Hand-on TutorialSprite hunting system

Our website: http://geophysics.tau.ac.il/personal/Ilan/

Roy YanivDepartment of GeophysicsTel Aviv University

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Basic system ILAN’s team system

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

ILAN’s 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)

Watec CCD Camera

Watec902H with a 25 mmf/1.4 lens, (30 frames/sec) and a FOV of:(H) 14 deg (V) 10.5 deg.

Video cards

Video Cards:  Pinnacle PCTV Pro USB                                 

http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/Home/

Filters

A G.P.S + Time inserter unit

KIWI OSDTime inserter unit and G.P.S

http://www.pfdsystems.com/kiwiosd.html

Pan & Tilt Unit:

Inclination:

o o~ (-45 ) to ~ (+20 )

Azimuth:

o0 to 355o

Resolution:

0.013o

http://www.dperception.com/

PTU-D46

Model:

UFO Capture

Red Area:Where brightnessOf pixels were Changed.

Big blue Area:Masked area.

http://sonotaco.com/soft/e_index.html

Sky charts - Orienting software

The SpriteFrame

http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/

Sky charts - Orienting software

A Frame Before the Sprite

Sky charts - Orienting software

The Stars ofSky charts.Now we can Resolve theinclinationand the azimuth.

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.

http://www.boltek.com/

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