Handon Tutorial Sprite hunting system

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Hand-on TutorialSprite hunting system
Our website http//geophysics.tau.ac.il/personal
/Ilan/
Roy Yaniv Department of Geophysics Tel Aviv
University
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Content

• Basic system
• ILANs team system

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Basic System

• 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

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ILANs team System

• 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)

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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.
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Video cards
http//www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/Home/
Video Cards   Pinnacle PCTV Pro USB
                                
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Filters
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A G.P.S Time inserter unit
http//www.pfdsystems.com/kiwiosd.html
KIWI OSD Time inserter unit and G.P.S
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Pan Tilt Unit
http//www.dperception.com/
Inclination
Azimuth
Resolution
Model
PTU-D46
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UFO Capture
http//sonotaco.com/soft/e_index.html
Red Area Where brightness Of pixels were
Changed.
Big blue Area Masked area.
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Sky charts - Orienting software
http//www.stargazing.net/astropc/
The Sprite Frame
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Sky charts - Orienting software
A Frame Before the Sprite
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Sky charts - Orienting software
The Stars of Sky charts. Now we can Resolve
the inclination and the azimuth.
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Boltek lightning detection system
http//www.boltek.com/

• 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.

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• The End