Survey Telescope Monitoring of Active Comets for Cometary Dust and Solar Wind Research

巡天望远镜监测活跃彗星，用于彗星尘埃和太阳风研究

• 批准号: 2229867
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2229867
• 关键词: Survey; Telescope; Monitoring; Active; Comets

This project involves the analysis of comet images to estimate the dust emission history of each comet based on the morphology of its dust tail, and the solar wind conditions at the object based on the orientation and shape of its ion tail. The techniques are to be used to interpret existing and new images of comets obtained by professional and amateur observers. The ultimate aim of the project is to create a processing system that will perform routine, and ideally automated, analyses of active comets observed by survey telescopes, especially the Large Scale Synoptic Telescope, LSST.

该项目涉及分析彗星图像，以根据尘埃尾的形态估计每颗彗星的尘埃排放历史，并根据离子尾的方向和形状估计该物体的太阳风状况。这些技术将用于解释专业和业余观测者获得的现有和新的彗星图像。该项目的最终目标是建立一个处理系统，对巡天望远镜，特别是大尺度天气望远镜（LSST）观测到的活动彗星进行例行的、理想的自动化分析。