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Caltech Optical Observatories

Optical/Infrared Instrumentation

Palomar All-Sky Camera Movie Page

The Palomar All-Sky Camera (ASCAM) is run on LGS-AO nights, taking 3s integrations every 7s during laser operations. MPEG movies at 1/2 resolution are compiled the following afternoon and archived on this page. The ASCAM provides one tier of our 3-tier automated airspace safety system (ASCAM - IRCAM - RADAR). Technical documentation on this system can be found here.

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Non-LGS operation: Meteor showers

Perseids
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Aurigids
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For more information please contact abouchez@astro.caltech.edu.