Starship Asterisk*

After a great deal of delay, we now have the sky camera mounted on the roof. The images are not yet available live on the web. I tried to use the Night Sky Live software, however the tarball appears to be corrupted. I'm looking for an alternative method to process the images. -mikeu

What is the status of Night Sky Live? I see that only the MMTO camera is still active. Is there anyone running a sky camera active here anymore? After much delay the skycam at Ladd Observatory is getting installed. -mikeu

Information about the eclipse can be found at: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2009.html#2009Jan26A and http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEp ... Jan26A.GIF

-mikeu

I live in Québec and yesterday at 23h30, I saw a big moving star and I asked to myself if it was the ISS... Did you saw the same thing? Yes, it looks like the ISS passed overhead at that time. http://www.heavens-above.com/PassDetails.asp?lat=46.800&lng=-71.250&loc=Quebec&alt=71&tz=E...

This is a composite of 40 x 10 second exposures taken between 1:14 - 1:22 UTC on 2008-04-22. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiversity/en/9/90/Skycam20080422.JPG The big dipper is just to the upper right of center. Polaris is at the right edge. Saturn is the brightest one just to the left of center. M...

Here's another test image. The bright moon is out of the field of view to the lower left. This is a 60 sec. exposure taken at 2008-04-18 01:21:16 UTC

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiversity ... 080418.JPG

-mikeu

I suggest mounting the enclosure with a slight inclination to let rain drops slide off the window before drying on it, and perhaps adding a heater from the inside of the box at the top part, to prevent dewing. There is an electric heater on the window. We're currently looking at the best way to mou...

Congratulations on the "first light". Could you post more details as what is this camera and how deep does it go? Best, Noah Brosch Thanks. Ladd Observatory is located in an urban environment, so we decided to use a very inexpensive off-the-shelf camera. The system is made by Santa Barbar...

I started a new thread where I will post updates on the sky camera at Ladd Observatory. There is one test image there that includes a bright Iridium flare.

See: http://asterisk.apod.com/vie ... hp?t=13235

Here is a test image from the new sky camera. The bright streak at left is a satellite flare from Iridium 39 which has a magnitude of about -5. It is a 10 sec. exposure taken at 1:08:08 UTC on Apr. 17, 2008. The bright moon is behind the chimney. North is at top, west is at right. -mikeu http://uplo...

Our sky camera project is now back on track. The camera just arrived and we'll begin testing this week.

The manufacturer (SBIG) has informed us that they are having trouble building the camera that we ordered. The lens they have been using for these cameras is no longer in production. We're evaluating our options and considering a different camera. In any case this will delay our installation. I'm now...

The Ladd Observatory is planning to install a sky camera in the next month or two. Due to the light pollution in Providence we will just be using a simple commercial SBIG sky camera. Images will be available on our website in real-time. The camera will be used for public outreach and classroom proje...

Has there been any movement to implement this new model? I am currently working on a small sky camera project at the Ladd Observatory. I'll be using a Wikipedia model to develop the project. Feeel free to contact me for more info. State of the Night Sky Live Project As indicated in my old email and ...

Here's a recent image showing the trail of the ISS. Take a look at http://www.heavens-above.com/PassDetail ... 8462079282 for the track.

The link to the metdet software at http://nightskylive.net/software/ gives a not found error.

-mikeu