As there is nothing on the NEOCP yet (and I think it is urgent), maybe some of you with clear skies will be interested in this: ... COMET 2002 C1 Word has been...
Comet 96/P Macholz 1 is really low to horizon and close to the sun. I have not heard anyone seeing it. Any sightings? I will check it out with my starry night...
... In addition to Reiners posting: Michael Jaeger made another image on the day after the one which is linked above. The summary page with link to the other...
Here is an image of Comet 2002C1 I recently posted: http://btboar.tripod.com/c1com.jpg You may have to actually cut and paste this url to see the the image....
Larry, Great image..lets hope it brightens. By the way can you post details of the CCD/Telescope combination you used? Regards, Terry Lovejoy ... image....
30cm F7 SCT with ST9E. 64 x 15 sec. ... From: "terryjlovejoy" <terryjlovejoy@...> To: <mpml@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 2:42 AM ...
What is the proper comet designation to input in the MPC Ephemeris Service? I tried C/2002 C2 and 2002 C2. The page states it outputs comet ephemerides, but...
... I tried it with CK02C020 and K02C020 ... Below are the results of your request from the Minor Planet Center's Minor Planet Ephemeris Service. Ephemerides...
... You can use C/2002 C2, 2002 C2 or CK02C02 -- all are well recognised by MPES but as this comet is new it is not implemented yet. Try tomorrow again or for...
... Interesting. According to http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/LastYear.html CK02C02 is no valid designation... So MPES works with invalid designations...
... The acceptance of CK02C02 was a design concession as many observers fail to get the packed designation correct. I can, of course, remove this (rightly)...
Gareth V. Williams
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Apologies in advance if this is a tad off topic... I've got the three box set of Ranger 7, 8 and 9 photographs JPL issued many Moons ago and I'd like to do a...
Patrick Wiggins
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Feb 3, 2002 7:33 am
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Hi all, yesterday night I catched some CCD images of this comet from the Matajur mountain (1340m, almost 150Km North-East of Venice, Italy). The sky was very...
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Note: Survey results are appended at the end. Ron Baalke ... http://www.planetary.org/html/society/press/survey_results.htm 50,000 People Jam Planetary Society...
Ron Baalke
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Feb 4, 2002 5:13 pm
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Richard Ditteon is having some trouble posting this t the list, so he asked me to do it. Contact him at his email address at the bottom. RAK ...
CDRs on the market have price range from $10 (after rebate) to $50. COuld anyone share experience on brand, price and rewrite reliability? Bill Yeung...
It must be the months of cloud that are driving me to focus on anything but the actual data, but ... How much success do those involved in minor planet work...
We make twillight flats after sunset when the sky is bright enough to get 2/3 saturation with 2-3sec integration. During exposure we slew the telescope as fast...
Because of the narrow time limits with twilight flats, and the difficulty of getting BVRI and Clear flats within that time, I have given up on them. Pixel ...
We take twilight flats, but we have the clock drive on during exposures and off during download. If it's dark enough not to saturate the ccd too quickly,...
De Graff, David
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Feb 4, 2002 9:49 pm
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... relation to ... I hope this isn't to far off the the current topic, but to what extent is a typical "raw" image processed besides flat fielding?...
... Overscan subtraction and bias subtraction, which are similar, but not identical....
David Tholen
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Feb 4, 2002 10:04 pm
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... I forgot to mention dark subtraction and defringing. The former can be negligible with LN2-cooled cameras, while the latter is important only at certain...
David Tholen
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Feb 4, 2002 10:14 pm
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... not ... What are the primary differences between them? Or should i just ask what is overscan subtraction?...
... Think of bias as having two components. One is fixed with time and the other is variable with time. Overscan allows you to remove the variable part....
David Tholen
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Feb 4, 2002 10:26 pm
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The accidental discovery of Apollo 2002BJ2 The details as to the discovery of Apollo asteroid 2002BJ2 is relatively short, but the lesson it taught me was not....
Bill, Thank you for posting this. First, it is exciting and encouraging to hear the story of how it was discovered. Second, your description of an Apollo sent...
