The Southern Ontario All-sky Meteor Camera Network

We have developed an automated network of all-sky CCD video systems to detect medium–large meteoroids ablating over Southern Ontario, Canada. The system currently consists of five stations with the largest baseline being 180 km. Each site runs a video rate recorder with sufficient resolution to dete...

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Published in:Earth, moon, and planets moon, and planets, 2008-06, Vol.102 (1-4), p.241-246
Main Authors: Weryk, R. J., Brown, P. G., Domokos, A., Edwards, W. N., Krzeminski, Z., Nudds, S. H., Welch, D. L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ablation
Algorithms
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Astrophysics and Astroparticles
Cameras
Meteoroids
Meteors
Meteors & meteorites
Observations and Techniques
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Planetology
Real time
Space Exploration and Astronautics
Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics
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Summary:We have developed an automated network of all-sky CCD video systems to detect medium–large meteoroids ablating over Southern Ontario, Canada. The system currently consists of five stations with the largest baseline being 180 km. Each site runs a video rate recorder with sufficient resolution to determine meteoroid trajectories with a typical precision of about 300 m but no worse than 1 km. The sensitivity of the camera is close to a stellar visual magnitude of +1 which allows for astrometric calibrations using field stars. Photometric procedures have also been developed and tested. The system has a limiting magnitude for meteors of about −2 with the current detection algorithm.
ISSN:0167-9295
1573-0794
DOI:10.1007/s11038-007-9183-1