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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

                

Welcome to the International Asteroid Search Campaign!!

The next International Asteroid Search Campaign starts August 24^th.  There are 7 search campaigns a year, each lasting 45 days.  In addition, there are 2 NEO (near-Earth object) campaigns during the year.

 

Check out the observations by the schools in the All-Africa Asteroid Search Campaign.    Students made 10 NEO observations contributing to the Near-Earth Object Program (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and 2 NEO confirmations.  Congratulations to A. Kebede (North Carolina A&T State University) and T. Akatsu (Hitachi First High School) for their confirmations.  Outstanding job!!

 

 

For 2009  the forthcoming IASC search campaign dates are the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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If your school would like to participate in the IASC search campaigns, contact the IASC Director, Dr. J. Patrick Miller by email at pmiller@hsutx.edu.

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32” Prime Focus Telescope
Astronomical Research Institute

MPC Orbital Database
June 24, 2009 (1830 UT).

 

The International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) is an educational outreach program

for high schools and colleges, provided at no cost to the participating schools.

 

IASC (pronounced “Isaac”) is a collaboration of:

 

·  Hardin-Simmons University (Abilene, TX)

·  Lawrence Hall of Science (University of California, Berkeley)

·  Astronomical Research Institute (Charleston, IL)

·  Global Hands-On Universe Association (Lisbon, Portugal)

·  Astrometrica (H. Raab, Austria).

WELCOME TO THE

INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL SEARCH COLLABORATION