KBO encounters |
KBO encounters |
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Newbie ![]() Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 1-August 08 Member No.: 4280 ![]() |
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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Newbie ![]() Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 17-July 15 Member No.: 7604 ![]() |
Would that still be true if multiple observers saw the same occultation?
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 ![]() |
Multiple observers wouldn't (necessarily) have the same pixels. They'd both see a darkening move against the background, but I think the signal to noise ratio would make this hard or impossible.
The nice thing about an occultation is that it makes the event, locally, very boolean. You see the star or you don't. And the star can be quite bright comparatively. But when you have a bright background and you see a pixel dim, but not completely, it's potentially impossible to distinguish an occultation from some other dimming, even in the noise. |
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