Announcing the "Flash Detection Software"
The National Observatory of Athens has successfully developed the "Flash Detection Software", which is an open-source code for the detection of lunar impact flashes. The FDS team at the National Observatory of Athens developed the software over the past year, based on the expertise gained from the NELIOTA project, and made the final presentation to ESA on October 21, 2022. The FDS will soon be released to the public, so any amateur or professional astronomer can use it to detect impact flashes on the Moon. We expect the FDS to greatly increase the number of impact flashes detected not only on the Moon, but also on Jupiter. The FDS has been funded by ESA Contract No. 4000135574/21/NL/IB/gg.