Summary of the 2018 Quadrantids from Sierra Nevada

Posted by Jose Maria Madiedo | Jan 7, 2018 | News | 0 |

This video shows an accelerated view of the meteor activity recorded during the peak of the Quadrantids. The “meteorlapse” was prepared from the images obtained by one of the cameras operating in the framework of the SMART Project (University of Huelva) from the astronomical observatory of Sierra Nevada (Granada, Spain).

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Jose Maria Madiedo

PhD in Astrophysics and PhD in Chemistry. I currently work as Associated Doctor at the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC). I am the coordinator of the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN), which operates in Spain and neighbouring areas (www.swemn.org). I am running the SMART Project (Spectroscopy of Meteoroids in the Atmosphere by means of Robotic Technologies). In the framework of this survey I currently operate over 80 high-sensitivity video cameras and spectrographs from 10 different observatories, together with three systems for the detection of radio meteors. I also conduct the MIDAS Project (Moon Impacts Detection and Analysis System) together with the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA), to detect and analyze impact flashes produced by meteoroids that hit the lunar surface.

Summary of the 2018 Quadrantids from Sierra Nevada

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Jose Maria Madiedo

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