Worldwide Asteroid Occultation Observations

updated Wednesday, September 10, 2008

 

Results of Observations

Australia/New Zealand Europe Japan North America Latin America

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Online Resources for Asteroid Occultation Observations

 

Prediction

Resources

What is available at these links?

How to Report

Observations

How are these Forms used?

Equipment

What do I need to make observations?

Software

How can these programs help

with my observations?

 

Steve Preston

Derek Breit

Sander Pool

David Dunham

(2007/2008 Predictions)

 

EAON - Jean Schwaenen

 

Occult Watcher

 

 

Go to YOUR world region link (above) to get Report Forms designed for your use.

 

IOTA Report Forms

These Excel Forms are for use in

North America and Australasia ONLY

 

Text Form

 

KIWI OSD

Supercircuits PC164C

WAT-902H2

 

The "Mighty-Mini" video camera system by Scotty Degenhardt

Text document

Larger Picture

 

OCCULT 4

Now available for EVERYONE!

 

VirtualDub

Avisynth

LiMovie

Registax

 

Occular 3.14 (4.4Mb ZIP)

Installation Guide (Word)

 

How To Use "Registax" with your

Occultation Videos

 

Miscellaneous Archived

Observations

Where can I find data

from previous events?

YouTube Videos of

Asteroid Occultations

See samples of actual

asteroid occultations

Satellite Pictures

and Forecasts

Use these maps and forecasts

to help plan your observations.

 

IOTA Occultation Observers' Manual

Asteroid Pronunciations

Topographic Maps

 

Dunhams's 2007

IOTA Meeting Page

 

N. American Asteroid Homepage

IOTA Administrative Site

IOTA Lunar Occultation Site

 

 

NASA Asteroid Data Set

MPOCC Data Set

 

2006 IOTA Page

2007 IOTA Page

Euraster - Eric Frappa

 

 

Phocaea "graze"- Brad Timerson

Xanthe - Richard Nugent

Xanthe - Don Loftus

Bamberga - Dave Gee

Iduna "graze" - Jim Stoffaire

Inanda "contact binary"?- Gene Mroz

Thusnelda "graze" - David Dunham

2007 TU24 Animation - Patrick Wiggins

Pluto occults a star - Dave Gee

 

David Dunham's Video Page

Dave Gault's Video Page

 

GOES East 1-km Images

Astro Meteo (N. America)

Meteo Blue (Europe)

Detailed Satellite Images

 

FAQ Binary and Asteroid Satellites

 

What is an OCCULTATION?

How do I TIME an Occultation?

Can I time an occultation with a CCD CAMERA?

 

How do I make observations and why are they important? 

by Paul Maley

 

 

Satellites of Asteroids

 

Jerome Berthier's Occultation Predictions

by Asteroid Satellites

 

Evidence for Asteroid Satellites

by Paul Maley

(presentation to Binary Asteroids Workshop - 5.4 Mb)

 

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