Re: If clear on Nov 15th UT - 3 NEUS observers in the path....
George, ? Is this on OW?? Just looked for it and didn't find it. ? ? Steve
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Steve C
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Re: If clear on Nov 15th UT - 3 NEUS observers in the path....
Steve: Certainly take care of yourself 1st. There will be other events... Best, G
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George Viscome
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Re: If clear on Nov 15th UT - 3 NEUS observers in the path....
George, I have good news and bad news on this one.? The good news is I was supposed to be on a business trip, but that's been cancelled.? The bad news is it was cancelled due to me getting COVID on
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Steve C
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If clear on Nov 15th UT - 3 NEUS observers in the path....
Folks: If (by some miracle) it's clear on Nov 15th, here's an event that at least one of the 3 listed observers is sure to hit -- if not a hit by all 3 (and 3 perfectly positioned chords). Observer
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George Viscome
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Re: Occult4 101
Roxanne: You wrote: Can you clarify your comment-> *Main Menu --> Maintenance, then go down to "#11"*.? to set the "a default limit in Occult for the number of events it can find in a single Search.
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George Viscome
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Re: Occult4 101
With your noted guidance George, along with Kevin's comments, I spent a good part of Monday reinstalling Occult.In trying to optimistically run a search set for two weeks out - after 3 hours, I shut
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R. Kamin
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Re: Occult4 101
All: Some further notes.... Kevin is correct, "It all depends on what you want to do" - ie., how deep you want to search ---- what you want to set your mag limit to, what's the smallest mag drop you
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George Viscome
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Re: Couple of Quick Questions
Steve: As far as the ASTRID... I'm on a waiting list for the 2nd batch. Mark said he doesn't know if it will be a kit (like the 1st batch), or will be "pre-build by IOTA". I gather you get your ASTRID
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George Viscome
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Re: Occult4 101
When you process a new MPCorb or other file, the data get written to the file at "\Resource Files\AsteroidElements.csv" which is what is read in by Occult-4. The last one you process is the one that
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Kevin Green
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Re: Occult4 101
Roxanne (and all): Yeah, semi-retired - in theory. Spent all weekend pretending I'm an arborist and clearing a building lot... Gotta pay for that ASTRID..... Ok, good that it seems you have Occult
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George Viscome
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Re: Occult4 101
George, I hear ya on wondering where the hours in the day go.? My days are busier now in retirement, than when I worked 40+ hr weeks. In using a DOS command line file search, I confirmed that the
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R. Kamin
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Re: List of Observers
On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 09:34 PM, George Viscome wrote: My info: > > Observer: Kevin Green and/or students > Nearest Town: Westport, CT > What's (approx) the faintest magnitude you can normally video
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Kevin Green
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Re: List of Observers
*For some reason my previous bio was not visible... * *Observer*: Rick Bria *Nearest Town*: Greenwich, CT *What's (approx) the faintest magnitude you can normally video record?* : ~13 *What best
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rickbria22
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Couple of Quick Questions
In reading the email about making Titania observations on 21 November, it sounds like the most important aspect is high time resolution.? I didn't see anything in the request about using filters for
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Steve C
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Re: Occult4 101
As George mentioned, my experience is that the primary reason for the difference between Occult 4 output and Occult-watcher is the fit used. The JPL fits include Gaia DR3 data on 150K+ asteroids and
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Kevin Green
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Re: Occult4 101
Hi All: Pardon the delay. Like most on this thread, I'm also semi-retired (trying anyway) - but the phone keeps ringing.... (taking down trees today - clearing a building lot). It looks like the issue
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George Viscome
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Re: Occult4 101
Don't sell yourself short George.? Neither Kevin, Steve nor I can get Occult to work consistently... so your years of user experience since your initial install already surpasses 3 of our experienced
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R. Kamin
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Re: Occult4 101
It was only a couple of weeks ago that I suddenly (without any understanding of why) could run Occult cleanly.? Prior to that, it would crash at some random point in the first 100 asteroids saying
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Steve C
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Re: Occult4 101
Hi George. If you do a "solo" video and put it in your dropbox, I'd watch it too. I'm forever frustrated that when I run Occult4 for my site, the results don't match those I get on OW hardly at all. I
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Kevin Hartnett
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Re: Occult4 101
Roxanne: Sure... I don't proclaim to be any expert on Occult4, but I think I've managed to set it up so it gives me a very useful list of prospective targets to go after each night (I often have 20 or
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George Viscome
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