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X-WR-CALNAME: IAC Talks: Open Astronomy Seminars
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CREATED:2019-06-27T10:30:00+01:00
X-WR-CALDESC: IAC Talks upcomming talks
SUMMARY:Space Debris Research at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slo
 vakia
DESCRIPTION:Space Debris Research at the Comenius University in Bratislava,
  Slovakia\nŠilha Ji?í\n\nThe Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informa
 tics of Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia (FMPI CU) operates its
  own Astronomical and Geophysical Observatory in Modra, Slovakia (AGO). AG
 O consists of several optical systems, from which some were developed by F
 MPI. One of the mentioned systems is a 70-cm Newton telescope (AGO70) with
  primary focus on the space debris research, space surveillance and tracki
 ng (SST) to support the European attempts for autonomous SST operations.\n
 AGO70 has several parallel scientific programs with primary focus on space
  debris characterization. In the last two years we created our own space d
 ebris light curve catalogue which is available for scientific community. T
 he light curve catalogue is further used for the BVRI photometry where the
  shape of the phase-diagram and the synodic rotation period define the str
 ategy for the data acquisition and processing once acquired with multi-ban
 d filters. Astrometric measurements are used for three goals. To validate 
 and calibrate the AGO70 system’s data, to support the cataloguing ef
 forts which requires orbit determination and improvement, and to improve t
 he tracking efficiency of Satellite Laser Ranging stations.\nPart of the i
 mprovement of AGO70 system is also hardware and software modifications. Th
 ere have been efforts given to the improvement of the image processing sof
 tware responsible for the real-time processing of acquired FITS frames. Th
 is so-called Image Processing Elements (IPE) pipeline is based on the modu
 lar design to make it more flexible for modifications and implementation t
 o other systems. Currently, there are nine IPEs in total responsible for m
 any different tasks like image segmentation, astrometric reduction, trackl
 et building or object correlation.\nIn our work we will present the AGO70 
 system’s technical characteristics and observation programs. We will
  introduce the overall design of the system and its functionalities. The p
 lanning, acquisition and processing of light curves, BVRI photometric data
 , and astrometric measurements will be discussed in detail. We will presen
 t the image processing pipeline which improves the obtained data’s q
 uality and latency.
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