<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>2002 Leonid MAC - Ground-based observations</TITLE> <Meta name="description"content="Mission profile of the Leonid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign."><Meta name="keyword"content="leonids, leonid+storm, meteor+storm, leonid, meteors, astronomy, science, comet orbit, comet, comets,NASA NASA/Ames Research Center, Airborne Astronomy,meteoor, komeet, leoniden, uitbarsing, ILW, Watch, outdoor, travel, news, predictions, amateur, hobby, fireball, atmosphere "> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" LINK="#FFFFFF" VLINK="#0099FF" TEXT="#FFFFCC" ALINK="#CC0000" TOPMARGIN=0 LEFTMARGIN=0 MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0> <a href="#content"><img src="/IMAGES/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="Skip navigation to main content"></a> <br> <A HREF="/cgi-bin/imagemap/leonid1"> <img src="a-4.jpg" alt="logo - contacts - aircraft - *profile - schedule - updates" align="bottom" WIDTH="700" HEIGHT="20" BORDER= "0" USEMAP="#leonid1" ISMAP></A> <P> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH=700> <TR BGCOLOR="#000000" VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=RIGHT> <TD BGCOLOR="#000000"> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH=110> <TR VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=110> <TD BGCOLOR="#000000"> <center> <P><img src="logo_3d.gif" alt="logo" align="bottom"> <H3>Leonid MAC </H3></font> </td> </tr> <td align=right><font size="4"><a href="./index.html" > home</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align=right><font size="3"><a href="estimator.html" >View the shower </a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align=right><font size="3"><a href="logo.html" >Mission Brief </a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align=right><font size="3"><a href="why.html" >Science Update </a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align=right><font size="3"><a href="media.html" >Media Brief </a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align=right><a href="leonidlinks.html" >links</a></td> </tr> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> <TD BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH=1 BGCOLOR=#000000><SPACER TYPE=BLOCK WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=1></TD> <TD>  <a name="content"></a> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=5 CELLPADDING=5 WIDTH=580> <TR valign=top align=left width=580> <TD> <center><TABLE> <TR valign="top"> <TD></TD> <TD><a href="./ground98.html"><img src="1998log.jpg" alt="1998" border="0"></a> </TD> <TD><a href="./ground99.html"><img src="1999log.jpg" alt="1999" border="0"></a> </TD> <TD><img src="2000log.jpg" alt="2000" border="0"> </TD> <TD><a href="./ground01.html"><img src="2001log.jpg" alt="2001" border="0"></a> </TD> <TD><a href="./ground02.html"><img src="2002log.jpg" alt="2002" border="0"></a> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Ground: </TD> <TD><a href="./ground98.html">1998 mission</a> </TD> <TD><a href="./ground99.html">1999 mission</a> </TD> <TD> 2000 campaign </TD> <TD> <a href="./ground01.html">2001 mission</a> </TD> <TD> <a href="./ground02.html">2002 mission</a> </TD> </TR> </TABLE></center> <HR> <P> <font color="#00FF00">USA</font> <P> Near-real time flux measurements and video imaging will be performed from Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona. <P> Located at 9200 feet altitude north of Tucson, the Mt. Lemmon Observatory site helped pioneer infrared astronomy beginning in the 1970s. Astronomers from the Aerospace Corp and the Universities of Arizona, Minnesota, Wyoming, Rochester, Cornell, and Boston Univ. still use the 1.5-meter class telescopes for astronomical research. Mt. Lemmon also hosts the international <A HREF="http://www.astronomycamp.org"> Astronomy Camps </A> for public involvement in astronomy and for teenage student research projects using several 12 to 61-inch telescopes and modern instrumentation. <P> <font color="#00FF00">SPAIN</font> <P> The <a href="http://www.cab.inta.es/"> center for astrobiology</a> in Torrejon, Spain, will host the Leonid MAC mission and will provide coordination among the various Leonid observing efforts conducted from Spain within the scope of the Leonid MAC effort. Points of contact for CAB are Capt. Rafael Gomez-Blanco and Dr. Franck Selsis. <P>Those observing efforts include the following. The <a href="http://www.spmn.uji.es/ENG/presentation.html"> Spanish