The St Thomas University All-Sky Camera James Whitehead Science and Technology Studies, STU Meteorites and Impacts Advisory Committee (MIAC) Atlantic Representative.

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The St Thomas University All-Sky Camera James Whitehead Science and Technology Studies, STU Meteorites and Impacts Advisory Committee (MIAC) Atlantic Representative to the Canadian Space Agency President, Science East Association Inc. Click the Button to Start the 13-Slide Presentation

Mounted to the Roof of McCain Hall (opposite) is an All-Sky Camera This camera monitors the night sky for meteors, and their larger equivalents, fireballs

Meteors are generated by tiny sand or ice particles – these generally burn up Fireballs are generated by larger chunks of rock, and can make it to the ground as meteorites Monitoring fireballs with the camera can help us find the meteorites A Fireball

The Benton meteorite, fell 1949 near Woodstock, NB This is the only meteorite to have been found in Atlantic Canada – we hope to improve that record, using the camera It didn’t arrive Pre-labelled

The Camera is controlled from the third floor Server Room

Triggering events All fast moving bright objects within 400 km (on a clear night) trigger the camera A database of events, with photographs and video, is created

Star maps with the fireball path help us define its trajectory

Multiple Cameras are needed to define meteorite 3D trajectory (and fall site) It looks complicated, but it really isn’t!

Fredericton Halifax Currently Operational St Thomas University St Mary’s University Viewing Range (400km)

Miramichi Sackville Saint John Planned for near future Additional cameras housed at: French Fort Cove, Miramichi UNB Saint John Mt Allison University, Sackville All Controlled from St Thomas University!

The Educational Potential is being developed with Science East & STU Dept Education The cameras will be available online Schools can access the data Worksheets will be developed Fall 2007 for teachers and students to use

Sponsors Association of Professional Engineers and Geologists of NB (APEGNB) outreach grant NB Computers for Schools programme St Thomas University Vogue optical

Wishing you all Clear Skies!