Some Image Sets Available
Some image sets from July 26th and July 30th are available in the school folders. Check your folder and have your students analyze any sets that they find.
In the coming days more sets will be available...as the Moon wanes and the 32" prime focus telescope is brought back into service.
Happy Hunting!!
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
Update from Patrick Miller on 29th July, 2010
Greetings from the International Astronomical Search Collaboration
No New Image Sets
There are currently no new image sets available in the school folders. The Moon remains bright and the mirror from the 32" prime focus telescope at the ARI Observatory is being resurfaced. In the next day or two the Moon will, of course, wane...and, the 32" telescope will be put back into operation. When that happens and new image sets become available, they will immediately be placed into the folders.
Maintenance, weather, and bright skies are all part of astronomical research. Without clear and dark skies along with an operating telescope, there is no data gathering. However, be patient. Image sets will be available in the coming days.
All-India Asteroid Search Campaign
The current All-India Asteroid Search Campaign continues through August 13th. There remains lots of time over the next two weeks for important observations and possible Main Belt asteroid discoveries.
Happy Hunting!!
Dr. Patrick Miller
No New Image Sets
There are currently no new image sets available in the school folders. The Moon remains bright and the mirror from the 32" prime focus telescope at the ARI Observatory is being resurfaced. In the next day or two the Moon will, of course, wane...and, the 32" telescope will be put back into operation. When that happens and new image sets become available, they will immediately be placed into the folders.
Maintenance, weather, and bright skies are all part of astronomical research. Without clear and dark skies along with an operating telescope, there is no data gathering. However, be patient. Image sets will be available in the coming days.
All-India Asteroid Search Campaign
The current All-India Asteroid Search Campaign continues through August 13th. There remains lots of time over the next two weeks for important observations and possible Main Belt asteroid discoveries.
Happy Hunting!!
Dr. Patrick Miller
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Update - New Data sets available
Greetings from the International Astronomical Search Collaboration
Image Sets Available
Image sets from July 23, 24 and 26 are available in the school folders. All participating schools have at least one image set to analyze. Check your folder!!
Noisy Image Sets
On occasion an image set will have a lot of background noise. When this happens the automated search will give as many as 200 moving objects. When you get more than 50 or so moving objects in an automated search, you should skip the automated search and go directly to the manual search.
Also, remember just because something shows up on an automated search does not mean that your students should report it. Your job as the teacher is to help the students distinguish between a true and false signature. Never report a false signature (i.e., something that appears to be moving but is not really an asteroid).
If you need help distinguishing between true and false signatures, you can go to http://iasc.hsutx.edu/index_
A true signature will move along a straight line with constant speed and constant brightness (magnitude). You can have your students lay a ruler or straight edge across the computer screen to check for straight line motion. Any object that moves along an arc...and not along a straight line...must not be reported. It is a false signature.
Your students should be carefully examining all objects selected by the automated utility to make sure they are true signatures (i.e., really a moving asteroid). Also, in a manual search your students should never click on empty red boxes. There must clearly be an object inside the red box, and on all three of the images in a set.
Questions??
If you have questions about true and false signatures and how to prepare a clean and accurate MPC report, do not hesitate to contact either Ginger Anderson at gingera@bwoodtx.comgin
drothrock@
For your students to be successful in a search campaign, you as their teacher must be able to do three things:
1. Use Astrometrica for automated and manual searches
2. Distinguish between true and false signatures (only report true signatures)
3. Prepare a clean and accurate MPC report
If you can do these three things, I promise that your students will make important NEO observations and may even discover new Main Belt asteroids.
Happy Hunting!!
Dr. Patrick Miller
Image Sets Available
Image sets from July 23, 24 and 26 are available in the school folders. All participating schools have at least one image set to analyze. Check your folder!!
Noisy Image Sets
On occasion an image set will have a lot of background noise. When this happens the automated search will give as many as 200 moving objects. When you get more than 50 or so moving objects in an automated search, you should skip the automated search and go directly to the manual search.
Also, remember just because something shows up on an automated search does not mean that your students should report it. Your job as the teacher is to help the students distinguish between a true and false signature. Never report a false signature (i.e., something that appears to be moving but is not really an asteroid).
If you need help distinguishing between true and false signatures, you can go to http://iasc.hsutx.edu/index_
A true signature will move along a straight line with constant speed and constant brightness (magnitude). You can have your students lay a ruler or straight edge across the computer screen to check for straight line motion. Any object that moves along an arc...and not along a straight line...must not be reported. It is a false signature.
