Electro-Optical Observations

Research Projects

• Studies of lightcurves of multi-station meteors to estimate physical structure of meteoroids
• Flux and mass distribution studies of the sporadic background and individual showers
• Spectra of meteors to establish basic chemistry of associated meteoroid
• Use of CAMO mirror system to study deceleration and fragmentation of meteors as a means to examine detailed orbital evolution for individual shower meteoroid
• Use telescopic gated camera and nearby intensified telescopic system to examine height distribution of faint meteor population as a means of estimating physical structure
• Use telescopic gated camera to study wake/fragmentation in faint meteors
• Use CAMO high resolution, wide field system to measure deceleration and estimate bulk density of meteoroids
• Use multi-station CAMO data to estimate debiased height distribution of meteors in various mass ranges to search for possible high altitude component
• High precision measurements of meteor velocity using the CAMO system to perform optical search for hyperbolic meteoroids

Research Activities