METHOD FOR INCREASING PERMEABLE FORCE OF ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS OF METEORS AND DEVICE FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION ON A METEORIC CAMERA Russian patent published in 2020 - IPC G02B23/00 

FIELD: optics.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to optical engineering of astronomical observations, and more specifically to meteoric cameras intended for recording random astronomical phenomena – meteors. Disclosed method of making meteor shower meteors with known radiant position and meteoroid velocities consists in long-term recording of optical sources in selected area of sky with optical camera with panoramic light detector. Observations are carried out in a field of view moving at a uniform rate, the speed of movement of which is selected so as to compensate for the visible angular velocity of the meteor belonging to the stream on the surface of the light detector, and direction of camera field of vision shift coincides with direction of meteor movement. Disclosed device for realizing said method of conducting meteoric observations consists of a wide-angle camera for detecting a portion of the sky, which additionally has a flat mirror and a mechanism for its reciprocating rotation, mechanically connected to the mirror, wherein the mirror is installed in front of the camera lens and directs the incident light onto the camera lens. Mirror is installed with possibility of rotation on fixed angle about axis, orthogonal to optical axis of meteor camera, and the mirror itself rotates at uniform speed in the direction of the expected movement of the meteor from one boundary of the scanning zone to the other and abruptly returns to the initial position.

EFFECT: monitoring of meteor shower meteor shower flow with known characteristics.

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