Video Detection And Analysis Techniques Of Transient Astronomical Phenomena

K. S. Clifton; R. Reese, Jr.; C. W. Davis

doi:10.1117/12.7972369

1 June 1979 Video Detection And Analysis Techniques Of Transient Astronomical Phenomena

K. S. Clifton, R. Reese, Jr., C. W. Davis

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 18, Issue 3, 183291 (June 1979). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7972369

Abstract

Low-light-level television systems have been utilized to gain information on meteors, aurorae, and other faint, transient astronomical phenomena. Such phenomena change not only their position as a function of time, but also their photometric and spectral characteristics in as little as 1/60 second, thus requiring unique methods of analysis. Data observed with television systems and recorded on video tape have been analyzed with a system utilizing both analog and digital techniques. Both off-the-shelf equipment and inhouse developments are used to isolate sequences of moving images and to store them in a form suitable for photometric and spectral reduction. Current emphasis of the analysis effort is directed at the measurement of the first-order emission lines of meteor spectra, the results of which will yield important compositional information concerning the nature of the impinging meteoroid.

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K. S. Clifton, R. Reese, Jr., and C. W. Davis "Video Detection And Analysis Techniques Of Transient Astronomical Phenomena," Optical Engineering 18(3), 183291 (1 June 1979). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7972369

Published: 1 June 1979

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