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post Aug 2 2008, 12:53 PM
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Hi,

I’m regular follower of NH and I’m also interested in the 2nd leg of the mission, i.e the 2016+ KBOs encounters. Does anyone know when operations about this leg (starting with searching objects of interest with HST or some other earth-based means, I suppose) are expected to begin ?
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John, though this is not a technical commentary, have to say that the user interface is quite effective, and even a rank amateur like me picked up on the methodology rather quickly. Suggestion: Might not be a bad idea to explain in the tutorials why stars are black in the middle (because they are very distant point-sources of light & therefore wash out the exposure in a smaller area than would be expected for a KBO because the latter are much closer; helps people understand why blobs=good.)

Okay, back to searching for one of the next targets! smile.gif


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- xtruel   KBO encounters   Aug 2 2008, 12:53 PM
- - nprev   Hiya, X. If I remember correctly, the KBO search i...   Aug 2 2008, 01:06 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (nprev @ Aug 2 2008, 01:06 PM) Hiya...   Aug 2 2008, 01:26 PM
|- - Paolo   QUOTE (nprev @ Aug 2 2008, 03:06 PM) Plut...   Aug 2 2008, 03:32 PM
- - nprev   ...our definition of celestial vermin seems to be ...   Aug 2 2008, 04:48 PM
- - xtruel   Thanks for these quick replies Given the tiny ...   Aug 3 2008, 07:36 AM
- - Greg Hullender   Trouble is, it'll take NH almost 10 years to g...   Aug 3 2008, 04:01 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Aug 3 2008, 04:01...   Aug 3 2008, 04:35 PM
- - surreyguy   Is larger necessarily better? Planets (in the hy...   Aug 3 2008, 05:06 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (surreyguy @ Aug 3 2008, 05:06 PM) ...   Aug 3 2008, 05:09 PM
- - nprev   Just out of curiosity, Alan, is encounter relative...   Aug 3 2008, 05:49 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (nprev @ Aug 3 2008, 06:49 PM) Just...   Aug 4 2008, 10:59 AM
- - nprev   Oh, sorry. What I meant is that presumably more da...   Aug 4 2008, 11:10 AM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (nprev @ Aug 4 2008, 11:10 AM) Oh, ...   Aug 4 2008, 01:24 PM
- - surreyguy   Thanks for the correction, Alan. And yes, I shoul...   Aug 4 2008, 06:42 PM
- - tasp   Not sure I am thinking this through correctly, but...   Aug 4 2008, 07:07 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (tasp @ Aug 4 2008, 08:07 PM) Not s...   Aug 4 2008, 07:20 PM
- - tasp   Thanx. I guess we get to work out the statistics ...   Aug 4 2008, 07:47 PM
- - nprev   Alan, what is the search magnitude limit for the h...   Aug 4 2008, 07:49 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (nprev @ Aug 4 2008, 07:49 PM) Alan...   Aug 4 2008, 09:13 PM
- - nprev   THAT is a definite "wow!!!!...   Aug 4 2008, 09:18 PM
- - xtruel   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Aug 3 2008, 06:01...   Aug 5 2008, 04:10 PM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (xtruel @ Aug 5 2008, 05:10 PM) So ...   Aug 5 2008, 04:38 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (vjkane @ Aug 5 2008, 04:38 PM) The...   Aug 5 2008, 05:39 PM
- - IM4   We have no candidates for close KBO enccounters, b...   Aug 17 2008, 10:41 AM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (IM4 @ Aug 17 2008, 10:41 AM) We ha...   Aug 17 2008, 11:49 AM
|- - IM4   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Aug 17 2008, 11:49 AM...   Aug 17 2008, 03:18 PM
- - Explorer1   Looks like the 'flyby' of Crantor came an...   Apr 14 2010, 04:42 AM
- - Hungry4info   Couldn't blame them if they didn't do anyt...   Apr 14 2010, 01:56 PM
- - Vultur   The first post in this thread says the search woul...   Apr 15 2010, 09:15 AM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (Vultur @ Apr 15 2010, 10:15 AM) Th...   Apr 15 2010, 12:18 PM
|- - illexsquid   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Apr 15 2010, 04:18 AM...   Apr 27 2010, 06:11 PM
|- - Gsnorgathon   The Tvashtar plume images were taken a lot closer ...   Apr 28 2010, 05:55 PM
|- - john_s   I'll chip in here. Alan was talking about sci...   Apr 28 2010, 07:36 PM
|- - MahFL   The Search for KBO's to begin.   Apr 20 2011, 02:59 PM
|- - john_s   Look for another release in a few weeks, describin...   Apr 20 2011, 03:17 PM
|- - dilo   QUOTE (john_s @ Apr 20 2011, 03:17 PM) Lo...   Apr 20 2011, 03:47 PM
- - nprev   Actually, Alan said in this post that the search w...   Apr 15 2010, 09:32 AM
- - Greg Hullender   Yeah, I think the last few times we've asked t...   Apr 15 2010, 04:58 PM
- - Astro0   If we find it, can we name it?! I always thoug...   Feb 22 2011, 11:01 PM
- - nprev   THAT is a rockin' piece of citizen science out...   Feb 23 2011, 01:10 AM
