Watching the Sky Rain Stars at Night

Despite all our technological advances, we still don't understand much about the long-period comets, small asteroids, and streams of meteoroids hurtling around our cosmic neighborhood. Typically we observe light to make detections, but the CAMS (Cameras for Allsky Meteor Surveillance) network records particles interacting with the Earth's atmosphere. This method is a unique and efficient way to study the streams of meteoroids in the path of comets and asteroids. To do this, CAMS uses low-light CCTV cameras at stations across the globe—548 in total. Currently, there are CAMS sites in the USA, Europe, United Arab Emirates, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, South Africa, Brazil, and Namibia.

But CAMS has a blind spot over the Northeastern hemisphere. Now we're looking to patch the gap in the CAMS network with a student-run observatory in India to ensure scientists have eyes on the skies everywhere 24/7. Join SETI Institute senior research scientist and meteor shower expert Peter Jenniskens and computer scientist Siddha Ganju to discuss the CAMS network, machine learning, and their crowdfunding campaign.

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