Updates - Many new confirmations (Aug 5th)

Greetings from the International Astronomical Collaboration

Discoveries & Observations

The following 16 schools have made NEO confirmations during the current All-India Asteroid Search Campaign.  This is excellent work.  Congratulations!!

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      Shri Natesan Vidyasala  School  India   07/10/10
2004 RR109    Sharma, Dhawan, Devgun, & Arora Astronomica, Delhi      India   07/14/10
2010 NB2       A. Singh        Ryan International School, Rohini       India   07/15/10
2010 OA    Anand, Vaishnavi, Raja, & Prerna        St. Joseph Public School, Hyderabad     India   07/18/10
2010 OB  Vasistha, Aggrawal, Gupta, & Nishita    The Jain International School, Hyderabad        India   07/19/10
2010 OE22       Datanwala & Mitra       SPACE Club Beta, Delhi  India   07/23/10
2010 OR1        A. Raina        SPACE Club Gamma, Delhi India   07/23/10
2010 OE22       Nisang, Jawale, & Kulkarni      Bhaskaracharya Astro Research Centre, Ahmednagar        India   07/24/10
2010 OL100      Narang, Paranjape, & Srivastava SPACE 2, Delhi  India   08/01/10
2010 OF101      Anandhi, Sundari, Sridevi, Subramanian, Amrutha, & Varshini     Shri Natesan Vidyasala Secondary School India   08/02/10
2010 PJ  Shah, Shastri, Jhaveri, Patel, & Zaveri Navrachana School,Vadodara      India   08/03/10

NEO confirmations are important.  They are the second, confirming observations of near-Earth objects discovered only hours before on the previous night.  These confirmations allow the Minor Planet Center to better calcluate the orbits and re-assess the impact hazards with Earth.

Stack & Track

The Narang, Paranjape, & Srviastava team from SPACE 2, Delhi have learned how to stack and track their own image sets.  This process allows them to pick up fainter objects lurking in the background.    They made their first NEO confirmation using this technique with 2010 OL100 on August 1st.  Good work!!

They will participate in the NEO+ Confirmation Campaign to be run October 18 - December 3, 2010, in which they will stack & track plus direct the follow-up images of any Main Belt asteroid discoveries with the Sierra Stars Observatory Network (Markleeville, CA).

In Germany

At the moment I am in Germany attending the annual meeting of the Global Hands-On Universe Association.  When I return to Texas in the next week, the Discoveries & Observations page found at the IASC home site will be updated.

In the meanwhile, check your school folders for new image sets and...

Happy Hunting!!

Dr. Patrick Miller