Campaign Goals: March 3 - 18, 2005

Images taken by STSP participants on Mar 5 - 6 show a 15 - 20" coma and a tail that extends to at least 40". These images are available in our Observers' Images section.

The goal of this campaign is to obtain scientifically useful observations of comet 9P/Tempel 1 over several days. We expect the total visual magnitude to be about 12.5 and the R magnitude to be near 13.7. The comet is near RA 13:29:50.8, dec +11° 10' 30.8" at UTC 09:10 2005-03-10 (new moon). Tempel 1 is now up for most of the night and reaches its maximum elevation about 4 hours before dawn.

We are requesting the following types of observations or measurements during this period:

• aperture photometry of the dust coma from broadband RI images; reduced RI images without photometry will be accepted and analyzed
• daily imaging in VRI or unfiltered to monitor for outbursts

If you attempt to image the comet and it is too faint to record, please send us an email describing your attempt AND THE LIMITING MAGNITUDE for your observing run! This information can be useful!

Registration and Data Submission

(Spring 2006)
Registration and data submission have been closed.

Questions? How to Contact Us!

Please send questions about this campaign to Stef McLaughlin, University of Maryland.

During the campaign weekend, Stef will monitor the observers' message board. Also, if you have an urgent question, you may leave a message at 301.405.3605 (USA).

STSP Coordinator: Stef McLaughlin
Webmaster: Elizabeth Warner
Last Updated: Wednesday August 29, 2007