I spent a couple of hours last night trying to image 9B82224. I got the location spot on to where the predictions called for and was imaging well below the magnitude 18.6 it was predicted to be but found nothing. So either it was fainter than predicted (I can only get down to about 19.5 most nights) or the ephemerides were off. In any case I'm calling 9B82224 the one that got away. :) patrick On 16 Jan 2009, at 14:55, Jim Gibson wrote:
Hi Patrick, I was just reading the mail on MPML ({MPML} 9B82224 = unusual object) about the possible space junk coming our way. After your last success you may be following this one too; may be too far away though. I am just curious. What can I do with the data such as the astrometry or the ephemeredes data? Can I use it in my planetarium software? I don't have a tracking mount. I am not sure what it is telling me. Yeah, I recognize the RA and Dec but I am not sure what the delta, r and some of those other things are for. Is there a program a person can down load to compute the trajectory or orbit of stuff like this? Just curious. Don’t want to miss out on something because I am too dumb to use the data. http://www.projectpluto.com/mpec.htm#elements Thanks
Jim Gibson