Your students should be carefully examining all objects selected by the automated utility to make sure they are true signatures (i.e., really a moving asteroid). Also, in a manual search your students should never click on empty red boxes. There must clearly be an object inside the red box, and on all three of the images in a set.
Questions??
If you have questions about true and false signatures and how to prepare a clean and accurate MPC report, do not hesitate to contact either Ginger Anderson at gingera@bwoodtx.com
For your students to be successful in a search campaign, you as their teacher must be able to do three things:
1. Use Astrometrica for automated and manual searches
2. Distinguish between true and false signatures (only report true signatures)
3. Prepare a clean and accurate MPC report
If you can do these three things, I promise that your students will make important NEO observations and may even discover new Main Belt asteroids.
Happy Hunting!!
Dr. Patrick Miller
Monday, July 26, 2010
Confirmations and updates
Congratulations!!
A. Singh from Ryan International School, Rohini has made his third NEO confirmation. On July 15th this student observed 2010 NB2. This is an outstanding achievement!!
On July 14th Sharma, Dhawan, Devgun, & Arora from Astronomica, Delhi made the NEO confirmation of 2004 RR109. What makes this observation of particular interest is that the object was first discovered in 2004 but lost. The observations made by these students help to confirm this NEO some six years later. This is the second confirmation made by students at Astronomica, Delhi.
Finally, on July 23rd, A. Raina from Space Club Gamma, Delhi made the NEO confirmation of 2010 OR1.
Congratulations to all of you!!
Image Sets Available
Image sets from July 23rd and 24th are available in some of the school folders. Check you folder!!
The full Moon is upon us so image sets may not be forthcoming in the next few days. Also at this time, the mirror on the 32" prime focus telescope at the ARI Observatory is being serviced. That telescope should return to use after the bright Moon passes.
Non-Participating Schools
Those schools that have not submitted any MPC reports will no longer receive image sets. All sets will go to the schools that have had their students download their image sets and prepare at least one MPC report.
The following is the complete list of schools that remain in the All-India Asteroid Search Campaign. If a mistake has been made and your school is not included on this list, please contact Mila Mitra from S.P.A.C.E. at the email address aiasc2010@space-india.org<
Meridian ( Madhapur), Hyderabad
Jubilee Hills Public School, Hyderabad
The Jain International School, Hyderabad
DAV Public School, Safilguda, Hyderabad
Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur
Astronomica, Delhi
Navrachana School,Vadodara
Bhaskaracharya Astro Research Centre, Ahmednagar
SPACE Club Gamma, Delhi
SPACE 1, Delhi
SPACE 2, Delhi
SPACE Club Beta, Delhi
Nehru Planetarium, Delhi
DAV Public School, Hyderabad
Ryan International School, Rohini
Apeejay School, Pitampura
Shri Natesan Vidyasala Secondary School
Delhi Public School, Ruby Park, Kolkata
Dehli Public School, Megacity, Kolkata
Apeejay School, Kolkata
St. Joseph Public School, Hyderabad
P. Obul Reddy Public School, Hyderabad
Meridian School, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
A. Singh from Ryan International School, Rohini has made his third NEO confirmation. On July 15th this student observed 2010 NB2. This is an outstanding achievement!!
On July 14th Sharma, Dhawan, Devgun, & Arora from Astronomica, Delhi made the NEO confirmation of 2004 RR109. What makes this observation of particular interest is that the object was first discovered in 2004 but lost. The observations made by these students help to confirm this NEO some six years later. This is the second confirmation made by students at Astronomica, Delhi.
Finally, on July 23rd, A. Raina from Space Club Gamma, Delhi made the NEO confirmation of 2010 OR1.
Congratulations to all of you!!
Image Sets Available
Image sets from July 23rd and 24th are available in some of the school folders. Check you folder!!
The full Moon is upon us so image sets may not be forthcoming in the next few days. Also at this time, the mirror on the 32" prime focus telescope at the ARI Observatory is being serviced. That telescope should return to use after the bright Moon passes.
Non-Participating Schools
Those schools that have not submitted any MPC reports will no longer receive image sets. All sets will go to the schools that have had their students download their image sets and prepare at least one MPC report.
