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Re: An amateur fireball detection/tracking system



GeoZay@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 98-07-05 15:57:49 EDT, you write:
> 
> << As suggested in one of the papers that I've read
>  on the subject of video recording of meteors, I'll use a photographic R50
>  red filter to reduce the effects of ambient light while accentuating the near
>  IR part of the spectrum where meteors really shine.
>   >>
> 
> I was under the impression that most of the light from a meteor is in the blue
> and ultraviolet end of the spectrum?
> George Zay