... maximum ... Rob, Thanks for the clarification. I understand that it would be difficult to get accurate photometry from the images, but can you try to...
Just a note to those who use WWVB as their time reference at least last night after the roll over to 2003 at 00 hours UTC the WWVB time signal did not advance...
David, I was thinking in terms of photometric observations. It would be nice to get a better handle on the rotation period for Steve Ostro before his radar...
I'm just about to start observing and am plotting a few of the objects on the NEOCP. What caught my eye is that one of them is near Saturn and Saturn is near...
Hi Richard, There has been plenty of discussion about this on the AstroMart forums. People were wondering if it would be possible to inage it. Cheers, Maurice ...
Maurice Clark
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Jan 2, 2003 12:58 am
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The discussion on IotaOccultations (Yahoo based) does go into imaging possibilities. Don ... _________________________________________________________________ ...
Richard, I raised it on the AIP4WIN list and presented people with the challenge to image the crossing. It turns out to be an extremely challenging task...
Hi Richard, A gent using my software mentioned this, and while examining it, I noticed that Titan came still closer to M1... not close enough, unfortunately,...
For camparison, as a visual challenge I sometimes try observing NGC 404. It's a mag 11 galaxy about the same angular size as M1, located only about 7' from...
This interesting event is mentioned by Fred Schaaf in the January S&T, page 85. It is also described in more detail by Paul Deans on our Web site, at ...
Roger W. Sinnott
rsinnott@...
Jan 2, 2003 2:14 am
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SATURN HIDES THE CRAB During the night of January 4-5, North American observers are well positioned to watch a rare event -- Saturn moving across the face of...
Rolf Carstens
fastprin@...
Jan 2, 2003 3:29 am
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Greetings to All and Happy New Year, I thought I would finally join the group, as prodded by Charles Juels (678) and having worked closely with Paulo Holvorcem...
Michael Schwartz
mbs@...
Jan 2, 2003 3:33 am
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... Sorry to those not interested. The operative word in my post was *I* -- Richard...
All, We have radar observations of 2002 CQ11 scheduled starting the 11th of January. Only problem is, it hasn't been observed in several months, so the...
nolan@...
Jan 2, 2003 4:22 am
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... As with all of Life, the middle ground is always best. A list which restricts its subject matter too firmly does not benefit from X-fertilization. One...
... And the winner is...uhhh, what a surprise ;^) ...LINEAR! <http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K03/K03A10.html> Happy new Year! Herbert Raab 540 Linz...
Congratulations to all concerned. But it is not random chance that the first object designated would be an NEO? I think there is a sampling bias at work :-)...
ASTEROID 2002 AA29 ANIMATIONS January 2, 2003 Animations showing the orbit of Asteroid 2002 AA29 are now available on the Near-Earth Objects (NEO) website: ...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Jan 3, 2003 12:44 am
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... what was it, a satellite of Saturn, or an internal reflection from Saturn? cheers, Gordon...
MPMLers: We offer a new web URL for transneptunian object ephemeris prediction. Transneptunian Object Ephemeris (TNOEPH) can be found among the asteroid...
E. L. G. Bowell
elgb@...
Jan 3, 2003 7:01 pm
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For all you who got the 11 CD-ROM set from me, it would be good if you could run a check on Zone600 in Disk 1. This is an important zone, with data for between...
Traffic on the list seems light so here's a very distantly related question (minor planets > meteors > meteorites > bowling balls...) A few of us here on the...
Patrick Wiggins
paw@...
Jan 3, 2003 11:13 pm
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... You must have pretty high hopes if you are dropping bowling balls to simulate meteorites you might expect to find. I'd suggest billiard balls as entirely...
