Video meteor observations
We operate five light-sensitive CCD video cameras at distant locations. Two pairs point at the same volume of atmosphere at a height of about 90 km. Simultaneous meteor detections are thus possible, which enables us to compute the atmospheric path of the meteor as well as the orbital elements of the meteoroid.
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Video meteor system setup for METKA:
Mintron 12V6-EX video camera
8-mm f/0.8 lens
Celeron 700
Matrox Meteor II frame grabber
Metrec 5.0
First attempts in video recording the meteor activity was made on November 17/18, 2002 at our Leonid expedition in French Alps. METKA is regularly observing from Kostanjevec, Slovenia since August 12, 2003 and is operated by Javor Kac. Until May 26, 2007 the camera employed was Mintron 12V1.
>>> to observation statistics for METKA
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Video meteor system setup for REZIKA:
Mintron 12V6-EX video camera
6-mm f/0.8 lens
Celeron 733
Matrox Meteor II frame grabber
Metrec 5.0
REZIKA achieved its first light on September 7, 2005. It started with regular observations on January 23, 2006. Until March 21, 2006 it operated with a Watec 120N video camera. It is permanently mounted at Rezman Observatory and is operated by Javor Kac.
>>> to observation statistics for REZIKA
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Video meteor system setup for STEFKA:
Mintron 12V1-EX video camera
3.8-mm f/0.8 lens
Celeron 850
Matrox Meteor II frame grabber
Metrec 5.0
STEFKA operated under UFOCAPTURE for a few years. On September 9, 2008, the recognition software was changed to MetRec. The camera is permanently mounted at Rezman Observatory and is operated by Javor Kac.
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Video meteor system setup for ORION1:
Mintron 12V6-EX video camera
8-mm f/0.8 lens
Athlon 1.8
Matrox Meteor II frame grabber
Metrec 5.0/Win
ORION1 observes since May 2007 from Ljubljana. It has been used for the research projects at the youth astronomy research camps (MART). The camera is owned by the Orion Astronomical Society and is operated by Javor Kac.
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Video meteor system setup for ORION2:
Mintron 12V6-EX video camera
8-mm f/0.8 lens, 500 l/mm diffraction grating
Pentium4 2.4
Matrox Meteor II frame grabber
Metrec 5.0/Win
ORION2 observes since August 2008 from Sredisce ob Dravi. It has also been used for the research projects at the youth astronomy research camps (MART). The camera is owned by the Orion Astronomical Society and is operated by Mitja Govedic.
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Automatic meteor detection, position measurements and radiant associations are done with MetRec 5.0 software on all cameras. Additionally, we are using UFOCapture V2 with SMETKA, our spectroscopic video meteor camera prototype.
Stationary video meteor stations operated by the MBK Team members (clockwise, starting at 12 o'clock): Orion1, Orion2, Rezika, Metka, and Stefka with their respective fields of view at the height of 100 km.
Multi station observations are possible between METKA (Kostanjevec) and REZIKA (Rezman Obs), and ORION1 and ORION2. Other video stations in Slovenia are: SRAKA, stationed in Velenje and operated by Mihaela Triglav and KAYAK1 in Tacen, operated by Stane Slavec.
In 2007 March, Croatian astronomers launched a video meteor network (Hrvatska meteorska mreza) that also offers the possibility of multi station meteor observations. Common meteors have also been observed with meteor cameras in Italy, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic.
