KBO encounters |
KBO encounters |
 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
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 Greg Hullender QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jul 4 2011, 01:23 ... Jul 5 2011, 01:35 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 Greg Hullender QUOTE (ngunn @ Jul 4 2011, 03:36 PM) If t... Jul 5 2011, 01:05 AM ngunn QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jul 5 2011, 02:05... Jul 5 2011, 07:40 AM Greg Hullender QUOTE (ngunn @ Jul 4 2011, 11:40 PM) Noth... Jul 5 2011, 02:13 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jul 4 2011, 04:02... Jul 4 2011, 11:50 PM nprev I agree with all your rules save #3, Greg; I think... Jul 4 2011, 10:16 PM centsworth_II Tic Tac Toe
Jul 5 2011, 12:52 PM nprev Greg, I would still mark the bright asteroids. Rem... Jul 5 2011, 02:51 PM john_s There's no fancy algorithm for who gets to see... Jul 5 2011, 05:07 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (john_s @ Jul 5 2011, 12:07 PM) ...... Jul 11 2011, 04:08 AM nprev Thanks for the thorough response, John. "Damm... Jul 5 2011, 05:22 PM ngunn Ditto from me. Much appreciated. Jul 5 2011, 07:13 PM Greg Hullender Likewise. I'll wait until they keyboard shortc... Jul 6 2011, 03:54 AM tasp I heard the Subaru telescope was damaged by a cool... Jul 6 2011, 02:09 PM john_s Yup, we were on the telescope that night- the firs... Jul 6 2011, 02:59 PM hendric Looks like it was ethylene glycol & water - go... Jul 6 2011, 03:16 PM tasp Thanks for the update.
Hope they can get coolant ... Jul 6 2011, 04:45 PM Gsnorgathon The "reviewed"/"for follow-up... Jul 8 2011, 02:14 AM john_s The one thing I can say about background star dens... Jul 11 2011, 03:04 PM centsworth_II Thanks for the preview. I'm enjoying going th... Jul 11 2011, 06:33 PM Greg Hullender Has anyone taken a look at their own contributions... Jul 12 2011, 04:49 AM centsworth_II Even some very faint objects aren't getting pa... Jul 12 2011, 04:59 AM stewjack QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jul 11 2011, 11:59... Jul 12 2011, 06:17 PM Greg Hullender I just finished my 1000th screen, so I thought I... Jul 17 2011, 04:01 AM ElkGroveDan I agree with #5. Jul 17 2011, 04:12 AM dilo I agree too, especially on last 3 points! Jul 17 2011, 08:05 AM NickF QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jul 16 2011, 11:0... Jul 18 2011, 03:32 AM centsworth_II QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jul 16 2011, 11:0... Jul 19 2011, 10:27 AM stewjack NOTE: This post is only for IceHunters or people i... Jul 19 2011, 04:08 PM Greg Hullender QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jul 19 2011, 02:27... Jul 20 2011, 03:35 AM nprev I aqree with #5 as well; had that happen several t... Jul 17 2011, 08:13 AM centsworth_II In response to a request by the science team, Iceh... Jul 25 2011, 04:16 PM stevesliva QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jul 25 2011, 12:16... Oct 25 2011, 12:49 AM antoniseb QUOTE (stevesliva @ Oct 24 2011, 08:49 PM... Oct 26 2011, 07:07 AM stevesliva QUOTE (antoniseb @ Oct 26 2011, 02:07 AM)... Oct 26 2011, 05:06 PM Greg Hullender Yes, and now it makes sense to use the contrast bu... Jul 26 2011, 12:04 AM centsworth_II By the way, for anyone here that may be Icehunting... Jul 27 2011, 01:50 PM tfisher Does anyone know how far a genuine KBO is likely t... Jul 30 2011, 02:30 PM john_s Pairs can be anywhere from a few hours to a few da... Jul 30 2011, 03:21 PM tfisher Thanks, Dr. Spencer!
So maybe I have a bett... Jul 30 2011, 03:50 PM pjam ...In one case I saw an even pair that was clearly... Jul 31 2011, 02:12 AM john_s Just to let everyone know that the first 2011 KBO ... Aug 10 2011, 04:40 PM alan Icehunters now has many of the reviewed objects id... Aug 22 2011, 08:12 PM alan Some are now marked as KBO - confirmed including a... Oct 15 2011, 06:20 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (alan @ Oct 15 2011, 02:20 PM) Some... Oct 15 2011, 07:41 PM stevesliva QUOTE (alan @ Oct 15 2011, 02:20 PM) Some... Oct 16 2011, 05:06 PM centsworth_II And here is a field showing three confirmed variab... Oct 15 2011, 07:46 PM alphasam Haha, yeah that was me trying to point out the fai... Oct 16 2011, 06:49 AM Adam Hurcewicz Hi,
I was wonder how many KBO's potential tar... Oct 16 2011, 04:36 PM Adam Hurcewicz QUOTE (Adam Hurcewicz @ Oct 16 2011, 06:3... Oct 17 2011, 01:02 PM hendric Adam,
That's to be expected. In general, KB... Oct 17 2011, 07:12 PM nprev I got one confirmed out of 3568 images, and six ma... Oct 17 2011, 10:05 PM hendric With a database of variable stars, will you be abl... Oct 25 2011, 05:38 PM centsworth_II After a prolific start (almost 19,000 images viewe... Feb 3 2012, 02:05 PM john_s Yes, all the Subaru images from 2004/2005, and fro... Feb 3 2012, 05:26 PM stevesliva QUOTE (john_s @ Feb 3 2012, 12:26 PM) Yes... Feb 3 2012, 05:42 PM john_s I've not been doing those reviews or updates, ... Feb 3 2012, 10:58 PM centsworth_II Yay! The icehunter results are up and I was a... Mar 9 2012, 07:11 AM brellis Hero! Total hero! Nicely done Mar 9 2012, 08:14 AM ElkGroveDan Looks like Nick (NPrev) got one: IH-105036 (KBO) w... Mar 9 2012, 08:38 AM Marz congratulations to the discoverers and to the IceH... Mar 9 2012, 03:47 PM stevesliva QUOTE (Marz @ Mar 9 2012, 10:47 AM) Alas,... Mar 9 2012, 07:55 PM stevesliva QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Mar 9 2012, 03:38 AM... Mar 9 2012, 07:36 PM centsworth_II "Hero"
Well... I didn't save any ... Mar 9 2012, 04:35 PM hendric I got me a KBO! I'm pretty surprised actu... Mar 9 2012, 08:20 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (hendric @ Mar 9 2012, 03:20 PM) I ... Mar 9 2012, 09:03 PM stevesliva I had 1441 images. Looks like statistically (from... Mar 9 2012, 08:25 PM Gsnorgathon I hate to think what my false positive rate must b... Mar 9 2012, 10:05 PM Seryddwr Just a quick question - did anyone else experience... Mar 10 2012, 06:27 PM RJG Looks like I got one too! First to spot it (by... Mar 10 2012, 11:16 PM tasp Oh, my.
Whodda thought? It was quite difficult g... Mar 11 2012, 12:34 AM  |
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