Long-Term Continuous Double Station Observation of Faint Meteor Showers

0470085 - ASÚ 2017 RIV CH eng J - Journal Article
Vítek, S. - Páta, P. - Koten, Pavel - Fliegel, K.
Long-Term Continuous Double Station Observation of Faint Meteor Showers.
Sensors. Roč. 16, č. 9 (2016), 1493/1-1493/10. E-ISSN 1424-8220
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA14-25251S
Institutional support: RVO:67985815
Keywords : faint meteor shower * meteoroid * CCD camera
Subject RIV: JA - Electronics ; Optoelectronics, Electrical Engineering
Impact factor: 2.677, year: 2016

Meteor detection and analysis is an essential topic in the field of astronomy. In this paper, a high-sensitivity and high-time-resolution imaging device for the detection of faint meteoric events is presented. The instrument is based on a fast CCD camera and an image intensifier. Two such instruments form a double-station observation network. The MAIA (Meteor Automatic Imager and Analyzer) system has been in continuous operation since 2013 and has successfully captured hundreds of meteors belonging to different meteor showers, as well as sporadic meteors. A data processing pipeline for the efficient processing and evaluation of the massive amount of video sequences is also introduced in this paper.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0267817