RECON Teams: Laughlin/Bullhead City, Kingman/Dolan Springs, Searchlight/Boulder City, Henderson, Indian Springs, Beaty, Lone Pine, Bishop RECON Teams: Fall River/Burney, Susanville, Greenville, Quincy, Portola (393) Lampetia January 21 RECON Teams: Indian Springs, Henderson, Searchlight/Boulder City, Kingman/Dolan Springs, Laughlin/Bullhead City, Mohave Valley, Lake Havasu, Parker In special cases, if there is enough interest, I might post a specific blog highlighting a specific event. Teams or individuals who plan to participate in the event can send me an email directly at and I can communicate directly with team members to provide guidance on camera settings, finder charts, recording times and where to post your videos. predicted magnitude drop of event (values 3 will likely be easy to see as a total disappearance of the star)Ī recommended observing time is provided for each alert.maximum duration of event in seconds (if you see an event, it will likely be shorter than this).Universal Date and Time of event (may be a day later than calendar Date shown in each title listing).altitude azimuth of the target star at occultation time.m = combined magnitude of star and asteroid occulted (this will help to establish the sense-up to use for each event).If your team is not mentioned then there is no need to respond to the alert.įor each alert, the following information is listed: For each alert, the RECON observing teams targeted for observing the event are listed. So, now for the alerts occurring in the remainder of January. I still am excited each time I see an occultation occur in real time. In my past occupation as an astronomy instructor, many of my classes were elated when they could watch an occultation on-screen in real time. Nothing inspires an occultation astronomer more than seeing a star on the video screen wink out as predicted and then suddenly reappear. Observing these events will contribute to understanding the main belt asteroids, but it will also provide opportunities for RECON teams to practice their skills and keep interest in observing occultations. Should any individual or team in RECON chose to observe these events, it is entirely voluntary. I have permission to send out these alerts, but they are not mandatory. Alerts are Not Mandatoryįirst and foremost, these alerts are not part of the RECON campaign. This Blog is my first attempt at preparing advance alerts for main belt asteroid events that may be of interest to select RECON teams where the path crosses their specific observing locations. Because RECON teams are spread uniformly across the Pacific Northwest and Southwest, many team sites are also near IOTA member sites, and it makes sense to solicit RECON participation in these events when this occurs. What I have done is find promising main belt asteroid events with high certainty that pass over known IOTA observers and send out alerts to these observers so they may coordinate their efforts and get multiple positive observations of the asteroid. In the last 10 years or so, I have helped IOTA to coordinate focused observing campaigns in the Pacific Northwest and more recently, when spending winters in Scottsdale, in the Southwest. I have been a member of IOTA (International Occultation Timing Association) for more than 25 years. In the winter I observe from Scottsdale, AZ, and in the summer I observe from Umatilla, OR. By way of introduction, my name is Tony George.
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