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Table 1

Photographic, video, and digital cameras that recorded the EN120812 Perseid and were used in this work.

Regular Regular Image-intensified Image-intensified Image-intensified DSLR DSLR DSLR
all-sky wide-field video (Ondřejov) video (Kunžak) spectral video all-sky all-sky wide-field

Camera AFO 300 mm Panasonic Panasonic Panasonic Canon EOS Canon EOS Canon EOS
SX50 NVS88 NVS88 5D Mark II 550D 550D
Type f f a a a d d d
Lens 3.5/30 3.5/300 1.4/50 1.4/50 1.4/50 3.5/8 3.5/5 3.5/8
Resolution ... ... 768 × 576 768 × 576 768 × 576 5616 × 3744 5184 × 3456 5184 × 3456
FOV (deg) 180 45 × 30 50 50 50 180 180 120 × 90

Notes. DSLR stands for digital single-lens reflex camera; type “f” stands for photographic film, “a” for analog, and “d” for digital record; resolution is in pixels; FOV is field of view. Image-intensified cameras were equipped with the same image intensifier Mullard XX1332 and were operated at a frame rate of 25 frames per second. The spectral video camera was equipped with a grating with 600 grooves/mm, and exposure time of all DSLR cameras was 31.5 s.

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