…see Day 1, Day 2 Now, in Day 3, we get into the telescopes (and one antenna) for both detection and tracking: Session 4: Near-Earth Object (NEO) DiscoveryThe Pan-STARRS Search for Near-Earth Objects: 10+ Years old and going strong… Read More »2025 Planetary Defense Conference, Day 3
Early-2025 activity on the mountaintop was largely removing ComCam, and integrating the final LSSTCam onto the telescope. Per my last update, that camera change has happened; time for another post. As observing is getting closer and closer, so too will… Read More »Vera Rubin Update (LATE-April 2025)
Still time to sign up for the European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting, this 23 – 27 June 2025 at University College Cork Cork, Ireland. Early bird registration ends Monday, 28 April 2025. eas.unige.ch/EAS meeting/program.jsp: Symposium S6 23-24 June 2025 The future… Read More »2025 EAS Meeting, Cork
…and speaking of good publicity: The Vera Rubin Observatory staff describe good installation of its LSSTCam onto the telescope. This major event (all large parts are now integrated) was well-documented, as one might expect. Coverage of the assembly, and even… Read More »Vera Rubin Update (Apr 2025)
…and finally, Friday, the last day of this year’s LPSC (see also Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu) https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/technical_program/ Environmental Analogs Detectability of Pore-Filling Ice by Ground-Penetrating Radar for Planetary ISRU at Hekla Volcano, Iceland [#2027] McGlasson R. A. et al. … Read More »56th LPSC (2025): Fri, Day 5
Can’t forget Astronomical Journal. For October (vol. 168, issue 4): Kwon, Y. G. Bagnulo, S. Markkanen, J. et al. The Pre-perihelion Evolution of the Activity of Comet C/2017 K2 (Pan-STARRS) during the Water Ice-line Crossover a 164 ad6b15Morrison, S. G.… Read More »Note, Paper: Astronomical Turn-al
Recently, I’ve posted only secondhand on the Vera Rubin Observatory, via its implications and our expectations. It’s time to get caught up on the progress at the Cerro Pachon peak. The dome is practically built; the telescope mount works (with… Read More »Vera Rubin Obs. update, Oct. 2024
…after Day 1 and Day 2, here’s my asteroid/comet/small body selection for Day 3 of the AAS DPS (Division for Planetary Sciences) meeting, #DPS2024, underway in Boise, ID. Wednesday, October 9, 2024 307 – NEOs: General 307.01 Near-Earth Objects Detected… Read More »AAS DPS meeting, three
DPS continues. The Division for Planetary Sciences (of the American Astronomical Society) is meeting (the 56th annual one) in Boise. Each division holds sub-meetings; in even-numbered years, DPS is a standalone one. (The Europlanet Sciences Congress, last month, is combined with DPS in odd-numbered years.)… Read More »AAS DPS meeting, two
This isn’t news to anyone already in the loop, but… a Rubin Observatory presser spells it out for those who aren’t. The sky survey by Vera Rubin might as well be a long, heavy asteroid mission: Rubin Observatory will Inspire… Read More »…”Without Ever Leaving the Ground”