Links & Resources
Also take a look at past years for interesting images and projects.I like to call my Images "Now & Laters". Observe Now and Share Later.
Images are made from a live stack of many images usually around 3 seconds for each frame. The stack itself is around 3 Minutes in duration.A dark frame is removed for each frame during the live stack.Minimal processing is performed during the live stack. No post processing is performed on the final image.These images can also be browsed in the object image page.Clicking on an image will open the full size image in another page or a GalleryCheck back often as I work on projects in the observatory
MEO Supporting Software:
- Observatory Clock Synchronization "Primary" GPS _____ ( NMEATIme2 )
- Observatory Clock Synchronization "Secondary" NTP _____ ( Network Time Protocol )
- Observatory Clock Synchronization "Backup" NTP _____ ( Dimension 4 )
- Image capture and processing _____ ( Sharpcap )
- Image Capture and Camera Control _____ ( CCDciel )
- Data Reduction Astrometry/Photometry _____ (Astrometrica)
- Data Reduction Discovery Astrometry/Photomatry_____ (Tyco Tracker)
- Astronomy Tip Tilt fits viewer ______ ( ASTAP )
- Mount Cone Error Correction _____ (Conesharp)
- Planetarium and Telescope Control _____ ( Cartes Du Ciel )
- ASCOM Telescope Support _____ ( ASCOM )
- Mount Autoguiding _____ ( PHD2 )
- Observing Planner _____ (Deep-Sky Planner)
- Plate Solve _____ ( All Sky Plate Solver ASPS )
- Satellite Tracking _____ ( SkyTrack )
- Satellite Tracking _____ ( Heavnsat )
- Remote Desktop Operations _____(Team Viewer)
- Orbit Determinations for Minor Planets _____ ( find-orb )
- Image FITS File Viewing _______( DS9 )
- Image Processing _______ ( GIMP )
- Image Processing____________( Astro J )
- ALS Collimation Aid _______( ALS )
- Bahtinov Mask focus Aid _______( Bahtinov Grabber )
- ALL Sky Camera_________( ALLSKEYE )
- Screen Recorder---------(ScreenRec)
Minor Planet & NEO Observation:
Minor Planet & NEO Observation:
Complete Listing of Minds Eye Observatory (W42) Minor Planet Observations and Residuals
MPC SWAMO Dashboard for MEO
MPEC Watch Statistics by Observatory - All time
IAU Observatory Codes
----------------(NEOCP) New Object Confirmation: ---------------
- NEOfixer NEOCP
- MPC (NEOCP) Near Earth Object Confirmation Page
- NEOScan ESA
- JPL CNEOS (Scout) NEOCP Hazard Assessment
- Project Pluto Summary of current NEOCP objects
---------Close Approaches & Potentially Hazardous Objects (PHO): ----------
- (CNEOS) Close Approaches of NEO's + Viewer
- JPL Planetary Defense Coordination Next 5 Close Approaches
- SR.org Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
- C/CC Ephemerides for Objects Currently Close or Approaching
-------------------Planetary Defense: ------------------
- International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN)
- Space Mission Planning Advisory Group (SWPAG)
- JPL CNEOS (Scentry) Center for Earth Objects Center Monitor
- NASA Planetary Defense Near-Earth Object Observations Program
- NASA Planetary Defense
- JPL CNEOS Hypothetical Impact Scenarios
- NASA/JPL NEO Deflection App
- B612 Foundation
-----------NEO Object Selection and Planning Aids: -----------
- NEOFixer
- ESA Priority List
- ESA Near-Earth Objects Coordination Centre
- Minor Planet Center NEA Observation Planning Aid
- NEODyS-2 ESA NEO Dynamics Site
- NEO ESA Planner
- Horizons JPL Object Ephemeris
- Solar system Data JPL Small body Database
- Lowell Minor Planet Services Access to astor bDB and tools
- Lowell Critical Object List
- Lowell Asteroid Orbital Elements Database
- Goldstone Asteroid Observation Schedule
- SR.org Near Earth Objects Database
- CNEOS NASA JPL Center for Near earth Object Studies
- EURONEAR - Tools and planners
- Asteroid ESA Dynamic Site Object lookup
- Horizons JPL Small-Body Identification Tool
- Lowell Minor Planet Up Objects
- https://asteroid.lowell.edu/upobjs/
----------------Orbit Simulation Viewers: ----------------
- ESA NEO Toolkit
- NASA Object Orbit Viewer
- NASA Eyes On Asteroids Orbit Viewer
- Asteroid Reference Lookup and Orbit Viewer
- (CNEOS) NEO Close Approach Viewer
- Catalina Sky Survey Orbit Viewer
- SR NEO Viewer
-----Data Reduction Astrometry & Residual Check Links:------
- Online Calculation of Residuals of Asteroid Positions (Fitsblink)
- Find_Orb Online Orbit Determination Project Pluto
- Astrometry Online
---------------Asteroid Photometry Light Curve:----------------
- Asteroid Lightcurve Photometry Database
- SBN Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)
- GAIA GOSA Lightcurve Planning
-----------Reporting a new Object or Observations:------------
- ( A/CC) MPEC'Able Minor Planet Circulars for Humans
- (A/CC) EBN Traffic Report
- EAS AstDyS Asteroids Dynamic Site
- Minor Planet Center Annex
- Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (CBAT)
----------------------Tools:----------------------
Occultation Observing:
Occultation Observing:
Galactic Nova & Supernova:
Galactic Nova & Supernova:
News and Discovery Reporting:
Satellite Tracking:
Satellite Tracking:
- Project Pluto Satellite Identification from RA Dec
- Satellite Orbit Tracking and Alert (N2YO)
- Satellite Orbit TLE and Visualization (Celestrak)
- Satellite Tracking (Satview)
- Satellite TLE and News (Space Track)
- Satellite TLE (MMCCants)
- Classified Satellites & Objects
- Space News
- SeeSat-L (Satellite Observers)
- SatObs.Org
- https://www.qsl.net/kd4cga/satintro.htm
- https://learn.trusat.org/docs/station-locations
- https://learn.trusat.org/docs/guide
- https://learn.trusat.org/docs/browser-tools
- https://learn.trusat.org/docs/photographing-sats
- https://www.satview.org/?sat_id=14032U
- Celestrak Two Line Element (TLE)
- Satellite and Spacecraft Information (Gunter`s)
- Orbiting Objects Info
Variable Stars:
Image Processing:
Image Processing:
All Sky Camera:
All Sky Camera:
New to Astronomy Links
Free SkyMaps The Evening Sky Map
-------------------Free Sky chart software -----------------
Stellarium sky chart software
Cartes Du Ceil
Weather:
Weather:
Mikes Weather page! Clear Sky Clock Weather NerdsAstronomer Weather PlannerMEO Ambient Weather Station DashboardWeather Underground Station Ambient Weather CWOPCitizen Weather Observer Program(CWOP) Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System(MADIS) U.S. Drought Monitorhttps://www.ncei.noaa.gov/https://amateur.sondehub.org/#!mt=Mapnik&mz=2&qm=12h&mc=27.68353,-80.68359https://sondehub.org/#!mt=DarkMatter&mz=5&qm=3h&mc=27.76133,-80.52979https://amateur.sondehub.org/#!mt=Mapnik&mz=2&qm=12h&mc=27.68353,-80.68359https://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/
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