The following is the complete list of schools that remain in the All-India Asteroid Search Campaign. If a mistake has been made and your school is not included on this list, please contact Mila Mitra from S.P.A.C.E. at the email address aiasc2010@space-india.org<
Meridian ( Madhapur), Hyderabad
Jubilee Hills Public School, Hyderabad
The Jain International School, Hyderabad
DAV Public School, Safilguda, Hyderabad
Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur
Astronomica, Delhi
Navrachana School,Vadodara
Bhaskaracharya Astro Research Centre, Ahmednagar
SPACE Club Gamma, Delhi
SPACE 1, Delhi
SPACE 2, Delhi
SPACE Club Beta, Delhi
Nehru Planetarium, Delhi
DAV Public School, Hyderabad
Ryan International School, Rohini
Apeejay School, Pitampura
Shri Natesan Vidyasala Secondary School
Delhi Public School, Ruby Park, Kolkata
Dehli Public School, Megacity, Kolkata
Apeejay School, Kolkata
St. Joseph Public School, Hyderabad
P. Obul Reddy Public School, Hyderabad
Meridian School, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
Friday, July 23, 2010
Updates on 23 july
No New Sets Available
That last images from the ARI are dated July 19th. Due to overcast skies and nearby thunderstorms, there have been no images for July 20th, 21st, or 22nd. This is all part of doing research in astronomy...you have to have dark skies, clear skies, and fully functioning equipment.
When image sets are available, they will be uploaded immediately into the school folders. Keep a watch on your folder...just in case!!
Full Moon Looming
The Moon will be full in less than a week on July 26th. During the coming days the night skies will continue to brighten. The ARI will sometimes take images of the NEOs far enough away from the Moon. However, faint asteroid discoveries and NEO observations are practically impossible.
During the next week's full Moon, the 32" telescope will be taken down for resurfacing of its mirror. The 24" will still be operational, and some image set may be available.
Non-Participating Schools
On July 23rd, those schools not having sent in any MPC reports during the All-India Asteroid Search Campaign will no longer receive image sets. This will allow those schools that are actively participating to receive more sets and make key observations and perhaps a discovery or two.
If your school has not participated in the All-India Campaign, but still plans to do so, then you need to immediately notify Dr. Patrick Miller at the IASC email address iascsearch@hsutx.edu
Happy Hunting!!
Dr. Patrick Miller
That last images from the ARI are dated July 19th. Due to overcast skies and nearby thunderstorms, there have been no images for July 20th, 21st, or 22nd. This is all part of doing research in astronomy...you have to have dark skies, clear skies, and fully functioning equipment.
When image sets are available, they will be uploaded immediately into the school folders. Keep a watch on your folder...just in case!!
Full Moon Looming
The Moon will be full in less than a week on July 26th. During the coming days the night skies will continue to brighten. The ARI will sometimes take images of the NEOs far enough away from the Moon. However, faint asteroid discoveries and NEO observations are practically impossible.
During the next week's full Moon, the 32" telescope will be taken down for resurfacing of its mirror. The 24" will still be operational, and some image set may be available.
Non-Participating Schools
On July 23rd, those schools not having sent in any MPC reports during the All-India Asteroid Search Campaign will no longer receive image sets. This will allow those schools that are actively participating to receive more sets and make key observations and perhaps a discovery or two.
If your school has not participated in the All-India Campaign, but still plans to do so, then you need to immediately notify Dr. Patrick Miller at the IASC email address iascsearch@hsutx.edu
Happy Hunting!!
Dr. Patrick Miller
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Updates from IASC
Greetings from the International Astronomical Search Collaboration
No New Image Sets Available
No new image sets are available from July 20th.. There remain numerous sets from July 16 - 19 that have not been analyzed by many of the schools.
These sets need to be downloaded and analyzed by your students. Asteroid discoveries are made within 48 hours of the image sets that are given to your students. Failure to analyze the image sets means discoveries and important observations are lost.
Correct Email Address
Please remember to send all MPC reports to the new IASC email address at iascsearch@hsutx.edu
Check your folders and download those image sets. In the meanwhile...
Happy Hunting!!
Dr. Patrick Miller
No New Image Sets Available
No new image sets are available from July 20th.. There remain numerous sets from July 16 - 19 that have not been analyzed by many of the schools.
These sets need to be downloaded and analyzed by your students. Asteroid discoveries are made within 48 hours of the image sets that are given to your students. Failure to analyze the image sets means discoveries and important observations are lost.
Correct Email Address
Please remember to send all MPC reports to the new IASC email address at iascsearch@hsutx.edu
Check your folders and download those image sets. In the meanwhile...
Happy Hunting!!
Dr. Patrick Miller
Monday, July 19, 2010
Image Sets from July 14-18 Available
Image Sets Available
Image sets are available from July 14-18. Check your school folder!!
Image sets that are not currently in your folder are no longer available for processing. Some of you have been sending in reports from June 30th. Those reports were due the first week of July. If your students have downloaded an image set but not processed it before it is deleted from your folder then the deadline has passed. Just have your students wait until a new set is available.
