Author Affiliations
1School of Electronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi′an, Shaanxi 710071, China2MNR Key Laboratory of Polar Science, Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai 200136, China3Institute of Applied Meteorology, Beijing 100029, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Distribution of stars. (a) All-sky image of YRS; (b) star map in Stellarium
Fig. 2. Visual motion track of stars and diagram of calculating stellar coordinates. (a) 24 h visual motion track of Vega; (b) diagram of calculating stellar coordinate in all-sky image
Fig. 3. Stellar neighborhood
Fig. 4. Scatter plot of six stars data
Fig. 5. An event of DMSP F-16 satellite crossing all-sky field of view from 11:03:33 UT to 11:07:34 UT on December 2, 2005. (a) Trajectory of DMSP satellite projected onto all-sky images; (b) electron spectroscopy; (c) Keogram; (d) energy flux of precipitating electrons; (e) average energy of precipitating electrons; (f) auroral emission intensity
Fig. 6. An event of DMSP F-16 satellite crossing all-sky field of view from 10:49:50 UT to 10:52:20 UT on December 19, 2005. (a) Trajectory of DMSP satellite projected onto all-sky images; (b) electron spectroscopy; (c) Keogram; (d) energy flux of precipitating electrons; (e) average energy of precipitating electrons; (f) auroral emission intensity
Number | Star | Diurnal variation of zenith angle |
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Minimum zenith angle /(°) | Maximum zenith angle /(°) |
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1 | Dubhe | 17.19 | 39.35 | 2 | Mirfak | 29.05 | 51.20 | 3 | Capella | 32.92 | 55.07 | 4 | Vega | 40.14 | 62.29 | 5 | Kochab | 4.79 | 26.94 | 6 | Mizar | 24.02 | 46.17 |
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Table 1. Diurnal variation of zenith angle of stars in December 22, 2003
Year | Star |
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Dubhe | Mirfak | Capella | Vega | Kochab | Mizar |
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2003 | 2488 | 2316 | 700 | 371 | 2449 | 2093 | 2005 | 2441 | 1343 | 482 | 923 | 4315 | 2106 |
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Table 2. Number of star spots detected in 2003 and 2005
Item | Star |
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Dubhe | Mirfak | Capella | Vega | Kochab | Mizar |
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/Rayleigh | 114.2120 | 127.3730 | 572.8550 | 271.2808 | 103.0210 | 79.1181 | /count | 106.5359 | 108.9025 | 477.2203 | 269.1365 | 91.7054 | 72.4376 | c /(Rayleigh·count-1) | 1.0721 | 1.1696 | 1.2004 | 1.0080 | 1.1234 | 1.0922 |
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Table 3. Average radiation intensity of each star in 2003 and average detector output signal value in 2005
Star | Zenith angle /(°) | Average radiation intensity /Rayleigh | Difference /% |
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Minimum | Maximum | 2003 | 2005 |
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Mirach | 51.71 | 52.87 | 81.27 | 81.21 | -0.07 | Almach | 42.69 | 43.80 | 88.23 | 88.52 | 0.33 | Merak | 31.37 | 32.54 | 66.46 | 69.56 | 4.67 | Elnath | 50.43 | 50.69 | 109.27 | 115.65 | 5.83 | Alkaid | 45.68 | 46.64 | 72.31 | 81.15 | 12.22 |
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Table 4. Differences of stellar radiation intensity in 2003 and 2005