Desert Eagle Observatory Total asteroid discoveries:1,732 |
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What on earth is J002E3? |
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An amateur asteroid hunter's experiment. Under construction: please bear with me. Desert Eagle Observatory has been coded 333 by Minor Planet Center. It is a private amateur observatory used mainly for asteroid observations, which includes new discoveries and NEA (near earth asteroid) follow up. Phase One (Aug. 2000 to Aug. 2001):Accquiring equipment and gaining experience. (see photo at right)Result: 400 new discoveries. Phase Two (Sept. 2001 to July 2002):New observatory and full operation. Result: 1,300 discoveries, including one NEA and one comet. Phase Three (Aug. 2002): coming soon! * Basics for asteroid hunting * asteroid names Coming soon: * How to use the survey weakness to hunt for asteroids * When the moon is full |
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Minor Planet Center Centurion 18" Telescope Bob Denny's software Diffraction Limited Apogee Instruments |
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Bill Yeung | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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