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by p000m0000
Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:00 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Help! 24 Hours of All Sky Camera Footage
Replies: 8
Views: 436

Re: Help! 24 Hours of All Sky Camera Footage

I love that thought -- a crack across the universe. :D Unfortunately season 5 of Dr.Who might have got there before me :-( Well ... he is a Time Lord, after all. He can get there before anyone, even if he wasn't already there. Um, ... sort of. HA! :lol: But wait.. is? Or was / will be? :shock: This...
by p000m0000
Mon Aug 08, 2011 4:08 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Help! 24 Hours of All Sky Camera Footage
Replies: 8
Views: 436

Re: Help! 24 Hours of All Sky Camera Footage

...However, an astrophysics/engineer friend of mine convinced me that just 2 cameras would be sufficient. He argued that across the universe the height of the planet would be so insignificant as to be non-existent. Hated the idea at the time, now the thought that this hairline crack extends across ...
by p000m0000
Mon Aug 08, 2011 4:03 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Help! 24 Hours of All Sky Camera Footage
Replies: 8
Views: 436

Re: Help! 24 Hours of All Sky Camera Footage

Hi Chris With the video I am trying to look in all directions at the same time. Direction is the thing, looking up at everything else, that's the reasoning behind using antipodes. I hadn't considered the massive asymmetry that you talk about, but that really works for me: Over the 24 hour period one...
by p000m0000
Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:35 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Help! 24 Hours of All Sky Camera Footage
Replies: 8
Views: 436

Re: Help! 24 Hours of All Sky Camera Footage

Hi Rob Thanks for your reply. Originally - 10 years ago - I was thinking of 6 cameras (that tetrahedron is more elegant). However, an astrophysics/engineer friend of mine convinced me that just 2 cameras would be sufficient. He argued that across the universe the height of the planet would be so ins...
by p000m0000
Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:37 am
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Help! 24 Hours of All Sky Camera Footage
Replies: 8
Views: 436

Help! 24 Hours of All Sky Camera Footage

Hello Everyone I am an artist and I could really do with some help with a project: I am looking for 24 hours of all-sky camera footage. • Would you have access to any such footage? • Would you be able to put me in touch with someone with access to such footage? • Can you point me in the direction of...