2022-02-13, 04:51 PM
Yes, that's how I discovered the 2018 close approach of 2003 SD 220. It's very impressive.
JPL may be able to have high certainty in their position predictions, if the object isn't being perturbed by other planets. When it's close to earth, that would be the case. Also, the accuracy of the astrometry being done with digital sensors is much better than what was possible with photographic plates.
I watched a presentation by Daniel Parrott, developer of Tycho, software for analysis of photometric & astrometric data that was put on by the iTelescope folks. His software is very impressive. I need to investigate it further. It looks like it would work well with SkyTools & the iTelescopes.
Here's the link to it:
Tycho Tracker (tycho-tracker.com)
I hope Greg doesn't mind me including the link here. He can delete it, if he likes.
Phil S.
JPL may be able to have high certainty in their position predictions, if the object isn't being perturbed by other planets. When it's close to earth, that would be the case. Also, the accuracy of the astrometry being done with digital sensors is much better than what was possible with photographic plates.
I watched a presentation by Daniel Parrott, developer of Tycho, software for analysis of photometric & astrometric data that was put on by the iTelescope folks. His software is very impressive. I need to investigate it further. It looks like it would work well with SkyTools & the iTelescopes.
Here's the link to it:
Tycho Tracker (tycho-tracker.com)
I hope Greg doesn't mind me including the link here. He can delete it, if he likes.
Phil S.