An Inexpensive Rooftop Fireball Patrol[zz]# Astronomy - 天文
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By David L. Chandler
July 29, 2002 | The whole thing cost just more than $200, it requires
virtually no maintenance except a once-a-month dusting, and it provides a
useful service that hasn't been widely available before. And it may just be
the start of something big: an all-sky, all-night fireball monitoring program.
Edward Albin, an astronomer at the Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta, built
and set up the video system two months ago on the roof of his home just
outside Atlanta (to avoid the c
July 29, 2002 | The whole thing cost just more than $200, it requires
virtually no maintenance except a once-a-month dusting, and it provides a
useful service that hasn't been widely available before. And it may just be
the start of something big: an all-sky, all-night fireball monitoring program.
Edward Albin, an astronomer at the Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta, built
and set up the video system two months ago on the roof of his home just
outside Atlanta (to avoid the c