07/02/06

NEO SEARCH LOG - FRANCISQUITO OBSERVATORY

All times and dates are UTC except as noted.  Local time is currently UTC -7hrs (Pacific Daylight Time).

2004.08.08

-NUMBER OF 3-FIELD LINES SCANNED: 4

-TOTAL IMAGING TIME: 6.0 HRS.

-SEARCH AREA CENTRES (20x12arc-min effective field): 20:45:00/+19:36:00 TO 20:45:00/+20:00:00; 22:15:00/+19:36:00 TO 22:15:00/+20:00:00; 23:45:00/+19:36:00 TO 23:45:00/+20:00:00; 01:15:00/+19:36:00 TO 01:15:00/+20:00:00; 0.80 SQ.DEG. TOTAL.

-PRACTICAL LIMITING MAGNITUDE FOR SLOW MOVING OBJECTS (LESS THAN 0.4"/MIN): 19.4R

-NEW NEO CANDIDATES DETECTED: NONE

-NEW MAIN BELT CANDIDATES DETECTED: 1 - FSQ003  0.07"/MIN ~MAG. 19

-CATALOGUED OBJECTS DETECTED: 1 - MBO 56328(1999WE) AT MAG. 18.7, 0.7"/MIN.

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2004.08.01

-NUMBER OF 3-FIELD LINES SCANNED: 2

-TOTAL IMAGING TIME: 3.0 HRS.

-SEARCH AREA CENTRES (20x12arc-min effective field): 19:50:00/+19:36:00 TO 19:50:00/+20:00:00; 21:20:00/+19:36:00 TO 21:20:00/+20:00:00; 0.40 SQ.DEG. TOTAL.

-PRACTICAL LIMITING MAGNITUDE FOR SLOW MOVING OBJECTS (LESS THAN 0.4"/MIN): 18.5R

-NEW NEO CANDIDATES DETECTED: NONE

-NEW MAIN BELT CANDIDATES DETECTED: NONE

-CATALOGUED OBJECTS DETECTED: NONE

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2004.07.08

-NUMBER OF 3-FIELD LINES SCANNED: 1 (2 were scheduled), 2nd was aborted by cloud cover)

-TOTAL IMAGING TIME: 1.5 HRS.

-SEARCH AREA CENTRES (20x12arc-min effective field): 19:05:00/+19:36:00 TO 19:05:00/+20:00:00; 0.20 SQ.DEG. TOTAL.

-PRACTICAL LIMITING MAGNITUDE FOR SLOW MOVING OBJECTS (LESS THAN 0.8"/MIN): 19.5R

-NEW NEO CANDIDATES DETECTED: NONE

-NEW MAIN BELT CANDIDATES DETECTED: NONE

-CATALOGUED OBJECTS DETECTED: NONE

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2004.07.07

-IMAGING PROGRAMMED FOR CONFIRMATION OF POSSIBLE MAIN BELT OBJECT FSQ001; 2 IMAGES OBTAINED WITH MAG. ~20 LIMIT, 3 ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMED IMAGES NOT OBTAINED DUE TO CLOUD COVER.  NO DETECTION ON BLINKING 2 IMAGES; FSQ001 IS MOST LIKELY A CCD ARTIFACT, CAUSED BY RESIDUAL GHOSTING OF A GROUP OF HOT (COSMIC RAY-EXCITED?) PIXELS DURING NEO SEARCH ON 2004.07.06.

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2004.07.06

-NUMBER OF 3-FIELD LINES SCANNED: 2

-TOTAL IMAGING TIME: 3.0 HRS.

-SEARCH AREA CENTRES (20x12arc-min effective field): 19:05:00/+24:36:00 TO 19:05:00/+25:00:00; 20:35:00/+24:36:00 TO 20:35:00/+25:00:00; 0.40 SQ.DEG. TOTAL.

-PRACTICAL LIMITING MAGNITUDE FOR SLOW MOVING OBJECTS (LESS THAN 0.8"/MIN): 19.3R

-NEW NEO CANDIDATES DETECTED: NONE

-NEW MAIN BELT CANDIDATES DETECTED: ONE POSSIBLE MAIN BELT CANDIDATE DETECTED IN LINE 2/FIELD 3 AT 20:35:12/+25:35:56, 0.30"/MIN @P.A. 315; GIVEN TEMPORARY DESIGNATION FSQ001.  CONFIRMATION OBSERVATIONS WILL BE MADE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

-CATALOGUED OBJECTS DETECTED: NONE

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2004.07.05

-NUMBER OF 3-FIELD LINES SCANNED: 1

-TOTAL IMAGING TIME: 1.5 HRS.

-SEARCH AREA CENTRES (20x12arc-min effective field): 19:00:00/+24:36:00 TO 19:00:00/+25:00:00; 0.20 SQ.DEG. TOTAL.

-PRACTICAL LIMITING MAGNITUDE FOR SLOW MOVING OBJECTS (LESS THAN 0.8"/MIN): 19.3R

-NEW NEO CANDIDATES DETECTED: NONE

-NEW MAIN BELT CANDIDATES DETECTED: NONE

-CATALOGUED OBJECTS DETECTED: NONE