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SAM III
HHO SAM III Geomagnetic monitor is now offline until a new fulltime
monitoring PC can be installed.
22 June 2011
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Sky conditions improve at HHO
After months of seemingly never ending cloudy skies, things look up and the
observatory is taking data once more
12 April 2012
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Spectra L-200
The L200 spectrograph has been calibrated and seen first light on Sirius and
Spica. See here
for details
04 May 2011
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"The physical nature, distribution, formation and
evolution of asteroids are fundamental to our
understanding of how planet formation occurred and,
ultimately, why life exists on earth. In our
current solar system, asteroids (and comets) are the
most direct remnants of the original building blocks
that formed the planets."
"Interpreting this record via observation,
laboratory studies of meteorites, and
theoretical/numerical modelling can tell us much
about how the bodies in the solar system have
evolved with time."
Dr. William F. Bottke Jr. et al (2002),
Asteroids III
Mission
- Photometry : Obtain, analyse and report the brightness variations of Minor Planets. Obtain,
Analyse and report the brightness variations of AAVSO and VSS variable stars targets and newly discovered variable stars;
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Astrometry : Obtain, measure and report the position of Near Earth Objects (NEOs)
to a high degree of precision in a timely manner
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Spectroscopy : Obtain, analyse and report the Specrta for newly discovered variable stars and
objects of critical interest to the AAVSO and VSS;
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Education : Provide an extensive reference on the observational aspects of astronomy and where
appropriate, details of analystical techniques and tools.
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