Video meteor observing stastistics for METKA (as of January 01, 2010):
| Year |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
| Nights |
1 |
51 |
135 |
174 |
225 |
210 |
173 |
152 |
| Teff (h) |
3.06 |
253.12 |
883.57 |
1427.21 |
1551.70 |
1230.10 |
1258.60 |
906.42 |
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| Total |
157 |
519 |
1487 |
2047 |
2112 |
3919 |
3103 |
1710 |
| Spor |
2 |
331 |
850 |
1258 |
1188 |
2551 |
1898 |
1079 |
| ANT |
- |
- |
- |
- |
49 |
205 |
200 |
78 |
| QUA |
|
|
0 |
8 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
15 |
| DCA |
|
|
2 |
24 |
8 |
- |
- |
- |
| DLE |
|
|
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
1 |
| VIR |
|
|
4 |
10 |
16 |
- |
- |
- |
| LYR |
|
|
11 |
13 |
16 |
3 |
29 |
4 |
| PPU |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ETA |
|
|
4 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
17 |
13 |
ELY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
6 |
| SAG |
|
|
6 |
10 |
8 |
- |
- |
- |
| JBO |
|
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| JPE |
|
|
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
- |
- |
| PAU |
|
|
2 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
| SDA |
|
|
8 |
27 |
19 |
47 |
33 |
33 |
| CAP |
|
2 |
20 |
13 |
18 |
50 |
27 |
14 |
| SIA |
|
0 |
5 |
10 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
| NDA |
|
2 |
11 |
5 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
| PER |
|
34 |
257 |
295 |
99 |
412 |
286 |
201 |
| KCG |
|
2 |
10 |
11 |
4 |
32 |
18 |
15 |
| NIA |
|
1 |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| AUR |
|
3 |
1 |
8 |
7 |
10 |
14 |
12 |
| SPE |
|
- |
- |
- |
11 |
14 |
9 |
6 |
| DAU |
|
1 |
4 |
10 |
5 |
42 |
9 |
13 |
| SPI |
|
3 |
10 |
14 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| GIA |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| EGE |
|
1 |
9 |
10 |
7 |
24 |
19 |
2 |
| ORI |
|
5 |
30 |
106 |
201 |
151 |
273 |
62 |
| LMI |
|
- |
- |
- |
3 |
3 |
10 |
0 |
| STA |
|
7 |
30 |
37 |
41 |
67 |
77 |
29 |
| NTA |
|
10 |
26 |
53 |
69 |
78 |
54 |
40 |
| OCA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
3 |
TUM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
0 |
| LEO |
155 |
15 |
5 |
31 |
28 |
10 |
48 |
64 |
| AMO |
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
| XOR |
|
32 |
13 |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| PHO |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| PUP |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| MON |
|
1 |
5 |
9 |
9 |
15 |
9 |
1 |
| HYD |
|
2 |
6 |
6 |
14 |
11 |
7 |
6 |
| GEM |
|
59 |
140 |
32 |
257 |
146 |
9 |
0 |
| COM |
|
5 |
8 |
13 |
9 |
24 |
11 |
6 |
| URS |
|
0 |
5 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
17 |
0 |
Video meteor observing stastistics for REZIKA (as of January 01, 2010):
| Year |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
| Nights |
150 |
97 |
113 |
104 |
| Teff (h) |
766.95 |
579.31 |
734.15 |
660.12 |
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| Total |
3511 |
2715 |
3923 |
2391 |
| Spor |
2396 |
1940 |
2533 |
1736 |
| ANT |
68 |
170 |
155 |
170 |
| QUA |
0 |
5 |
0 |
31 |
| DCA |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
| DLE |
0 |
1 |
4 |
19 |
| VIR |
14 |
- |
- |
- |
| LYR |
50 |
49 |
2 |
11 |
| PPU |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ETA |
6 |
