Welcome to the Desert Fireball Network’s and Global Fireball Observatory public wiki. This wiki contains documentation for the the DFN’s fireball observatories and data processing procedures for collaborators and team members. The main GFO website is on https://gfo.rocks, Australian DFN website can be found at https://dfn.gfo.rocks.
**Note: ** All the content on this website was converted from the old Mediawiki. If you notice any problem or things missing, please raise an issue.
Fireball Observatories
Documentation to help you get your observatory up and running
- Re-configuring VPN in camera systems - 2023 change
- Contents of the box with DFNEXT system
- Getting Started
- Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Getting Help
- Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
Fireball Data
How to access your fireball images and information about how the DFN processes fireball events
- Accessing data captured by Fireball Observatory (still images, videos, logs)
- Finding Fireballs in images
Meteorite searching
- Foot searching: Meteorite_searching_advice_handbook.pdf
- Drone Meteorite Searching: https://desertfireballnetwork.github.io/drone_meteorite_doc/
Resources
Collections of things you might find useful. Contributions to this section are especially appreciated
Todo: find a better name for this section
- Mechanical Designs for deploying your fireball observatory (add your stand and roof mount designs here)
- Cables used in fireball observatories and for deployment
- Photos of Fireballs (add your pretty fireball to the galleries here at reduced resolutions for everyone to see; remember this wiki is open to the public)
- Photos of Fireball Camera Installations (upload photos of your finished and in-progress installations here)