Fast sampling photometry is essential for characterising fireballs and their fragmentation episodes which link to the meteoroid internal structure. Accurate measurements remain challenging due to the large required dynamic range of up to 10 stellar magnitudes driving up operational complexity and cost. We developed an all-sky camera system operating at up to 500 frames per second featuring a novel Detection Localised Auto-brightness Control. Custom software manages high data throughput via transient detection and region-of-interest saving with real-time photometry. Two field deployments validate photometric accuracy against conventional 30 frames per second cameras and demonstrate the successful capture of a bright magnitude -15 fireball with minimal saturation. The system achieves an effective dynamic range between apparent magnitudes -3 and -17 capturing minimally saturated light curves for most fireballs. A successful semi-empirical fragmentation analysis verifies its ability to provide data for detailed physical modelling. The primary application for this validated system will be as a core component of the Global Fireball Observatory's next-generation instrumentation. The intention is to deploy it in a hybrid observatory, operating alongside a dedicated high-resolution astrometric camera. This configuration will allow the network to simultaneously capture precise trajectory data for orbit and fall-line calculations and acquire complete, unsaturated high dynamic range light curves at high temporal resolution for detailed physical analysis, combining the strengths of both systems.
High-Precision Photometry with a scientific CMOS Camera: II On-Sky Testing of the Marana camera at the NGTS facility
University of Warwick(华威大学);Queen’s University Belfast(贝尔法斯特女王大学);Andor Technology Ltd(安多技术有限公司);Universidad Católica del Norte(北方天主教大学);University of Leicester(莱斯特大学);Universidad Diego Portales(迭戈·波特莱斯大学)
Demonstrating Exoplanet Transit Photometry from Space with a 15-mm Aperture Optical Navigation Camera on Hayabusa2
Observatoire de Paris(巴黎天文台);CNRS(法国国家科学研究中心);Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(日本宇宙航空研究开发机构太空科学研究所);Artificial Intelligence Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(产业技术综合研究所人工智能研究中心);Planetary Exploration Research Center (PERC), Chiba Institute of Technology(千叶工业大学行星探索研究中心);The University of Tokyo(东京大学);Institute of Science Tokyo(东京科学大学);Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)(加那利天体物理研究所);University of La Laguna(拉古纳大学);Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(产业技术综合研究所日本地质调查所);Rikkyo University(立教大学)
PlatoSim: An end-to-end PLATO camera simulator for modelling high-precision space-based photometry
KU Leuven(荷语鲁汶大学);German Aerospace Center(德国航空航天中心);Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS(巴黎天文台、巴黎文理研究大学、索邦大学、巴黎西岱大学、法国国家科学研究中心)
Three-Dimensional Velocity Analysis and Particle Size Dynamics from Multi-Site RGB-Photometry of Noctilucent Clouds
Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences(俄罗斯科学院空间研究所);Omsk educational institution "GDDYuT"(鄂木斯克教育机构“GDDYuT”);V.I. Chuikov school at South-East(东南区V.I.丘伊科夫学校)
phoptic -- a Python package for reducing astronomical images
School of Physics and Astronomy University of Southampton(南安普顿大学物理与天文学学院);Department of Physics University of Warwick(华威大学物理系);Fluid and Complex Systems Centre Coventry University(考文垂大学流体与复杂系统中心);Instituto de Astronomía Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México(墨西哥国立自治大学天文研究所);Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba(科尔多瓦国立大学科尔多瓦天文台);Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Téchnicas (CONICET)(国家科学研究委员会);ComplyAdvantage;SUPA Physics and Astronomy University of St Andrews(圣安德鲁斯大学物理学与天文学)