[meteorite-list] Catalina Sky Survey

[Richard Kowalski]

Shawn.

No I don't think that.

I believe it came from this paper:

http://asima.seti.org/2008TC3/nature07920.pdf


And this citation when the meteorite was named:

http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=48915

and the fact that in continuing papers it has not been corrected.

LINEAR is an automated system. PAN-STARRS will be an automated system.
While the data reduction is automatic, the actual operation at Catalina relies 
on the human observer being in control in real time, making decisions.

The images you cite are the CSS discovery images.

Richard



--- On Sun, 3/28/10, Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com> wrote:

 > Richard
 >
 > Wow thank you for the explanation :)
 >
 > Do think when "they" say automated Catalina Sky Survey they
 > mean automated from this statement you made......
 >
 > "At Catalina the observer chooses the fields that will be
 > observed and in what
 > order, making this decision depending on the conditions,
 > previous coverage,
 > needs of follow up observations, etc. The telescope then
 > observes those fields
 > in order. Once this first set of fields has been completed,
 > the telescope
 > repeats the cycle three more times."
 >
 > Those steps to me sounds automated but again without the
 > operator, nothing could happen at all. Here is a clip of the
 > four images of 2008 TC3 from space of the process you just
 > talked about.
 >
 > http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/321016main_D691.gif
 >
 > Shawn Alan