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.Check 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 )
- Live Image capture and processing _____ ( Deep Sky Stacker)
- Live Image capture and processing _____ ( AstroToaster )
- Image capture Scripting Planner AIS control ______ ( N.I.N.A. )
- Image Capture and Camera Control _____ ( CCDciel )
- Data Reduction Astrometry/Photometry _____ (Astrometrica)
- Data Reduction Discovery Astrometry/Photomatry_____ (Tyco Tracker)
- Observation Planner for NEO Obs_____ (Neo Planner)
- 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 Control (SSA)_____ ( SkyTrack )
- Satellite Tracking Plotting (SSA)_____ ( Heavensat )
- Satellite Tracking IOD observation format ( IODentry )
- 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)
- Artificial Satellite IOD format conversion---------( IODentry )
https://globalmeteornetwork.org/status/
https://globalmeteornetwork.org//wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
Minor Planet & NEO Observation:
Main Full Listing of (W42) MEO's Minor Planet Observations and Residuals (MPC)
MPC SWAMO Dashboard for W42
MPEC Watch Statistics by Observatory - All time
IAU MPC 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)
- ESA’S Meerkat Asteroid Guard, an automated imminent impactor warning service
- 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
- Custom Orbit Visualization JPL
-----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)
--------------------Asteroid Radar Observations:----------------
--------------------Tools:----------------------
Space Situational Awareness (SSA) 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
- https://www.satobs.org/orbsoft.html
- https://langbrom.home.xs4all.nl/index.html
- https://github.com/cbassa/stvid?tab=readme-ov-file
- https://learn.trusat.org/docs/photographing-sats
- https://consensys.zoom.us/recording/play/JV8ohcQkoHlFpMrYH_mM7DWzIO99zDIvxbiE6XwP5q6JmeGiXURidwredMv7NHGO?continueMode=true
- https://qz.com/296941/interactive-graphic-every-active-satellite-orbiting-earth
- Gunter's Space Page
- JPL Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope (NEO Surveyor)
- JPL NEOWISE hunter
- Johns Hopkins (Dart)
SSA Orbit Visualization
Occultation Observing:
Galactic Nova & Supernova:
News and Discovery Reporting:
Variable Stars:
Image Processing:
All Sky Camera:
New to Astronomy Links:
Free SkyMaps The Evening Sky Map
-------------------Free Sky chart software -----------------
Stellarium sky chart software
Cartes Du Ceil
Support Forum`s:
Weather:
MEO Ambient Weather Station DashboardAmbient Weather CWOPCitizen Weather Observer Program(CWOP) Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System(MADIS) Weather Station QC CheckU.S. Drought Monitor
https://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/
Podcast
MEO
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https://ssa.fai.kz/