WELCOME TO THE
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL SEARCH COLLABORATION
The
International Astronomical Search Collaboration (formerly, International
Asteroid Search Campaign) is an educational outreach program for high schools
and colleges, provided at no cost to the participating schools. IASC (“Isaac”) is a collaboration of
Hardin-Simmons University (Abilene, TX), Lawrence Hall of Science
(Hands-On
Universe, University of California, Berkeley), Astronomical Research Institute
(Charleston, IL), and Astrometrica (H.
Raab, Austria).
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Check
your folders!! There are lots and lots
of images to process for all of the schools. Remember to process all image sets
within 48 hours. This time is very, very important.
An
MPC report tester has been written for IASC, and will soon be sent to all
participating schools. Easy to use, the
tester
will assist
your students in distinguishing between true and false signatures.
Happy
Hunting!!
The future IASC search campaign dates are the following. Limited space remains available in some of these:
December 5, 2008 January 15, 2009 All-China Asteroid Search Campaign
February 2, 2009 March 18, 2009 International Asteroid Search Campaign
March 23, 2009 May 8, 2009 International Asteroid Search Campaign
If your school would like to participate, contact the IASC Director, Dr. J. Patrick Miller, by email at pmiller@hsutx.edu.
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Astrometrica software, installation guide, & instructions with practice image sets.
32" Prime
Focus Telescope Astronomical
Research Institute
School folders with current image sets to be analyzed.
School folders with current image sets to be analyzed.
Procedure for the initial processing of MPC reports.
Staff of the International Astronomical Search Collaborative
October 6, 2008 (1000 UT)
