Network of detection cameras watching and recording meteors over United Kingdom.
Small but mighty Raspberry Pi
There are 175 cameras in the UK. Detecting meteors on the night sky each night and together gathering valuable scientific data to help us understand the solar system.
In 2021 alone UKMON cameras recorded and matched 87,239 meteors contributing 27,173 orbital trajectories to the Global Meteor Network archive.
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What is RMS
Raspberry Pi Meteor Station (RMS)
Standardised and affordable hardware powered by open-source software on Raspberry Pi computer running on Linux. RMS software is written in Python and automatically processes the data each morning.
What is GMN
Global Meteor Network (GMN)
Coordinating global efforts by citizen scientists and gathering data to a centralised and open archive. There are now more than 300 stations in 22 countries around the world.