- - hendric   John, That's great news, can't wait to p...   Feb 23 2011, 02:54 PM
- - elakdawalla   It's in beta, still several weeks from launch.   May 8 2011, 04:18 AM
- - NGC3314   What John said - just found out that some of the p...   May 9 2011, 12:18 PM
- - hendric   Just got this in the Zooniverse newsletter. I thi...   May 16 2011, 04:46 PM
- - john_s   Here's an update on how the KBO search is goin...   May 16 2011, 05:20 PM
|- - dilo   Finally we can help you, I am so excited! Jus...   May 16 2011, 09:39 PM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (dilo @ May 16 2011, 05:39 PM) Just...   May 16 2011, 11:34 PM
- - john_s   As hendric and others have noted, the beta version...   May 16 2011, 09:56 PM
|- - MahFL   Oh dear I can't use IE7, which is on my work P...   May 17 2011, 12:50 PM
- - john_s   Actually there are no fake objects in the 2004 dat...   May 16 2011, 11:50 PM
- - stevesliva   Thanks john... I saw an old powerpoint of yours wh...   May 17 2011, 12:03 AM
- - hendric   John, Thanks for the update! I was curious,...   May 17 2011, 06:01 AM
|- - john_s   QUOTE (hendric @ May 17 2011, 12:01 AM) J...   May 17 2011, 02:44 PM
- - hendric   Thanks for the reply John. I figured after I sent...   May 17 2011, 03:10 PM
- - tfisher   I can discern 8 parallel, nearly horizontal, rows ...   May 18 2011, 01:56 AM
|- - john_s   QUOTE (tfisher @ May 17 2011, 06:56 PM) I...   May 18 2011, 03:59 AM
- - nprev   John, though this is not a technical commentary, h...   May 18 2011, 02:40 AM
|- - john_s   QUOTE (nprev @ May 17 2011, 07:40 PM) Sug...   May 18 2011, 04:05 AM
- - nprev   Swing and a miss...but knew there had to be a reas...   May 18 2011, 05:02 AM
- - hendric   I figured the black star centers was because of a ...   May 18 2011, 04:30 PM
|- - john_s   QUOTE (hendric @ May 18 2011, 10:30 AM) I...   May 18 2011, 05:22 PM
- - hendric   John, Good to know, I wasn't implying you...   May 18 2011, 07:12 PM
|- - tfisher   QUOTE (hendric @ May 18 2011, 03:12 PM) I...   May 18 2011, 09:55 PM
||- - tfisher   Poking around more at the horizontal artifacts... ...   May 19 2011, 01:46 AM
|- - john_s   Thanks for these examples, Richard and all! Q...   May 19 2011, 04:03 AM
- - hendric   Oh sure, if they're not the same distance. I ...   May 19 2011, 05:53 PM
- - stevesliva   I thought this was a thing of beauty, as far as fi...   May 21 2011, 01:36 AM
- - nprev   Okay, I'll play: I see two, possibly binary. ...   May 21 2011, 03:54 AM
- - tfisher   Are Kuiper belt objects distributed like a belt, o...   May 21 2011, 01:48 PM
|- - john_s   Most KBOs are in a flat disk, like the asteroids (...   May 21 2011, 03:19 PM
- - nprev   John, interim progress report. 238 objects identif...   May 21 2011, 10:36 PM
|- - NickF   QUOTE (nprev @ May 21 2011, 05:36 PM) EDI...   Jun 22 2011, 05:24 PM
- - nprev   Possible bug report: I'm on the road now ...   May 23 2011, 11:57 PM
- - Tman   Hi, that happens because of the last update on Sun...   May 24 2011, 09:34 AM
- - nprev   Sure enough; thanks, T! (Der...there's was...   May 24 2011, 02:07 PM
- - john_s   The Ice Hunters project is now out of beta and is ...   Jun 21 2011, 01:55 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (john_s @ Jun 21 2011, 02:55 PM) Th...   Jun 22 2011, 12:04 AM
- - nprev   Great Godfrey!!! A PI has called for a...   Jun 22 2011, 01:30 AM
- - Sunspot   It's very addictive   Jun 22 2011, 10:16 PM
- - nprev   Yeah, ain't it? I'm over something like 21...   Jun 22 2011, 10:53 PM
- - nprev   Okay, now @ 2257 images with a detection rate of 1...   Jun 25 2011, 09:50 PM
- - Stu   18%? And you haven't shown us a *single* image...   Jun 25 2011, 09:54 PM
- - nprev   <abashed look> I didn't think anyone was...   Jun 25 2011, 10:30 PM
|- - stevesliva   My finding rate is much higher, but the number of ...   Jun 26 2011, 04:24 AM
- - elakdawalla   Ha! I just independently saw that exact same ...   Jun 26 2011, 04:39 AM
- - nprev   Now HERE'S a beauty: one asteroid plus one pos...   Jun 26 2011, 06:09 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 26 2011, 02:09 AM) Now...   Jun 26 2011, 09:45 AM
|- - NickF   If we're comparing rates, I've highlighted...   Jun 26 2011, 03:41 PM
- - nprev   Eek! We're heading into an asteroid field ...   Jun 26 2011, 07:06 PM
- - nprev   ...and dig THIS behemoth. Perhaps a TNO rather tha...   Jun 26 2011, 07:08 PM
- - nprev   Last one of the day: A two-fer? EDIT: Please disr...   Jun 26 2011, 07:37 PM
- - nprev   Sorry, but I HAD to post this. Satellite trail? NE...   Jun 26 2011, 09:24 PM
- - Marz   Great stuff!!! I've gone through ...   Jun 27 2011, 12:03 AM
- - nprev   Thanks for that comment, Marz. Been wondering if I...   Jun 27 2011, 12:13 AM
|- - NickF   QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 26 2011, 06:13 PM) Got...   Jun 27 2011, 02:46 AM
- - nprev   I'm thinkin' maybe just this one time, Nic...   Jun 27 2011, 03:31 AM
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