Hand-on Tutorial
Sprite hunting system
Our website: http://geophysics.tau.ac.il/personal/Ilan/
Roy Yaniv
Department of Geophysics
Tel Aviv University
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Basic system
ILAN’s team system
Basic System
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A CCD Camera
A time inserter unit + G.P.S
A Video Card (external or built in)
A Laptop or PC
An ordinary Tripod
And a video capturing software
ILAN’s team System
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3 CCD Cameras (Watec 902H, Watec 902H Ultimate, Neptune
100N)
2 Filters (640-800 nm, 310-380nm)
3 Time inserter units + 3 G.P.S
Video Cards (2 Pinaclle external and 1 built in)
2 Laptops and 1 PC
Pan and Tilt Unit (PTU)
Remote controlling software for the PTU
Video capturing software (UFO capture)
Orienting software (Sky charts freeware)
Lightning detection system (Boltek)
Watec CCD Camera
Watec902H with a 25 mm
f/1.4 lens, (30 frames/sec)
and a FOV of:
(H) 14 deg (V) 10.5 deg.
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/Home/
Video cards
Video Cards:
Pinnacle PCTV Pro USB
Filters
http://www.pfdsystems.com/kiwiosd.html
A G.P.S + Time inserter unit
KIWI OSD
Time inserter
unit and
G.P.S
http://www.dperception.com/
Pan & Tilt Unit:
Inclination:
~ (-45o ) to ~ (+20o )
Azimuth:
0o to 355o
Resolution:
0.013o
Model:
PTU-D46
http://sonotaco.com/soft/e_index.html
UFO Capture
Red Area:
Where brightness
Of pixels were
Changed.
Big blue Area:
Masked area.
http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/
Sky charts - Orienting software
The Sprite
Frame
Sky charts - Orienting software
A Frame
Before the
Sprite
Sky charts - Orienting software
The Stars of
Sky charts.
Now we can
Resolve the
inclination
and the
azimuth.
http://www.boltek.com/
Boltek – lightning detection system
For real-time target
selection, we used a local
BOLTEK lightning location
system in order to locate
centers of electrical activity
And determine the camera
pointing azimuth.
The End