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CB Devgun Memorial Asteroid Search Campaign - IASC

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Greetings from the International Astronomical Search Collaboration

You and your citizen scientists are participating in the CB Devgun Memorial Asteroid Search Campaign of
the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC). Welcome to IASC!!

The campaign starts November 7 and continues until December 4.

Website and Report Submission -- IMPORTANT

Please note that the November/December campaign will not be visible until the start date! You will not be
able to see your team until the campaign officially begins. Your login will not be available until the start
date as well.

When the campaign begins, teams will need to login to access the campaigns and their image sets. There is a Log
In link at the top right of the IASC page (http://iasc.cosmosearch.org/). To login to the website, you will need your
email address (the email you registered with) and the password “iascsearch”.

Email: (email you registered with)

Password: iascsearch

If you are a school teacher or team lead, the students/team members will need to use your login to access the
campaign and image sets. Once logged in, you can access the campaign through the Campaigns link at the top of
the page. Once on the appropriate campaign page, find your team name. Only your team has access to your team
page; no one else can access your image sets.

Welcome to IASC!!

Asteroid search campaigns are run and managed by the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC =
“Isaac”). Each year 7,000 teams participate from more than 80 countries. Participants make important detections
of Main Belt asteroids (MBAs) and occasionally of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs).

Since starting in October 2006, participants have made over 3,800 asteroid discoveries. To date 76 have been
numbered and placed into the world’s official minor bodies catalog maintained by the International Astronomical
Union (IAU, Paris). Numbered asteroids can be named by their discoverers.

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Pan-STARRS (Institute for Astronomy)

Image sets are provided by the Institute for Astronomy(IfA) at the University of Hawaii. Given clear and dark skies,
the IfA uses the 1.8-m Pan-STARRS telescope located on Haleakala to take images along the ecliptic.

The teams receive these image sets and use the program Astrometrica to search for and measure asteroids. A
report is prepared and submitted through the IASC website, then reviewed by IASC for possible detections.

Image sets are provided during the 2-week time period starting with the Moon’s 3rd Quarter and ending with the 1st
Quarter. The teams have until the next 3rd Quarter to complete their analysis and sending their reports to IASC for
review and validation.

Need to Get Ready

Your team will use the software Astrometrica to analyze the image sets. If you do not already have the software,
go to http://iasc.cosmosearch.org/Home/Astrometrica and download the first three items:

§ Astrometrica File

§ Quick Start Guide

§ Practice Image Sets

Go to the Quick Start Guide first. This is the starting point that shows you how to install and use Astrometrica.
Read the instructions! The following registration information provides free, unlimited use of the Astrometrica
program:

§ License IASC

§ Password TLD-171

Do not share the license information with anyone other than those participating in IASC asteroid search
campaigns.

It is very important for you to install and practice with Astrometrica prior to the start of the asteroid search
campaigns. The key to the success of your team is that you be able to:

§ Use Astrometrica to conduct a manual search

§ Prepare clean and accurate MPC reports

§ Distinguish between true and false signatures (moving targets)

The materials you download from the IASC website will explain how to do each of these. You should spend a
couple of hours practicing with Astrometrica before the start of the campaign.

Contact for Astrometrica Help

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The instructions are self-explanatory, but should you have questions do not hesitate to contact any one of the
following advisors:

Ginger Anderson (USA) profgingie@gmail.com

Denise Rothrock (USA)
Joshi Yogeshkumar Dileepkumar (India) 1729joshi@gmail.com
Saneru Akarawita (South Asia)
Silvana Copceski (Brazil)
Pat Donahue (USA)
Alberto Elías Moreno (South America)
Shams Ibn Hossain (Bangladesh)
Hasibul Hossain Rifat (Bangladesh)
Preska Sethia (India)
Ilavenil T (India)
Guoyou Sun (China)
Trudi Hoogenboom (USA)
Alan Baral (Nepal)
dcr9760@gmail.com
saneruakarawita@outlook.com
scopceski123@gmail.com
donahuep@verizon.net
amoreno@criptext.com
shamsibnhossain.official@gmail.com
hasibulhossainrifat451@gmail.com
preksha.30996@gmail.com
houindia@gmail.com
dofur@qq.com
trudihoogenboom@gmail.com
alanbaral41@gmail.com

These IASC volunteers are experts in using Astrometrica and preparing the Minor Planet Center (MPC) reports.
They can answer your questions.

Again, welcome to IASC!! We look forward to having you and your team members make original detections of
Main Belt asteroids.

In the meanwhile…

Happy Hunting!!

Cassidy Davis

IASC Coordinator

Department of Mathematics

Holland School of Science & Mathematics

Hardin-Simmons University

Abilene, TX 79698

iascsearch@hsutx.edu

1-325-670-1393

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IASC ("Isaac") is a collaboration of Hardin-Simmons University (Abilene, TX), Lawrence Hall of Science (University of California at Berkeley),
Global Hands-On Universe Association (Portugal), Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System (University of Hawaii), Tarleton
State University (Stephenville, TX), The Faulkes Telescope Project (Wales), Yerkes Observatory (Williams Bay, WI), Western Kentucky
University (Bowling Green, KY), Las Cumbres Observatory (Santa Barbara, CA), G.V. Schiaparelli Astronomical Observatory (Italy), Catalina

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Sky Survey (University of Arizona), and Astrometrica (Austria). Special project collaborations include China Hands-On Universe (Beijing),
Astronomers Without Borders (United States), Space Generation Advisory Council (Vienna, Austria), Haus der Astronomie (Heidelberg,
Germany), Target Asteroids! (University of Arizona, Tucson), NOJUM Magazine (Iran), Dark Energy Survey (University of Michigan), NUCLIO
(Portugal), Asociacion Larense de Astronomia (Venezuela), Clube de Astronomia Louis Cruls (Brazil), Center for Theoretical Physics (Polish
Academy of Sciences), National Astronomical Observatory of Bulgaria (Rozhen), Nepal Astronomical Society (Nepal), and the Astronomical
Research Institute (Sri Lanka).

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