ALOMAR

Arctic Lidar Observatory for Middle Atmosphere Research

 
The USOC Night Sky Television System


 
Auroral storm - April 2002

Due to the fact that all old data  is stored on VHS tapes, we will convert some of this footage to avi or mpeg movies. To give you a taste of what's coming -

Check out these mpeg movies of the aurora above Andøya Rocket Range. They were recorded before - and during the launch a PUSAUR II rocket in Feb. 1994. The rocket was launched into a pusating aurora.

Pre-PULSAUR II launch aurora
PULSAUR II launched into the pulsating aurora

The above sequence is taken from the site "Shooting the Aurora Borealis" by Dick Hutchinson

Intensified image isocon television camera for night sky observations (Aurora Borealis).
Standard Nikon lens mount permits use of many differnt lenses ranging from 8mm Fish-eye to a short telephoto lens for narrow viewing angels.

Instrument Data:
  • Camera type - Eng. Elec. Valve P 4177 cont.unit with P 8096
  • Intensified image isocon tube.
  • Cathode - S 20
  • Sens - 1 x10 E-6 luv for 650 lines 40 dB S/N
  • Output - Standard CCITT composite, 1V in 75 ohms, neg. Sync.
  • Lens mount - Nikon standard bayonet
  • Lenses - 8 mm/f2.8, 24 mm/1.4, 50 mm/f1.2 and 85 mm/f2.0

Recording system:
  • Old - SONY VO 5630 and 5800 U-matic Standard VHS, (PAL, NTSC and SECAM)
  • New - 1.0 GHz PC compricing a Pinnacle DC30+,  DVD RW, 70 GB Ultra 160 SCSI HD