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Recording of a fireball that likely hit the ground.

Recording of a fireball that likely hit the ground.

In the early hours of February 18, 2024 (03:20 AM) a fireball was captured by four different meteor and fireball tracking cameras.

28/02/2024|

Public release of the “Flash Detection Software”.

Public release of the “Flash Detection Software”.

Kryoneri20232023-03-22T17:10:51+02:0022/03/2023|

We are pleased to announce the public release of the "Flash Detection Software", which was developed by the National Observatory of Athens for ESA. We invite both amateur or professional astronomers performing planetary observations with video cameras or fast-frame CMOS/CCDs to test it.

HOTSPOT

HOTSPOT

Kryoneri20232022-12-07T18:47:29+02:0007/12/2022|

The Institute of Astronomy Astrophysics Space Applications & Remote Sensing of the National Observatory of Athens operates Helmos observatory, which was selected as the first Optical Ground Station under the ScyLight framework. Project HOTSPOT (https://artes.esa.int/projects/hotspot) aims to identify all possible activities that can be carried out at Helmos observatory in Greece concerning optical, quantum, and deep space communications.

Presentation of Kryoneri Observatory at the Europlanet Telescope Network Science Workshop

Presentation of Kryoneri Observatory at the Europlanet Telescope Network Science Workshop

Kryoneri20232022-02-17T21:38:56+02:0017/02/2022|

A poster presentation on the capabilities of the Kryoneri telescope regarding its instrumentation was given at the Europlanet Telescope Network Science Workshop, which took place (virtually) between February 9-11, 2022.