What are we working on?
Our team’s experiment revolves around analyzing light from the aurora to further study how the nitrogen molecules and oxygen atoms behave when its electron is excited, which causes the band of red to greenish color emitted by the aurora. This is commonly done by taking pictures using heavy ground-based instrument.
We aim to create a working light-weight version of such instrument using a set of 1 inch lenses, with a 1200 grooves/mm grating, and A SONY Alpha A6000 attached to series of struts. Once the pictures are retrieved from the camera, they will be analyzed through MATLAB to determine conditions that excites the aforementioned gas molecules.
Not so fun fact: This payload is flown in Alaska, but was unfortunately lost during flight. The team plans to build and launch a better replica in the future.
We aim to create a working light-weight version of such instrument using a set of 1 inch lenses, with a 1200 grooves/mm grating, and A SONY Alpha A6000 attached to series of struts. Once the pictures are retrieved from the camera, they will be analyzed through MATLAB to determine conditions that excites the aforementioned gas molecules.
Not so fun fact: This payload is flown in Alaska, but was unfortunately lost during flight. The team plans to build and launch a better replica in the future.
Check out our wiki page for more in-depth info!
Members
References:
Image Source; http://fullspektrum.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Light-Spectrum-Abstract-Background_edit.jpg
Image Source; http://fullspektrum.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Light-Spectrum-Abstract-Background_edit.jpg