K3CCDTools and right now I am transferring a bunch of the OMG HEUG! .avis to my desktop. I did some bench testing with FireCapture this afternoon, but I have some performance issues with it. I had tried FC a year or so ago on my laptop + webcam and had the same type of performance issues. FC is pushing 80% CPU usage, and it just cannot capture on the fly at decent framerates. I loaded up K3CCDTools and it was only running at like 30% CPU load and could capture 30fps on the fly at 1280x960. I'm going to post something on the FC yahoo group to see about the performance issues. I'll have some images up with the new camera sometime soon. There are some things I need to iron out with the camera, but it appears to be a HUGE improvement over the webcam . Post Extras:       wenjha Vendor Reged: 09/24/08 Loc: SuZhou China Re: Very bright meteor captured with ASI120MM 20121209 [Re: zAmbonii]       #5570277 - 12/14/12 03:03 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   that's wired. can you change a computer and test again? Post Extras:       zAmbonii Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/19/08 Loc: Ypsilanti, MI Re: Very bright meteor captured with ASI120MM 20121209 [Re: wenjha]       #5570286 - 12/14/12 03:21 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I'll do that. I was in a rush this afternoon getting acquainted with the camera before I could get out to do some imaging. I'm wondering if it is some weirdness with XP or something. The same thing happened (immediate crash to desktop) when trying to start wxastrocapture when the ASI120MC was connected. I have some other questions about the camera I need to ask ya about, but I'll take that to email. May be a bit before I can get to the email because I need to get some sleep soon . Been processing some of the images and I am quite surprised and pleased with the images I have gotten so far, in what was average to below average seeing tonight. Post Extras:       wenjha Vendor Reged: 09/24/08 Loc: SuZhou China Re: Very bright meteor captured with ASI120MM 20121209 [Re: zAmbonii]       #5570421 - 12/14/12 07:47 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   my system is XP. Welcome Post Extras:       Tapio Pooh-Bah Reged: 09/24/06 Loc: Tampere, Finland Re: Very bright meteor captured with ASI120MM 20121209 [Re: wenjha]       #5629710 - 01/18/13 11:09 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Just received AS120mm too and HandyAvi crashes with it. I use XP. Sent a error report to HandyAvi. Hopefully get this sorted. Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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