Very cool images....At least somewhere is clear. Mike Greg Roberts wrote: > Hi All > > Ive just "discovered" that my previous place of emplyment, the > S.A.Astronomical Observatory now has a CONCAM ( CONTinuous CAMera) operating > at its outstation in Sutherland,South Africa. This operates throughout the > night and takes pictures of the Sutherland night sky using a fish eye > camera. I dont have any info on the camera but it appears to be doing quite > a good job - for example in this mornings picture there is a bright > satellite track. The site to go to is http://concam.net/sa . Another way to > get to the camera is to go to the webpage of the Southern African Large > Telescope (SALT) at http://www.salt.ac.za/content/webcam/default.htm and > click on the CONCAM item. > > This site also has two webcams operating, one showing the outside of the > SALT telescope and the other shows the inside of the dome. This telescope > should be in operation by the end of next year. > > Enjoy -- maybe try satellite spotting with the CONCAM when nothing else to > do - might also be useful for re-entries etc. > > Cheers > Greg > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' > in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org > List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > -- 41.087N 80.714W 305 meters Mike DiMuzio mikedimuzio001@sbcglobal.net AOL IM -- Mike4Stars Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum. ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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