Thanks Greg! Under the "latest image" it says, "Clicking the image returns the latest movie." Did anybody figure out a way to show the "movies" that download when you click on the picture? I couldn't get any movie to run but what I found quite serendipitously was that my computer automatically creates a "movie effect." What I did was this. I went to an archive and after waited for the whole page to become fully loaded I moved my mouse pointer out of the bottom or top of the screen to force the scroll rate to be at a maximum. The scrolling happened to be just right in that it jumps rapidly and perfectly from one frame to the next which shows the sky rotating perfectly! I would agree that it would be fun to look up one of these concams and predict which frame might show an obvious satellite like the ISS. Tom Iowa USA + + + ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Roberts" <grr@iafrica.com> To: <SeeSat-D@satobs.org> Cc: "Willie Koorts" <wpk@saao.ac.za>; "dsat" <dsat@smartgroups.com> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 3:56 AM Subject: ConCAM > 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
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