Amateur astronomer Scott Tilley made international headlines when he rediscovered NASA’s IMAGE satellite 13 years after it mysteriously disappeared. In this interview with Freethink, Scott discusses his role in the satellite’s recovery, why he enjoys amateur astronomy, and how citizen scientists like him have contributed to our knowledge of space from the space race to the present day.
This year I want to try and receive passing meteors from the Perseid meteor shower. Below a table for the coming days with direction and time to receive the meteors. Receptions is done with the help of the Graves radar that transmits on 143.050 and the signal is then reflected by passing meteors.
Table: The Perseid meteor shower 2016 – seen from The Netherlands:
Date
Best
Δt
Radiant
Meteors per hour
Sun
Moon
time
direction
Altitude
swarm
total
hight
hight
fase
9/08
3:30
-88u
NE
56°
9
25
-18°
-34°
34%
10/08
3:30
-64u
NE
56°
16
31
-19°
-32°
43%
11/08
3:30
-40u
NE
57°
29
44
-19°
-28°
53%
12/08
3:30
-16u
NE
57°
52
67
-19°
-23°
62%
13/08
3:30
8u
NE
58°
59
74
-20°
-17°
72%
14/08
3:30
32u
ENE
58°
36
50
-20°
-11°
80%
15/08
3:30
56u
ENE
59°
19
34
-20°
-4°
87%
16/08
4:30
81u
ENE
67°
9
21
-15°
-4°
94%
Last night I used a FUNcube Dongle Pro+ and SpectrumLab to listen for some signals and was successful as you can see in the below image.
When you tune your receiver in USB and listen you will hear a typical sound that is also different based on intensity.
Below an example:
The Camras WebSDR solution gives you the opportunity to receive and hear the meteors passing by.