Need Help?
On occasion the Minor Planet Center (MPC) is not available to download or update the MPC Orbital Database. When that happens just use the previous database to analyze the image sets.
Another option is to go to the bottom of the IASC home page where you will find a recent copy of the MPC Oribtal Datablase. This can be downloaded and unzipped into your Astrometrica directory. That copy is there for schools that have firewall issues but it is available for anyone to use.
Happy Hunting!!
Image sets are available from July 14-18. Check your school folder!!
Image sets that are not currently in your folder are no longer available for processing. Some of you have been sending in reports from June 30th. Those reports were due the first week of July. If your students have downloaded an image set but not processed it before it is deleted from your folder then the deadline has passed. Just have your students wait until a new set is available.
Need Help?
On occasion the Minor Planet Center (MPC) is not available to download or update the MPC Orbital Database. When that happens just use the previous database to analyze the image sets.
Another option is to go to the bottom of the IASC home page where you will find a recent copy of the MPC Oribtal Datablase. This can be downloaded and unzipped into your Astrometrica directory. That copy is there for schools that have firewall issues but it is available for anyone to use.
Happy Hunting!!
Friday, July 16, 2010
Update - All folders have at least one new dataset
Update from Patrick Miller on 16th July
Greetings from the International Astronomical Search Collaboration
Image Sets Available
Image sets from July 11, 14, & 15 are available on the IASC web site at iasc.hsutx.edu. Check your school folder. Every school has at least one image set to process.
Need Help?
If you are having problems installing or using Astrometrica, do not hesitate to contact either Ginger Anderson gingera@bwoodtx.comgindrothrock@
Happy Hunting!!
Dr. Patrick Miller
Greetings from the International Astronomical Search Collaboration
Image Sets Available
Image sets from July 11, 14, & 15 are available on the IASC web site at iasc.hsutx.edu. Check your school folder. Every school has at least one image set to process.
Need Help?
If you are having problems installing or using Astrometrica, do not hesitate to contact either Ginger Anderson gingera@bwoodtx.com
Happy Hunting!!
Dr. Patrick Miller
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Update - New Image Sets available
Update from Patrick Miller on July 15th:
Greetings from the International Astronomical Search Collaboration
Image Sets Available
Image sets from July 10, 11, and 14 are available in the school folders. Check your folder, and be sure your students analyze their sets as soon as possible. There are important observations and discoveries waiting to be made.
Happy Hunting!!
Dr. Patrick Miller
Greetings from the International Astronomical Search Collaboration
Image Sets Available
Image sets from July 10, 11, and 14 are available in the school folders. Check your folder, and be sure your students analyze their sets as soon as possible. There are important observations and discoveries waiting to be made.
Happy Hunting!!
Dr. Patrick Miller
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
updates
No New Image Sets
There are no new image sets from July 12th or 13th. The skies have been overcast at the ARI Observatory. However, there a number of image sets from July 9, 10 and 11 that need to be analyzed by your students. If you have not done so already, check your folder!!
NEO Confirmations
The following is a list of the NEO confirmations made to date. Check the list...there are some new student names and schools. Congrratulations!!
Object Students School Location Date
2010 NB A. Singh Ryan International School, Rohini India 07/02/10
2010 NG Sharma, Devgun, & Dhawan Astronomica, Delhi India 07/05/10
2010 NM Singh & Wadhwa Ryan International School, Rohini India 07/06/10
2010 NN Adey, Fletcher, McNeely, & Sobecki IASC QuarkNet United States 07/07/10
2010 NG1 Shah, Shastri, & Jhaveri Navrachana School,Vadodara India 07/07/10
2010 NV1 Anandhi, Shivmahadev, Pragadesh, Praveni, & Aditya SPACE 1, Delhi India 07/10/10
Remember, the NEO confirmations are important. They are the second observation of a recently-discovered near-Earth object (NEO). This second observation is critical since it verifies the existence of the NEO and it allows the Minor Planet Center to better refine the orbit and re-asssess the impact hazard with Earth.
There are no new image sets from July 12th or 13th. The skies have been overcast at the ARI Observatory. However, there a number of image sets from July 9, 10 and 11 that need to be analyzed by your students. If you have not done so already, check your folder!!
NEO Confirmations
The following is a list of the NEO confirmations made to date. Check the list...there are some new student names and schools. Congrratulations!!
