P. Clay Sherrod Mar 17, 2009
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From: "Don Ellington" <peepsnet@...>
To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: [guide-user] Tonights asteroid pass
> So that worked perfect.
> Thanks Clay!!
>
> Why is the object not in the MPC list for the NEO or any other list??
>
> Don
>
> P. Clay Sherrod wrote:
>>
>> Simply go to:
>> http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html
>> <http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html>
>> and type in the asteroid designation and make sure you get the Guide
>> listing.
>>
>> Once done, open the file presented in a .txt format and SAVE that file
>> to some folder that
>> you can find.
>>
>> Once done, open Guide and go to EXTRAs/Add MPC Comets, etc.....and
>> open the file into that
>> window....click on the last line on that new window to put the file
>> into the Comets
>> folder.
>>
>> The one line Guide listing (for my observatory, H45) is:
>> 2009 FH 18.0000 6 2009 39.7921 0.975346
>> 0.337237 0.6785 24.0275 176.5411 2000.0 26.6 0.15 A MPEC 2009-F13
>> **watch the line wrap!**
>>
>> Note that if you want to use the astrometric program Charon to locate
>> and measure the
>> asteroid that has just been entered, you must use a "c" (comet) entry
>> rather than the "a"
>> entry as you normally would.
>>
>> Best of luck....
>>
>> Dr. Clay
>> _____
>> Arkansas Sky Observatories
>> MPC H45 - Petit Jean Mountain South
>> MPC H41 - Petit Jean Mountain
>> MPC H43 - Conway West
>> http://www.arksky.org/ <http://www.arksky.org/>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Don Ellington" <peepsnet@... <mailto:peepsnet%40yahoo.com>>
>> To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com <mailto:guide-user%40yahoogroups.com>>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 6:21 PM
>> Subject: [guide-user] Tonights asteroid pass
>>
>> > How can I find the asteroid 2009 FH in guide? It is not in the most
>> > recent list from MPC. Where do I get the info?
>> >
>> > Don
>> >
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