Photographic Meteor Network </a> in collaboration with the <a href="http://www.dmsweb.org">Dutch Meteor Society</a> will set up an intensive network of photographic stations in Andalucia . The spanish groups at ground are coordinated by Josep Trigo-Rodriguez (the University Jaume I of Castellon), Dr. Alberto Castro-Tirado (Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia/INTA/CSIC) and Dr. Jose L. Ortiz (Instituto de Astrofÿısica de Andalucia/CSIC). The spanish network includes photographic and CCD stations in Huelva, Sevilla, Mÿılaga and Granada. The Serrania of Huelva station will operate Dutch Meteor Society provided photographic camera batteries together with the CCDÿılarge fieldÿıcameras of the El Arenosillo Observatory (INTA/LAEFF) directed by Dr. Alberto Castro-Tirado (CSIC). Some of these CCD cameras will be adapted to obtain high resolution spectra.ÿıÿı Dr. Jose Luis Ortiz (Instituto Astrofÿısica Andalucia-CSIC) will use similar techniques from the Astronomical Institute in Granada. Additionally members of the Malaga astronomical association participate from the Sierra of Malaga under potentially excellent sky conditions. <P> <img src="DMS2002logo.jpg" alt="Campaign logo" align="right"> The Dutch Meteor Society groups are coordinated by Hans Betlem and Casper ter Kuile. The Dutch teams have stations at Castillejar, Galera, Otura and Calar Alto Observatory, where visual observers, photographic camera platforms and intensified video systems will be deployed. Calar Alto Observatory is planned to be the site for this year's ground-based near-real time flux measurement team. The network includes two stations with the possibility to be mobile by using RV's, with participants from the Dutch Meteor Society and the Ondrejov Observatory. More information can also be found at the main site of the <a href="http://www.dmsweb.org">Dutch Meteor Society</a>. <P> <a href="http://www.submm.caltech.edu/~dcl/Refereed/2000EM+P...82..129.pdf"> Submm measurments</a> will be attempted at the <a href="http://www.submm.caltech.edu/cso/">Caltech Submm Observatory</a> (CSO) in Hawaii, at the <a href="http://www.ph1.uni-koeln.de/gg/ggplan.html"> KOSMA 3m submillimeter telescope</a> in Switzerland, and at the <a href="http://iram.fr/">Institut de RadioAstronomie Millimetrique (IRAM)</a> in France, in a project coordinated by Didier Despois of the University of Bordeaux. Observations are coordinated with the ASUR deployment on the Leonid MAC mission. <P> Detlef Koschny and colleages of the <a href="http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=METEOR&page=meteor_group">ESA/RSS Meteor Research Group</a> at ESTEC will observe from locations in Spain as well, and support the Bordeaux sub-mm experiment at the <a href="http://iram.fr/">Institut de RadioAstronomie Millimetrique (IRAM)</a> in France. <P><BR></P> <P><BR></P> <P><BR></P> <P><BR></P> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=LEFT> <TD WIDTH=540 COLSPAN=3><P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT"> <BR></FONT><A HREF="#Top"><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT">Top of Page</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT"> - </FONT><A HREF="./media-guidelines.html"><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT">Text/Image Use Guidelines</FONT></A> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD>  </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE background="bkgd-1.gif" width="1000" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" TOPMARGIN=0 LEFTMARGIN=0 MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0> <tr > <TD> <BR> </TD> <TD widht=500 ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP> <IMG ID="Picture164" alt=" " HEIGHT=115 WIDTH=500 SRC="bkgd-plane.gif" BORDER=0 align=left> </TD > <td height=150> </td> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TABLE> <MAP Name="leonid1"> <AREA Shape="Rect" coords = "1,1,121,20" HREF="./logo.html" alt="logo"> <AREA Shape="Rect" coords = "122,1,225,20" HREF="./logo.html" alt="logo"> <AREA Shape="Rect" coords = "226,1,323,20" HREF="./who.html" alt="contacts"> <AREA Shape="Rect" coords = "324,1,417,20" HREF="./the_mission.html" alt="aircraft"> <AREA Shape="Rect" coords = "418,1,512,20" HREF="./where.html" alt="profile"> <AREA Shape="Rect" coords = "513,1,597,20" HREF="./when.html" alt="schedule"> <AREA Shape="Rect" coords = "598,1,700,20" HREF="./02image_archive.html" alt="images"> </MAP> </BODY> </HTML>