Pulkovo NEO Page . ... NEA Accuracy Estimation . ... The estimation of accuracy of the current CCD observations of asteroids and comets is constantly performed at Pulkovo Observatory. ... The (O-C) values, so called "Observed" minus "Calculated" positions, characterize numerically the observations of any observatory, both professional and amateur, during a short period (one or several close nights). ... So the (O-C) values for these objects nearly entirely define the errors of observations. ...

The close position of main satellite and subsatellite (distance between them about 1000 km) and using the similar sets of Faraday cups (VDP and VDP-S) with high resolution measurements (up to 16 Hz for the main satellite and up to 10 Hz for the subsatellite) allow us to determine the small-scale variations of the magnetopause shape and position and to estimate the velocity of the magnetopause motion. ... Two point observation of the magnetopause motion: the INTERBALL project. ...

The software package ERA (Ephemerides for Research in Astronomy) is a problem-oriented software system for solving heterogeneous calculating tasks of Ephemeris and Dynamical Astronomy. The package makes it possible to produce ephemeris calculations needed for both planning various observational programs and processing the resulting observations. ... The system includes packages of processing the position observations by both the Least Squares Method and by Kalman filtering. ...

... The HST uses an onboard model of its orbit to perform in real-time various control functions relating to spacecraft operations and observation support. ... New coefficients for the ephemeris are updated every other day, and are archived as FITS keywords for each HST observation data set. Using these coefficients,an observer can perform a variety of calibration and characterization calculations relating to the orbital position and velocity of the telescope. ...

... Figure 8: Can you detect the motion of the near-Earth asteroid 2000PH against the background stars during its close approach to Earth around 27 July 2004? ... Down) observed and imaged the unusual near-Earth asteroid 2000PH during its close approach to the Earth around 27 July 2004. The observations were carried out remotely using the new 2m aperture Faulkes telescope situated on the 10,000-foot summit of Haleakala, on the island of Maui in Hawaii. ...

Natural Satellites Service. ... Apparent Encounters . of the Tycho-2 Catalogue stars and the main natural planetary satellites . ... Suggestions . ... Here we present the precalculated circumstances of the apparent encounters of the stars of the Tycho-2 Catalogue with the main satellites of Saturn (S1-S8) for the period from November 2004 to February 2010, and with the Galilean satellites of Jupiter for the period from November 2004 to October 2010. ...

Next: THE SCHED INPUT FILES Up: INFORMATION AND ADVICE ON Previous: Configuration Studies Contents . ... The NAIF software package from JPL is called to read the spice files and calculate positions. The NAIF software significantly increases the size of a SCHED distribution, and the satellite tracking capability is unlikely to be needed outside the AOC. ... To use the tracking capability, a Satellite Initialization section needs to be included in the main input file. ...

... Advises . Contact Advises . As an advise for amateurs we would like to underline: if it's possible, try to observe 3 asteroid positions per night and do not neglect to observe the Numbered Minor Planets in your telescope field of view as a "by product" of your observational programs. ... We think such estimations ought to be produced every morning after CCD observations of the moving celestial objects by observer himself. ...

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... Time calculated from Fermi GBM Trigger Time = 14:12:08.67 ( Connaughton, GCN 9230 ). 1% coincident with our start zero image time. 3x3 degrees around Swift XRT position . ... SUBJECT: GRB 090424 : MASTER-Net prompt optical limit DATE: 09/04/25 20:29:42 GMT FROM: Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs E. Gorbovskoy, V. Lipunov, V.Kornilov, A.Belinski ... Our observations results: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fermi GRB Trigg.* ...

Next: Primary Catalog Up: Observations and Analysis Previous: Source Positions . ... This energy selection allows direct comparison with previous EGRET, COS-B and SAS-2 results. ... The energy spectra shown in the catalog are taken largely from previous EGRET publications (or those currently in the publication process), which discuss the details of source identifications, time variability, and energy spectra. ... Such sources are identified in the catalog. ...

Instrument Science Report OSG-003 Transforming Non-COSTAR Aperture Positions to the New Vehicle Reference M. Lallo, C. Cox. ... In support of the plan to perform close-out calibrations using the GHRS and FOC without the COSTAR DOB, we have transformed these "Non-COSTAR" aperture positions of the affected SIs into the current frame. FOS non-COSTAR positions were also calculated to support any possible contingencies. ... The calculated minus predicted is 0.4'' for GHRS. ...