Object Students School Location Date
2010 NB A. Singh Ryan International School, Rohini India 07/02/10
2010 NG Sharma, Devgun, & Dhawan Astronomica, Delhi India 07/05/10
2010 NM Singh & Wadhwa Ryan International School, Rohini India 07/06/10
2010 NN Adey, Fletcher, McNeely, & Sobecki IASC QuarkNet United States 07/07/10
2010 NG1 Shah, Shastri, & Jhaveri Navrachana School,Vadodara India 07/07/10
2010 NV1 Anandhi, Shivmahadev, Pragadesh, Praveni, & Aditya SPACE 1, Delhi India 07/10/10
Remember, the NEO confirmations are important. They are the second observation of a recently-discovered near-Earth object (NEO). This second observation is critical since it verifies the existence of the NEO and it allows the Minor Planet Center to better refine the orbit and re-asssess the impact hazard with Earth.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Another NEO confirmation !!!!!
Greetings from the International Astronomical Search Collaboration
Image Sets Available
Image sets from July 7-11 are available and ready to analyze in the school folders. Your students should analyze their sets within 48 hours, especially for near-Earth object (NEO) confirmations and Main Belt asteroid (MBA) discoveries.
NEO Confirmation
Congratulations to P. Sharma, S. Devgun, and S. Dhawan from Astronomica in Delhi. On July 5th they made the NEO confirmation of 2010 NG. This is an Apollo-class NEO which crosses Earth's orbit and comes within 2.2 million kilometers of Earth.
A confirmation is the second observation of a recently-discovered NEO. This important second observation confirms the existence of NEO and further refines its orbit calculation.
Check your folders. Analyze your image sets. There are discoveries, confirmations, and observations just waiting for your students.
Happy Hunting!!
Image Sets Available
Image sets from July 7-11 are available and ready to analyze in the school folders. Your students should analyze their sets within 48 hours, especially for near-Earth object (NEO) confirmations and Main Belt asteroid (MBA) discoveries.
NEO Confirmation
Congratulations to P. Sharma, S. Devgun, and S. Dhawan from Astronomica in Delhi. On July 5th they made the NEO confirmation of 2010 NG. This is an Apollo-class NEO which crosses Earth's orbit and comes within 2.2 million kilometers of Earth.
A confirmation is the second observation of a recently-discovered NEO. This important second observation confirms the existence of NEO and further refines its orbit calculation.
Check your folders. Analyze your image sets. There are discoveries, confirmations, and observations just waiting for your students.
Happy Hunting!!
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Image sets from July 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10 are available
Greetings from the International Astronomical Search Collaboration
Image Sets Available
Image sets from July 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10 are available. Every school has image sets to analyze. Check your folders!!
Remember, only send your MPC reports to the new IASC email address at iascsearch@hsutx.edu
MPC Reports
There is also a new email address for the ARI Observatory. In your reports instead of listing ari@mchsi.com
as the email address that must always be changed to ari@astro-research.org
You can make this a permanent change by doing the following:
1. Start Astrometrica
2. Load ARI-24.cfg
3. Go to Settings (green wrench on the tool bar)
4. Change E-Mail from ari@mchsi.com
5. Save
6. OK
You need to repeat this procedure for ARI-32.cfg, as well.
Also, it is very, very important that you include the name of the target, date, and telescope in your MPC reports. This is how IASC keeps track of your students and what they have observed and discovered.
Finally, each object that your students measure must have three, and only three, datalines. There is one dataline from each of the three images in a set. You must see the moving object on all three of the images.
Need More Schools!!
More of the schools from India need to be participating. At the moment only 6 or 7 of the 28 signed up are involved. If for some reason your school is unable to participate, please notify Mila Mitra at milam@space-india.org
Image Sets Available
Image sets from July 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10 are available. Every school has image sets to analyze. Check your folders!!
Remember, only send your MPC reports to the new IASC email address at iascsearch@hsutx.edu
MPC Reports
There is also a new email address for the ARI Observatory. In your reports instead of listing ari@mchsi.com
as the email address that must always be changed to ari@astro-research.org
You can make this a permanent change by doing the following:
1. Start Astrometrica
2. Load ARI-24.cfg
3. Go to Settings (green wrench on the tool bar)
4. Change E-Mail from ari@mchsi.com
5. Save
6. OK
You need to repeat this procedure for ARI-32.cfg, as well.
Also, it is very, very important that you include the name of the target, date, and telescope in your MPC reports. This is how IASC keeps track of your students and what they have observed and discovered.
Finally, each object that your students measure must have three, and only three, datalines. There is one dataline from each of the three images in a set. You must see the moving object on all three of the images.
Need More Schools!!
