Table of contents

 

Last updated 2010 February 3

 

SITE GUIDE

 

Click on a subject and then select from the linked list

 

 

 

 

What and Why

Introduction

Section objectives

Section History

Section officers

2007 Section meeting

Dr Andrew Hollis

Table of contents

 

All about Asteroids (and other Solar System bits and pieces)

Books

Links

Asteroids – where are they ?

New definitions for Solar System bodies

 

What’s happening

Updates

Meetings

Space missions

Asteroid news

News archive

 

Observing and imaging

What to observe

 

Tools and Techniques

Introduction to Astrometry (Nick James)

Astrometry - Obtaining an observatory code

Astrometry of NEO’s – Follow-up observations

Astrometry of NEO’s (Stephen Laurie)

Measuring trails

Hunting Asteroids from Your Backyard (Link to Sky and Telescope article)

A Guide to Asteroid Discovery Using the Sierra Stars Observatory Network (Link to SSON)

Astrometry ‘how-to’ by Tim Spahr (Link to MPC)

Photometry

Tycho photometry

USNO photometry

Occultations

Limovie

Visual observations

Asteroid light curves – Part I

Asteroid light curves – Part II

Differential photometry using Canopus

Software

Timing

Star catalogues

Imaging with a digital SLR camera and gravity drive

Video processing

A method of determining the V magnitude of asteroids from CCD images

A method of determining the V magnitude of asteroids from CCD images – Hints and tips for using Astrometrica and Guide

 

Presentations and publications

Observing asteroids – a personal journey

Finding and observing asteroids

Asteroid lightcurve photometry

Asteroid and Remote Planets Section – past present and future

New definitions for Solar System bodies

Magnitude ? Absolutely ! Possibly…

Asteroids

Practical NEO work

Asteroids: past present and future

The H and G magnitude system for asteroids

A method of determining the V magnitude of asteroids from CCD images

A method of determining the V magnitude of asteroids from CCD images – Hints and tips for using Astrometrica and Guide

The rotation period of asteroid (4080) Galinskij (short paper published in the December 2009 issue of the BAA Journal

 

 

What to do with your images/data

Publication of observations

Observations received

ARPS form



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