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Lowell Observatory
Cameras for All-Sky Meteor Surveillance
(LO-CAMS)

Fireball cameras image meteoroids as they burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere. Multiple camera stations can triangulate meteor trails to provide pre-impact orbits and, for big enough events, predictions for the location of meteorite falls. CAMS (Cameras for All-Sky Meteor Surveillance) is a network of fireball camera stations initiated by Peter Jenniskens from the SETI Institute. CAMS is a highly successful system with more than 200,000 meteor orbits measured over its first 4 years of operation. We are contributing to the CAMS network with fireball stations located at Lowell Observatory.
Details of design, our project team, and camera locations are at the links below.