More of the schools from India need to be participating. At the moment only 6 or 7 of the 28 signed up are involved. If for some reason your school is unable to participate, please notify Mila Mitra at milam@space-india.org
Friday, July 9, 2010
Discoveries & Observations page updates
Greetings from the SPACE and International Astronomical Search Collaboration
The Discoveries & Observations page for the All-India Asteroid Search Campaign has been updated. Check it out at http://iasc.hsutx.edu/index_
The Discoveries & Observations page for the All-India Asteroid Search Campaign has been updated. Check it out at http://iasc.hsutx.edu/index_
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Image sets from July 5, 6, 7, & 8 are available in the school folders.
Image Sets Available
Image sets from July 5, 6, 7, & 8 are available in the school folders. Each school has at least one image set to analyze. Check your folder!!
It is important that your students download and analyze their image sets within 48 hours of the time that the sets are placed into the school folders. Once the sets are analyzed and the MPC reports are prepared, send the reports to the new IASC email address atiascsearch@hsutx.edu
Need Help?
If you are having problems loading or using the software Asrometrica, do not hesitate to contact Mila mitra at mila.mitra@gmail.com or at aiasc2010@space-india.org
or Ginger Anderson at gingera@bwoodtx.com
Student Observations
Congratulations!! The following students and schools made NEO observations. An NEO observation is the third or fourth measurement of a near-Earth object (NEO). This observation helps refine the orbit and better assess the impact hazard with Earth.
Object Students School Location Date
2010 KA8 Jawale, Nisang, & Darade Bhaskaracharya Astro Research Centre, Ahmednagar India 07/05/10
2010 NB Adey, Fletcher, McNeely, & Sobecki IASC QuarkNet United States 07/05/10
2010 MF1 A. Raina SPACE Club Beta, Delhi India 07/06/10
2010 MW1 Anandhi, Subramanian, & Srivatsan Shri Natesan Vidyasala Secondary School India 07/06/10
The following student and school made an NEO confirmation. An NEO confirmation is the second measurement of a newly-diiscovered near-Earth object. This observation confirms the existence of the NEO and helps to refine the orbit:
Object Students School Location Date
2010 NB A. Singh Ryan International School, Rohini India 07/02/10
The following student and school made a virtual impactor observation (VIO). When an NEO is first discovered the Minor Planet Center assesses the risk of impact with Earth. When that risk is high enough, the NEO is identified as a potentially hazarous asteroid (PHA) by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. A VIO is that observation that provides sufficient data for the MPC to further evaluate the impact risk and remove the NEO from the PHA list. VIOs are actually rarer than Main Belt aasteoid discoveries:
Object Students School Location Date
2010 MF1 Kopycinska, Lewandowski, Przygucki, Urbanski, Woznicki, Urbanski Gimnazjum Miejskie im. M. Kopernika Poland 06/27/10
Finally, the following are the Main Belt asteroid discoveries made since the start of the All-India Asteroid Search Campaign in May:
Object Students School Location Date
2010 LM109 A. McNeely & M. McNeely QuarkNet United States 06/13/10
2010 MN2 Kopycinska, Lewandowski, Przygucki, Urbanski, Woznicki, & Urbanski Gimnazjum Miejskie im. M. Kopernika Poland 06/18/10
2010 MR4 Nedelchev, Iordanov, & Radeva Varna High School of Natural Sciences Bulgaria 06/18/10
Your studens will also make NEO observations, NEO confirmations, VIOs, and Main Belt asteroid discoveries...but to do so they must download and analyze their image sets. Thus far only 5 of the 28 schools in the current All-India Asteroid Search Campaign have participated. Check your folders, and in the meantime...
Happy Hunting!!
Image sets from July 5, 6, 7, & 8 are available in the school folders. Each school has at least one image set to analyze. Check your folder!!
It is important that your students download and analyze their image sets within 48 hours of the time that the sets are placed into the school folders. Once the sets are analyzed and the MPC reports are prepared, send the reports to the new IASC email address atiascsearch@hsutx.edu
Need Help?
If you are having problems loading or using the software Asrometrica, do not hesitate to contact Mila mitra at mila.mitra@gmail.com or at aiasc2010@space-india.org
or Ginger Anderson at gingera@bwoodtx.com
Student Observations
Congratulations!! The following students and schools made NEO observations. An NEO observation is the third or fourth measurement of a near-Earth object (NEO). This observation helps refine the orbit and better assess the impact hazard with Earth.
