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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

                

Welcome!!  International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC = “Isaac”)

The  International Asteroid Search Campaigns (#1 and #2) have started.  They run from January 11^th through February  15^th.   There are 31 schools participating from 11 countries.  Happy Hunting!!

 

It is important that you understand how to use Astrometrica, identify true and false signatures (i.e., not all moving things are asteroids), and prepare a clean and accurate MPC report.  If you can do these things, your students will be successful in discovering new Main Belt asteroids and making important near-Earth object observations.

 

For 2012 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 iascsearch@hsutx.edu.  Campaigns usually fill up 120 days prior to their starting date.

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32" Prime Focus Telescope
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MPC Orbital Database
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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 (Westfield, IL)

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

·  Sierra Stars Observatory Network (Markleeville, CA)

·  Tarleton State University (Stephenville, TX)

·  Yerkes Observatory (University of Chicago)

·  National Astronomical Observatories of China (Beijing, China)

·  Pan-STARRS (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii)

·  Faulkes Telescopes Project (Wales)

·  Yerkes Observatory (Williams Bay, WI)

·  Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green, KY)

·  Astronomers Without Borders (Calabasas, CA)

·  Astrometrica (H. Raab, Austria)

WELCOME TO THE

INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL SEARCH COLLABORATION

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24" Nighthawk CC06 Telescope Sierra Stars Observatory

 

 

 

32" Ritchey–Chrétien Telescope  Tarleton State University

 

 

 

50" RCT Telescope
Western Kentucky University