[BAA Comets] Fwd: COBS mail on ICQ import

[Richard Miles]

Many thanks to you Johann and the rest of the COBS team. This is really 
helpful.

Am currently looking at pre-2002 observations of 29P and so to be able to 
download the historical record is very helpful. Will combine the data with 
Fred Whipple's pre-1977 archive in a search of historical outbursts and 
dates.

Richard Miles


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Johan Warell" <johan.warell at gmail.com>
To: <comets-disc at britastro.org>; <comets-ml at yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "Johan Warell" <johan.warell at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 10:14 PM
Subject: [BAA Comets] Fwd: COBS mail on ICQ import


> Dear comet observers,
>
> We have now started importing observations into COBS from the ICQ
> historical archive dating from 2012. This archive contains around 130
> 000 observations of which the overwhelming majority
> ​was not
> present in the COBS database. Data imported from the ICQ archive can
> be identified with the ICQ## string where ## is the number of
> publication in the ICQ newsletter.
>
> At this time the import for comets 1P through 90P is complete (about
> ​40 000 observations) except for a small number of observations with
> unknown ICQ keys and observers.
> ​​When the import is complete we will
> ask you in the community for help with identifications.>
> As we have no country/association information for
> ​ICQ observers this
> will necessarily skew the statistics presented on the Statistics page
> ​as well as data selected by the association/country selector on the
> Analysis
> page. Many observers are now assigned the ICQ association. This can be
> corrected at any time with improved information provided by the
> community.
>
> Jure Zakrajsek has also added two new pages on the COBS web under the
> Help tab, which can be reached without logging in. One is a sortable
> list of comet observers, keys and observation count
> (http://www.cobs.si/help?page=observer_list), the other a page with
> COBS contact information (http://www.cobs.si/help?page=contact).
>
> We have also
> ​started sending out a monthly
> ​ e-mail with
> observations statistics
> ​for your particular
> ​astronomical
> association.Sign up for the report via your personal profile. Please 
> assign
> your country and association identity at the same time.
>
> ​Please let us know if you have any questions, comments. or suggestions 
> for
> improvements.
>
> ​With best regards,
>
> Johan Warell
> COBS Assistant Administrator
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