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

该项目涉及对彗星图像的分析，以根据其尘埃尾巴的形态估计每颗彗星的尘埃释放历史，并根据其离子尾巴的方向和形状估计物体的太阳风条件。这些技术将被用来解释专业和业余观察者获得的现有和新的彗星图像。该项目的最终目标是创建一个处理系统，该系统将对测量望远镜，特别是大型天气望远镜(LSST)观测到的活动彗星进行例行的、理想的自动化分析。

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.