Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences
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Journal

Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences


Volume
& Issue

Volume 2, Issue 1


Published
on

April 25, 2017


Pages

151-156


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Article

Video Observation of Perseids meteor shower 2016 from Egypt

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Authors

G.F. Attia Affiliation:
National Research Institute of Astronomy And Geophysics(NRIAG), Cairo, Egypt
, A.M. Abdelaziz Affiliation:
National Research Institute of Astronomy And Geophysics (NRIAG), Cairo, Egypt
and I.N. Hassan Affiliation:
National Research Institute of Astronomy And Geophysics (NRIAG), Cairo, Egypt


Abstract

The results of single television observations of Perseid meteor shower in 2016 are presented. The Perseid shower occurs from 17 July to 24 August, peaking on or around August 12 every year. In 2016, the peak of the Perseids was Night of Aug 11 to the morning of Aug 12. The meteor video observations in Egypt are carried out at The National Researcher Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG). The system consists of TV - cameras Watec -902H Ultimate with the lens DV10x8SA-1 (8-80 mm (10x)) capable of recording the rapid motion of meteors entering the Earth atmosphere.


Keywords

Meteor video observations, single television observations, Perseids meteor shower, 85A04, 70F15


Citation

Attia, G., Abdelaziz, A., & Hassan, I. (2017). Video observation of perseids meteor shower 2016 from egypt. Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences, 2(1), 151–156. https://doi.org/10.21042/AMNS.2017.1.00012

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