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 Sep 21 2005, 12:02 AM
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Hi everybody,
I was talking with Amanda Hendrix at JPL today about the upcoming icy satellite encounters, and she asked me if I had any way of getting in touch with amateur observers. They are looking for people to do photometric observations of Hyperion for several days on either side of the flyby. She said: "Ground-based observing will help to constrain the current state of rotation of Hyperion, whose spin axis changes. The visual magnitude of Hyperion is 16.5, so serious photometry would require at least a 24-inch telescope." Gulp. That's a big telescope, and short notice, with the encounter only 6 days away. I'm not an observer so I don't know how to get in touch with lots of amateurs with big scopes except for the couple of people I know personally. Can anybody on this board help get the word out? --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Sep 21 2005, 12:22 AM
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 Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
Emily,
One place to try is the Minor Planets Mailing List on Yahoo! Groups. There are quite a few semi-pro (I would classify anyone with a 2 foot mirror semi-pro!) there, and they some are very familiar with photometry: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mpml/ -------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
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elakdawalla Cassini Wants Amateur Help Observing Hyperion Sep 21 2005, 12:02 AM
tedstryk QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Sep 21 2005, 12:02 AM)Hi... Sep 21 2005, 12:07 AM
elakdawalla QUOTE (hendric @ Sep 20 2005, 05:22 PM)Emily,... Sep 21 2005, 01:02 AM um3k I only have a 3.5 inch telescope. Sep 21 2005, 12:57 AM odave You could also try contacting amateur astronomy cl... Sep 21 2005, 01:11 AM tfisher I sent a request to get this posted at hohmanntran... Sep 21 2005, 03:44 AM elakdawalla QUOTE (tfisher @ Sep 20 2005, 08:44 PM)Emily,... Sep 21 2005, 03:53 PM scalbers QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Sep 21 2005, 03:53 PM)I ... Sep 21 2005, 05:24 PM elakdawalla QUOTE (tfisher @ Sep 20 2005, 08:44 PM)Emily,... Sep 21 2005, 05:54 PM djellison I trained the world-leading power of my 114mm refl... Sep 21 2005, 04:01 PM elakdawalla It turns out there's hope for people with smal... Sep 22 2005, 03:01 PM odave That's true, but I wondered if the eposure len... Sep 22 2005, 03:34 PM tedstryk QUOTE (odave @ Sep 22 2005, 03:34 PM)That... Sep 22 2005, 08:19 PM malgar Paolo Tanga
post-doc at Observatoire de la Côte d... Sep 23 2005, 06:05 PM odave I finally got some decent sky conditions this morn... Sep 27 2005, 05:19 PM elakdawalla QUOTE (odave @ Sep 27 2005, 10:19 AM)I may no... Sep 27 2005, 08:39 PM |
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