0 |
13 |
33 |
| ELY |
|
|
5 |
9 |
| SAG |
19 |
- |
- |
- |
| JBO |
14 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| JPE |
10 |
0 |
- |
- |
| PAU |
6 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
| SDA |
35 |
35 |
15 |
28 |
| CAP |
36 |
13 |
11 |
14 |
| SIA |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
| NDA |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
| PER |
133 |
164 |
300 |
196 |
| KCG |
14 |
17 |
27 |
12 |
| NIA |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
| AUR |
6 |
0 |
13 |
8 |
| SPE |
13 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
| DAU |
22 |
28 |
30 |
0 |
| SPI |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
| GIA |
0 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
| EGE |
54 |
14 |
24 |
1 |
| ORI |
266 |
86 |
420 |
33 |
| LMI |
4 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
| OCA |
|
|
9 |
0 |
| TUM |
|
|
11 |
0 |
| STA |
128 |
66 |
120 |
7 |
| NTA |
119 |
70 |
92 |
5 |
| LEO |
12 |
14 |
42 |
0 |
| AMO |
2 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
| XOR |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
| PHO |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| PUP |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| MON |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
| HYD |
0 |
10 |
0 |
5 |
| GEM |
35 |
0 |
0 |
42 |
| COM |
18 |
20 |
8 |
19 |
| URS |
14 |
0 |
26 |
2 |
Video meteor observing stastistics for STEFKA (as of January 01, 2010):
| Year |
2008 |
2009 |
| Nights |
17 |
74 |
| Teff (h) |
109.03 |
396.90 |
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| Total |
157 |
825 |
| Spor |
103 |
492 |
| ANT |
3 |
66 |
| QUA |
- |
17 |
| DLE |
- |
0 |
| LYR |
- |
2 |
| PPU |
- |
0 |
| ETA |
- |
8 |
| ELY |
- |
1 |
| JBO |
- |
0 |
| PAU |
- |
2 |
| SDA |
- |
6 |
| CAP |
- |
3 |
| PER |
- |
154 |
| KCG |
- |
0 |
| AUR |
- |
1 |
| SPE |
- |
0 |
| DAU |
- |
3 |
| GIA |
- |
0 |
| EGE |
0 |
0 |
| ORI |
1 |
0 |
| LMI |
0 |
0 |
| OCA |
0 |
0 |
| TUM |
0 |
0 |
| STA |
12 |
1 |
| NTA |
13 |
4 |
| LEO |
12 |
13 |
| AMO |
4 |
0 |
| PHO |
0 |
0 |
| PUP |
0 |
2 |
| MON |
0 |
5 |
| HYD |
0 |
5 |
| GEM |
0 |
27 |
| COM |
7 |
10 |
| URS |
2 |
3 |
Video meteor observing stastistics for ORION1 (as of January 01, 2010):
| Year |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
| Nights |
131 |
222 |
217 |
| Teff (h) |
720.96 |
1074.31 |
1057.58 |
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| Total |
4096 |
2534 |
2243 |
| Spor |
2218 |
1484 |
1293 |
| ANT |
254 |
185 |
148 |
| QUA |
- |
1 |
26 |
| DLE |
- |
0 |
1 |
| LYR |
- |
7 |
16 |
| PPU |
- |
0 |
0 |
| ETA |
- |
15 |
9 |
| ELY |
- |
15 |
2 |
| JBO |
- |
0 |
0 |
| PAU |
30 |
5 |
7 |
| SDA |
142 |
57 |
49 |
| CAP |
107 |
41 |
29 |
| PER |
586 |
459 |
303 |
| KCG |
60 |
21 |
16 |
| AUR |
15 |
7 |
15 |
| SPE |
35 |
11 |
17 |
| DAU |
29 |
11 |
12 |
| OCA |
|
|
1 |
| GIA |
1 |
4 |
1 |
| TUM |
|
|
10 |
| EGE |
42 |
13 |
41 |
| ORI |
194 |
76 |
116 |
| LMI |
3 |
1 |
3 |
| STA |
71 |
20 |
47 |
| NTA |
85 |
44 |
40 |
| LEO |
23 |
34 |
22 |
| AMO |
3 |
14 |
4 |
| PHO |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| PUP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| MON |
29 |
0 |
7 |
| HYD |
8 |
1 |
0 |
| GEM |
153 |
0 |
4 |
| COM |
5 |
2 |
4 |
| URS |
3 |
6 |
0 |
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