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xtruel
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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- xtruel   KBO encounters   Aug 2 2008, 12:53 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
- - ElkGroveDan   OK I'm addicted now.   Jun 27 2011, 04:25 AM
- - centsworth_II   Just finished my first 200 (as "cents")....   Jun 27 2011, 08:35 AM
- - hendric   I asked about my image with 5 objects marked, and ...   Jun 27 2011, 06:47 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   Does someone want to show me some distinct example...   Jun 27 2011, 07:52 PM
- - Stu   Whooosh...! Have to be honest, I'm pret...   Jun 27 2011, 07:58 PM
- - nprev   Dan, re variable stars: No real idea how to filter...   Jun 27 2011, 08:12 PM
- - elakdawalla   I would assume that all light sources in these ima...   Jun 27 2011, 08:19 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jun 27 2011, 03:19 P...   Jun 27 2011, 09:49 PM
|- - ugordan   I think the point sources are not actually points ...   Jun 27 2011, 10:34 PM
- - nprev   Yeah, you're right, Emily...it was my best gue...   Jun 27 2011, 08:25 PM
|- - john_s   QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 27 2011, 01:25 PM) Yea...   Jun 27 2011, 10:36 PM
- - nprev   Timely response, John, thanks! Okay, so I jus...   Jun 27 2011, 10:55 PM
- - ilbasso   I'm finally gonna be able to see cross-eye ste...   Jun 29 2011, 03:29 AM
- - Explorer1   Can you use keyboard commands (like the ones that ...   Jun 29 2011, 06:03 AM
- - ilbasso   Thanks - the CTRL+mousewheel worked this time. It ...   Jun 29 2011, 03:20 PM
- - hendric   You must have seen the same image I did with 5 obj...   Jun 29 2011, 03:43 PM
- - centsworth_II   Up to 2500 views now and this is easily the most a...   Jul 3 2011, 05:00 PM
- - pjam   That's a beaut cents! ...& Just think...   Jul 3 2011, 06:36 PM
- - centsworth_II   Up to now I haven't felt the need to break my ...   Jul 4 2011, 12:03 AM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   We may be getting the leftovers no one else wanted...   Jul 4 2011, 01:28 AM
- - maschnitz   (Software engineer here) That, there, is a failure...   Jul 4 2011, 02:09 AM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Okay, thanks maschnitz. Time to find something el...   Jul 4 2011, 02:19 AM
- - centsworth_II   Just got through about 150 more mostly problem fre...   Jul 4 2011, 09:23 AM
- - centsworth_II   A near miss! Close to you... By the way, ...   Jul 4 2011, 05:28 PM
- - Greg Hullender   I find I'm marking about 1.5 objects per frame...   Jul 4 2011, 07:51 PM
- - nprev   I've only been rating image quality if I get a...   Jul 4 2011, 08:18 PM
- - nprev   Here's today's best shot for me: asteroid ...   Jul 4 2011, 08:42 PM
- - Greg Hullender   I'll bet that when you first start, they give ...   Jul 4 2011, 09:02 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jul 4 2011, 10:02...   Jul 4 2011, 10:36 PM
- - nprev   I agree with all your rules save #3, Greg; I think...   Jul 4 2011, 10:16 PM
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