Meteor Tracking
Astronomy Department, Phillips Academy: September 2012-August 2013
With a CCD camera, a wide-angle lens, and some software, we can identify and track meteors and meteor showers and learn a lot about them.
Another project I was involved in with the PA astronomy department involved the set-up of an automated meteor tracking camera on the roof of our observatory. Connected to a computer running the MetRec software, we were able to get nightly readings of detected meteors and meteor showers, when weather allowed. I also developed some tools to generate summaries, remove clouds and other false positives, and operate the system remotely.