A number of our members have meteor cameras on the Global Meteor Network and UK Meteor Network. These are the feeds from the previous days, served up by Istrastream and UKMON. These are fully automated and the reports are generated each day.
Remember to refresh your page to get the latest.
Camera names, eg: UK006E Edinburgh W: SE – the camera is on the west side of Edinburgh pointing south-east. UK006E is the code given by GMN.
Lookup meteor shower codes (eg PER = Perseids)
UK006E Edinburgh W: SE
UK006E Detected stack
UK006E Captured stack
UK006E Detected frames
UK006E Radiants
Shower meteors observed by Edinburgh W in 2022
Edinburgh W Meteors detected per month 2022
View Edinburgh W detections that matched with other stations and their orbit and trajectory solutions Station report>
UK006Y Edinburgh SW: S
UK006Y Detected stack
UK006Y Captured stack
UK006Y Detected frames
UK006Y Radiants
UK006Y Meteors detected per month 2022
Shower meteors observed by UK006Y in 2022
View UK006Y detections that matched with other stations and their orbit and trajectory solutions Station report>
UK0074 Edinburgh Central: S
UK0074 Detected stack
UK0074 Captured stack
UK0074 Detected frames
UK0074 Radiants
Shower meteors observed by Edinburgh Central in 2022
Edinburgh Central Meteors detected per month 2022
View Edinburgh Central detections that matched with other stations and their orbit and trajectory solutions Station report>
UK007J Edinburgh W: N
UK007J Detected stack
UK007J Captured stack
UK007J Detected frames
UK007J Radiants
UK008A Morham: ENE
UK008A Detected stack
UK008A Captured stack
UK008A Detected frames
UK008A Radiants
UK008H Edinburgh Central: E
UK008H Detected stack
UK008H Captured stack
UK008H Detected frames
UK008H Radiants
UK Meteor Network (UKMON)
UKMON is a UK based network of over 160 detection cameras recording meteors and fireballs over the United Kingdom. Here’s the latest data from all 160+ cameras, as well as their location.
To capture meteors we use a low-cost barebones security camera connected to specialist software running on a Raspberry Pi. The software captures data continuously in a special format from dusk till dawn, analysing it for potential meteors as it goes. In the morning, the system automatically reanalysed all detections to reject non-meteors, then uploads the good data to our servers. The software can make a rough estimate of the shower, direction and velocity of the meteors, but for more detailed analysis the data is fed to the UK Meteor Network and Global Meteor Network servers. Combining data from multiple stations allows us to work out the orbits of the meteoroids that caused the meteor, and sometimes their approximate size and mass – and whether they made it to the ground. (source )
Setting up your own meteor camera is simple. You can order the parts as a kit from the UKMON ordering page for around £185 or you can build the camera from the kit list.
Once in place and configured, the cameras run unattended and upload data each morning.
Global Meteor Network
The Global Meteor network is a global network of meteor detection cameras. Data is freely available on the GMN website. Data is viewable here where you can see meteor detections graphically represented for all cameras (searchable) on the network.
More details on how to use this page can be found in the Meteor News article – VISUALIZING METEOR GROUND TRACKS ON THE METEOR MAP