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Astronomical League Occultation Program Status

Steve Conard Ted Blank International Occultation Timing Association (IOTA) Oct 05, 2013. Astronomical League Occultation Program Status. Reason for the Program. Our reason for trying to get this program accepted has been only to try to get more occultation observers

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Astronomical League Occultation Program Status

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  1. Steve Conard Ted Blank International Occultation Timing Association (IOTA) Oct 05, 2013 Astronomical League Occultation Program Status

  2. Reason for the Program • Our reason for trying to get this program accepted has been only to try to get more occultation observers • We need to recruit more participants to have more successful data collection events, through means such as: • Information tables at various astronomy shows • Giving talks at local astronomy clubs and star parties • Using the AL observing program

  3. History • Steve proposed this idea to IOTA at the 2010 meeting, and received approval to go forward with it • Developed the requirements for this program (note—these use to be called “clubs” by AL, but this has recently changed) • Had input from a fair number of IOTA members • Not accepted at the 2012 AL meeting • AL recommended we resubmit in 2013

  4. AL 2013 Meeting • As Steve was unable to go to the Atlanta meeting, Ted Blank volunteered to go and present to the approval board • Ted also did a general talk on our occultation work at the meeting • The board asked if IOTA could pay for the pins required for the program • Up to the IOTA officers/board to determine if IOTA will fund this • The program, as well as 2 other new programs, was accepted

  5. Program Now Open • Now listed on the AL website: • http://www.astroleague.org/content/occultation-program • There have been about 4 inquiries to date about requirements • All have indicated they are going to participate

  6. Requirements • There has been some misunderstanding of the requirements and how they were arrived at: • 7 successful observations of asteroid events, with only one required to be a positive • 3 must have the asteroid visible and be recorded or sketched as it approaches the star • 15 total lunar occultations, over 5 different dates • 1 must be a double star • 3 must be reappearances • 3 lunar grazes successfully observed • 1 must have had multiple events • There were multiple reviews of these requirements (by a number of officers and other IOTA members, as well as by the AL), and each review resulted in the requirements being simplified

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