Re: (617) Patroclus on Jan 23rd UT (early evening)
Hi George, Thanks for the correction, don't know why I was thinking that. It's clear enough when I re-read it : ) It won't take much in the way of even thin clouds to interfere with any of us. As I
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Paul Walker
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Re: (617) Patroclus on Jan 23rd UT (early evening)
Paul: It's not a double star that's involved in the event, the asteroid itself is a binary (2 "similar-sized" rocks revolving around each other). NASA has the Lucy spacecraft on the way to it (it will
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George Viscome
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Re: (617) Patroclus on Jan 23rd UT (early evening)
A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to chase Patroclus and Menoetius across Australia from Adelaide to Perth with the SwRI team.? From Sydney, the team flew into Adelaide, each picking up our
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R. Kamin
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Re: (617) Patroclus on Jan 23rd UT (early evening)
The weather is looking more promising than it was for here in Middlebury, VT.? I didn't know this had a double star target.? Makes the prediction I have less precise, but I plan on trying it.? With
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Paul Walker
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Re: (617) Patroclus on Jan 23rd UT (early evening)
Kevin: Yup, those are the paths I get also. So yes, your chance is "very, very low". I mentioned this in case there's a "lurker" out there who might be in the path(s). Actually, we DO have an observer
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George Viscome
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Re: (617) Patroclus on Jan 23rd UT (early evening)
This event requires going to upstate NY or upper NE due to its proximity to sunset, low star magnitude, and also due to its well-known mutual orbit between the two components.? Running Occult-4 on
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Kevin Green
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Re: (617) Patroclus on Jan 23rd UT (early evening)
Just a reminder about this event. Us Northeast folks are the only ones that get an exclusive shot at this ( important ) one. Sorry AZ & CA folks... you are still in daylight. G
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George Viscome
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Re: (863) Benkoela Last Night
If only there were awards for effort... Gotta love those lone clouds that want to sit over your event at 'just that time' Nice try. ""Next time for sure"" G
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George Viscome
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(863) Benkoela Last Night
All, I had my first good opportunity of the year last night: 1. 10.3 mag, large delta mag, 2.5 seconds, tight error bars, high in the south away from moon, nice reasonable 9:20 PM local time 2.
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Steve C
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Re: OWC and Occult Usage
All: Well, given the choice, I'll stick with the source of it all - Occult4. I just sent in a Pos event (finally got to it) that I captured on Dec 23rd. Before I sent it in I wanted to check OWC. In
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George Viscome
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OWC and Occult Usage
I've been pretty happy with the search function that Hristo added to OWC in September, generally I find I'm guessing about 80% of my events using that tool.? I find that I haven't ran Occult to find
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Steve C
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Re: 20240906_12092_Erinorourke Results Posted
I went back and rechecked the report, spelling was correct there--so all the inputs into Occult were correct. Steve
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Steve C
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Re: 20240906_12092_Erinorourke Results Posted
Roxanne: The person to mention this to is the NA Regional Coordinator - Norm Carlson. That's the same person we send our reports in to. His address can be found at the bottom of the page. Click on
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George Viscome
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Re: 20240906_12092_Erinorourke Results Posted
Thanks Steve.? Do you know who updates the results page?? They have my name spelled wrong...? - Roxanne ***On Friday, January 10, 2025 at 05:02:31 PM EST, Steve C via groups.io
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R. Kamin
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Re: 20240906_12092_Erinorourke Results Posted
Steve: Great (Amen, Hallelujah!). Interesting that I recently mentioned to some IOTA board folks that I knew of some events that were presumably reviewed (a while ago), but have never shown up on the
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George Viscome
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Re: 20240906_12092_Erinorourke Results Posted
Great, thanks for letting us know. Paul Walker
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Paul Walker
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20240906_12092_Erinorourke Results Posted
George, Paul, Roxanne, Our results from this one from early September have been posted to the IOTA website. Steve
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Steve C
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Re: (617) Patroclus on Jan 23rd UT (early evening)
It seems my home observatory (MAH) lines up with the cord from New Haven. I may try this from another observatory A few miles south to get separation. I¡¯ll look into this when I get a chance. Thanks
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rickbria22
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Re: (617) Patroclus on Jan 23rd UT (early evening)
It's pushing the limits of my 12.5" Dob even for that long of an event but I have added to my list and sign up on OWC. Maybe give me more incentive to get the used 18" Obsession I recently acquired
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Paul Walker
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Re: (617) Patroclus on Jan 23rd UT (early evening)
I'll be on an airplane on my way to New Zealand, so I won't be able to help with this one.? I'm gone from 1/22 to 2/10. Steve C
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Steve C
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