First astrometric observations of space debris with the MéO telescope |
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| Authors: | Myrtille Laas-Bourez Sébastien Wailliez Florent Deleflie Alain Klotz Dominique Albanese Nathalie Saba |
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| Institution: | 1. Observatoire de Haute-Provence (CNRS-INSU), 04870 Saint-Michel l’Observatoire, France;2. Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Av. Nicolas Copernic, 06130 Grasse, France;3. FUNDP, Université de Namur, rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium;4. IMCCE Observatoire de Paris/GRGS, 77 Av. Denfert-Rochereau, F-75014 Paris, France;5. Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (Université de Toulouse-CNRS), 9 Av. du Colonel Roche, 31028 Toulouse, France;6. Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur/GRGS, 2130 route de l’Observatoire, 06460 Caussols, France |
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| Abstract: | The MéO (for Métrologie Optique) telescope is the Satellite and Lunar Laser Ranging (SLR) dedicated telescope of Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (France) located at plateau de Calern. The telescope uses an altazimuth mount. The motorization of the mount has a capability of 6 deg/s allowing the follow up of Low Earth Orbits (LEO) satellites, as well as Medium Earth Orbits (MEO) and geostationary (GEO) satellites, and the Moon. The telescope has a primary mirror of 1.54 m. It uses a Nasmyth focus equipped with an EMCCD camera. The telescope field of view, defined by the equivalent focal length and the size of the camera, is currently 3.4 arcmin × 3.4 arcmin. |
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| Keywords: | Space debris Optical observations Astronomic calibration Laplace method Lageos-1 GioveB |
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