The NASA-NMSU automated meteor observatory

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Apr 1976

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Contrib. Obs. New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, New Mexico, Vol. 1, (No. 4), p. 166 - 175

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Astronomical Observatories, Automation, Meteoroids, Electrophotometers, Meteoroid Concentration, Photographic Measurement, Spectrum Analysis, Trajectory Analysis

Scientific paper

A new observatory for meteor research which provides data for study of meteor heights, velocities, orbits, and meteoroid abundances is described. The observing equipment is automated to take advantage of the long periods of favorable observing weather common to the region. Four K-24 cameras, electrically operated, provide the triangulation observations, and four Maksutov f/1.3 cameras with blazed transmission grating provide spectral coverage. The patrol cameras have operated for a year and a half, and approximately 6,000 frames have been exposed by 9 March 1975. Meteor trails appear on 260 of these frames. Sixty-eight trails are of meteors photographed from two locations and thus allow trajectory and orbit determinations for 34 meteors. Photoelectric sensors initiate the 2-second spectrograph exposures, and electrical controls open and close the observatory at present times.

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