Object Students School Location Date
2010 KA8 Jawale, Nisang, & Darade Bhaskaracharya Astro Research Centre, Ahmednagar India 07/05/10
2010 NB Adey, Fletcher, McNeely, & Sobecki IASC QuarkNet United States 07/05/10
2010 MF1 A. Raina SPACE Club Beta, Delhi India 07/06/10
2010 MW1 Anandhi, Subramanian, & Srivatsan Shri Natesan Vidyasala Secondary School India 07/06/10
The following student and school made an NEO confirmation. An NEO confirmation is the second measurement of a newly-diiscovered near-Earth object. This observation confirms the existence of the NEO and helps to refine the orbit:
Object Students School Location Date
2010 NB A. Singh Ryan International School, Rohini India 07/02/10
The following student and school made a virtual impactor observation (VIO). When an NEO is first discovered the Minor Planet Center assesses the risk of impact with Earth. When that risk is high enough, the NEO is identified as a potentially hazarous asteroid (PHA) by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. A VIO is that observation that provides sufficient data for the MPC to further evaluate the impact risk and remove the NEO from the PHA list. VIOs are actually rarer than Main Belt aasteoid discoveries:
Object Students School Location Date
2010 MF1 Kopycinska, Lewandowski, Przygucki, Urbanski, Woznicki, Urbanski Gimnazjum Miejskie im. M. Kopernika Poland 06/27/10
Finally, the following are the Main Belt asteroid discoveries made since the start of the All-India Asteroid Search Campaign in May:
Object Students School Location Date
2010 LM109 A. McNeely & M. McNeely QuarkNet United States 06/13/10
2010 MN2 Kopycinska, Lewandowski, Przygucki, Urbanski, Woznicki, & Urbanski Gimnazjum Miejskie im. M. Kopernika Poland 06/18/10
2010 MR4 Nedelchev, Iordanov, & Radeva Varna High School of Natural Sciences Bulgaria 06/18/10
Your studens will also make NEO observations, NEO confirmations, VIOs, and Main Belt asteroid discoveries...but to do so they must download and analyze their image sets. Thus far only 5 of the 28 schools in the current All-India Asteroid Search Campaign have participated. Check your folders, and in the meantime...
Happy Hunting!!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Message from Patrick Miller - New Data and Socket Errors
Greetings from the International Astronomical Search Collaboration
Image Sets Available
Image sets from July 5th and 6th are available in many of the school folders. Image sets from July 1st and 3rd remain available in other folders. All schools have at least one image set. Check your folder!!
It is important that your students measure the image sets within 48 hours of the time they are placed into your school folder. Remember, too, only send the MPC reports to the new IASC email address iascsearch@hsutx.eduia
Socket Error
If you are having problems uploading or updating the MPC orbital database due to a "socket error", this is easy ot fix. For both ARI-24.cfg and ARI-32.cfg;
*
Start Astrometrica
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Load configuration file
*
Go to Settings
*
Go to Internet
*
Delete Login & Password information
*
Change Mail Address to your own email address
*
Save
*
Image Sets Available
Image sets from July 5th and 6th are available in many of the school folders. Image sets from July 1st and 3rd remain available in other folders. All schools have at least one image set. Check your folder!!
It is important that your students measure the image sets within 48 hours of the time they are placed into your school folder. Remember, too, only send the MPC reports to the new IASC email address iascsearch@hsutx.edu
Socket Error
If you are having problems uploading or updating the MPC orbital database due to a "socket error", this is easy ot fix. For both ARI-24.cfg and ARI-32.cfg;
*
Start Astrometrica
*
Load configuration file
*
Go to Settings
*
Go to Internet
*
Delete Login & Password information
*
Change Mail Address to your own email address
*
Save
*
Monday, July 5, 2010
NEO Confirmation
Greetings from the International Astronomical Search Collaboration
NEO Confirmation!!!!
Congratulations go to A. Singh from Ryan International School, Rohini, for the NEO confirmation of 2010 NB.
An NEO confirmation is the second observation of a recently-discovered near-Earth object. The second observation is critical since it confirms the existence of the object and refines the orbit calculation to better assess the probability that Earth will be impacted.
2010 NB is an Apollo-class near-Earth object (NEO), which means its orbit crosses Earth's orbit posing an impact hazard. Its average distance from the Sun is 1.03 AU (Earth is at 1.00 AU) and comes it within 0.05 AU (7.5 million kilometers) of Earth. It is not considered to be a potentially hazardous asteroid since it has a fairly low impact probability.
Good job, A. Singh!!
Image Sets Available
Image sets are available for all of the schools from India. Check your folder!!
