1. Hand-on Tutorial Sprite hunting system Our website: http://geophysics.tau.ac.il/personal/Ilan/http://geophysics.tau.ac.il/personal/Ilan/ Roy Yaniv Department of Geophysics Tel Aviv University

2. Content Basic system ILAN’s team system

3. Basic System A CCD Camera A time inserter unit + G.P.S A Video Card (external or built in) A Laptop or PC An ordinary Tripod And a video capturing software

4. ILAN’s team System 3 CCD Cameras (Watec 902H, Watec 902H Ultimate, Neptune 100N) 2 Filters (640-800 nm, 310-380nm) 3 Time inserter units + 3 G.P.S Video Cards (2 Pinaclle external and 1 built in) 2 Laptops and 1 PC Pan and Tilt Unit (PTU) Remote controlling software for the PTU Video capturing software (UFO capture) Orienting software (Sky charts freeware) Lightning detection system (Boltek)

5. Watec CCD Camera Watec902H with a 25 mm f/1.4 lens, (30 frames/sec) and a FOV of: (H) 14 deg (V) 10.5 deg.

6. Video cards Video Cards: Pinnacle PCTV Pro USB http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/Home/

7. Filters

8. A G.P.S + Time inserter unit KIWI OSD Time inserter unit and G.P.S http://www.pfdsystems.com/kiwiosd.html

9. Pan & Tilt Unit: Inclination : Azimuth: Resolution: http://www.dperception.com/ PTU-D46 Model:

10. UFO Capture Red Area: Where brightness Of pixels were Changed. Big blue Area: Masked area. http://sonotaco.com/soft/e_index.html

11. Sky charts - Orienting software The Sprite Frame http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/

12. Sky charts - Orienting software A Frame Before the Sprite

13. Sky charts - Orienting software The Stars of Sky charts. Now we can Resolve the inclination and the azimuth.

14. Boltek – lightning detection system For real-time target selection, we used a local BOLTEK lightning location system in order to locate centers of electrical activity And determine the camera pointing azimuth. http://www.boltek.com/

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