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Offline SlowModem

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Monitoring Meteors
« on: March 29, 2011, 09:51:38 AM »
It looks like NASA has cameras in my area to look for falling objects.

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2011/mar/29/cameras-region-tracking-meteors/

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Re: Monitoring Meteors
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2011, 11:30:07 AM »
  Thanks Greg, cool stuff. Maybe they will get a picture of a UFO ;) :roll:! #-o You would be suprised how many amateurs are involved with tracking objects in the sky.  I would love someday, if I can afford it, to get a CCD camera for my telescope, and take pictures of a part of the sky every 10 minutes and see if anything moves in that time period.  May find a NEO (Near Earth Object). Hardest part of the whole thing is checking to see if it is already cataloged or something new. I have to complete my weather station first though.
    Mark
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