After four days, the image sets are removed from the school folders as new sets are added. It is important that your students analyze their sets, and should do so as soon as possible.
So far of the 28 image sets uploaded into the folders, only 4 MPC reports have been submitted. Remember to send those reports by email only to Dr. Miller atiascsearch@hsutx.edu
As more image sets become available, they will be uploaded immediately into the school folders. In the meanwhile, keep a watch on your folder and...
Happy Hunting!!
Dr. Patrick Miller
NEO Confirmation!!!!
Congratulations go to A. Singh from Ryan International School, Rohini, for the NEO confirmation of 2010 NB.
An NEO confirmation is the second observation of a recently-discovered near-Earth object. The second observation is critical since it confirms the existence of the object and refines the orbit calculation to better assess the probability that Earth will be impacted.
2010 NB is an Apollo-class near-Earth object (NEO), which means its orbit crosses Earth's orbit posing an impact hazard. Its average distance from the Sun is 1.03 AU (Earth is at 1.00 AU) and comes it within 0.05 AU (7.5 million kilometers) of Earth. It is not considered to be a potentially hazardous asteroid since it has a fairly low impact probability.
Good job, A. Singh!!
Image Sets Available
Image sets are available for all of the schools from India. Check your folder!!
After four days, the image sets are removed from the school folders as new sets are added. It is important that your students analyze their sets, and should do so as soon as possible.
So far of the 28 image sets uploaded into the folders, only 4 MPC reports have been submitted. Remember to send those reports by email only to Dr. Miller atiascsearch@hsutx.edu
As more image sets become available, they will be uploaded immediately into the school folders. In the meanwhile, keep a watch on your folder and...
Happy Hunting!!
Dr. Patrick Miller
Friday, July 2, 2010
Data Sets Available for Phase II - Update by Patrick Miller on July 1st
Greetings from the International Astronomical Search Collaboration
Some Image Sets Available
Image sets from June 30th and July 1st are available in some, but not all, of the school folders. Check your folder, just in case.
When the skies are clear and dark, you can expect 2-4 image sets per week. The sets are placed into the school folders in order so if your school does not yet a set...be patient, in the coming days you will soon have one or more to analyze.
Be sure to prepare an MPC report on each image set (one report per set) including the names of your students who did the measuring with Astrometrica and the name of the image set. The report needs to be a separate text document prepared with Notepad and attached to your email.
Email the report only to Dr. Patrick Miller at iascsearch@hsutx.eduia
Need Help??
Need help getting Astrometrica installed? Need help in getting Astrometrica to work? Contact by email Ginger Anderson at gingera@bwoodtx.comgin
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Or contact us at SPACE for your queries at aiasc2010@space-india.org
Some Image Sets Available
Image sets from June 30th and July 1st are available in some, but not all, of the school folders. Check your folder, just in case.
When the skies are clear and dark, you can expect 2-4 image sets per week. The sets are placed into the school folders in order so if your school does not yet a set...be patient, in the coming days you will soon have one or more to analyze.
Be sure to prepare an MPC report on each image set (one report per set) including the names of your students who did the measuring with Astrometrica and the name of the image set. The report needs to be a separate text document prepared with Notepad and attached to your email.
Email the report only to Dr. Patrick Miller at iascsearch@hsutx.edu
Need Help??
Need help getting Astrometrica installed? Need help in getting Astrometrica to work? Contact by email Ginger Anderson at gingera@bwoodtx.com
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Or contact us at SPACE for your queries at aiasc2010@space-india.org
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Phase -2 begins
Greetings from the International Astronomical Search Collaboration
All-India Asteroid Search Campaign
The All-India Asteroid Search Campaign has begun. The campaign will run from July 2nd until August 13th. Although, there are already image sets to analyze in some of the school folders. Just in case, check your folder!!
To gain access to your folder, first go to the IASC home page at iasc.hsutx.edu
and then click on "all india asteroid search"
or go to following pages:
http://iasc.hsutx.edu/index_files/Page500.htm
http://iasc.hsutx.edu/index_files/Page593.htm
for login and password, check with your coordinator.
All-India Asteroid Search Campaign
The All-India Asteroid Search Campaign has begun. The campaign will run from July 2nd until August 13th. Although, there are already image sets to analyze in some of the school folders. Just in case, check your folder!!
To gain access to your folder, first go to the IASC home page at iasc.hsutx.edu
and then click on "all india asteroid search"
or go to following pages:
http://iasc.hsutx.edu/index_files/Page500.htm
http://iasc.hsutx.edu/index_files/Page593.htm
for login and password, check with your coordinator.
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