Automatic Meteor Tracker with Imager and Slit Spectrograph

Status

Operated By
PI

The AIM-IT instrument (Meteor Tracker) was developed for rapid pointing and meteor tracking. Its purpose is to image bright meteors in high resolution, searching for jets and other plasma ejections. During the 2001 Leonids, the instrument carried a light collection lens with a fiber optic connection to a spectrograph.

Instrument Type
Spectrometer
Measurements
Imagery
Aircraft
DC-8 - AFRC
Point(s) of Contact
George Varros
(POC; PI)

 

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