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    DIY ASTRONOMY

    Dec 17, 2020 3 minutes

    Set up your own meteor detection system

    Connect a Raspberry Pi to a camera and help the Global Meteor Network with its research

    We all know about the big meteor showers such as the Geminids and Perseids, but Earth is also bombarded by much smaller meteors every night. Knowing more about these tiny pieces of space dust helps us to analyse meteor showers, sporadic meteors and fireballs, as well as increasing our knowledge of the risk to Earth from larger debris. For example,

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