A double-station meteor camera set-up in the Canary Islands – CILBO
This paper describes a double-station camera set-up in the Canary Islands, called CILBO (Canary Island Long-Baseline Observatory). Image-intensified video cameras – one camera on Tenerife and one on La Palma – monitor the same volume of the atmosphere. They are located in automated roll-off roofs. F...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2013-12-01
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| Series: | Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems |
| Online Access: | http://www.geosci-instrum-method-data-syst.net/2/339/2013/gi-2-339-2013.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper describes a double-station camera set-up in the Canary Islands,
called CILBO (Canary Island Long-Baseline Observatory). Image-intensified
video cameras – one camera on Tenerife and one on La Palma – monitor the same
volume of the atmosphere. They are located in automated roll-off roofs. From
the obtained data, the meteoroid trajectory can be computed. A second camera
on Tenerife is equipped with an objective grating. For bright meteors
(typically 0 mag or brighter), a spectrum is recorded which allows
constraining the chemical composition of the meteor. The system is completely
automated and sends the obtained data after every observation night to a
central FTP server. It has been in operation for about 2 yr and the
first scientific results have been produced. |
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| ISSN: | 2193-0856 2193-0864 |