Observations of Near-Earth Optical Transients with the Lomonosov Space Observatory |
| |
| Authors: | V M Lipunov E S Gorbovskoy V G Kornilov V V Chazov M I Panasyuk S I Svertilov I V Yashin V L Petrov V V Kallegaev A A Amelushkin D M Vlasenko |
| |
| Institution: | 1.Sternberg Astronomical Institute,Lomonosov Moscow State University,Moscow,Russia;2.Physics Department,Lomonosov Moscow State University,Moscow,Russia;3.Skobel’tsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics,Lomonosov Moscow State University,Moscow,Russia |
| |
| Abstract: | The results of observations with the MASTER-SHOK robotic wide-field optical cameras onboard the Lomonosov Space Observatory carried out in 2016 are presented. In all, the automated transient detection system transmitted 22 181 images of moving objects with signal-to-noise ratios greater than 5 to the Earth. Approximately 84% of these images are identified with well-known artificial Earth satellites (including repeated images of the same satellite) and fragments of such satellites (space debris), according to databases of known satellites. The remaining 16% of the images are relate to uncatalogued objects. This first experience in optical space-based monitoring of near-Earth space demonstrates the high efficiency and great potential of using large-aperture cameras in space, based on the software and technology of the MASTER robotic optical complexes (the Mobile Astronomical System of TElescope- Robots (MASTER) global network of robotic telescopes of Lomonosov Moscow State University). |
| |
| Keywords: | |
| 本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录！ |
|
