2016 November 23 UT – 08FC76

Event Details

Object: 08FC76
Object Type: Centaur
Geocentric closest approach: 2016/11/23 11:55:36 UTC
Wednesday morning, November 23, 3:55AM Pacific / 4:55AM Mountain
Sense-Up: 128x
Event Details: RECON Event Detail Page for 08FC76

Pre-Event Checklist

Thanks for completing the following pre-event items before our upcoming event:

  1. Complete the RECON Campaign Signup Form for this event. Submissions are updated hourly on our Signup Status Page.
  2. Plug in your power supply and RECON laptop to make sure both are fully charged well in advance of the event.
  3. Print this page as well as the Event Detail Page above and practice finding field prior to event. Note the revisions/addition to recording procedures outlined below.

If there are technical or scheduling issues, please contact the RECON leadership team by emailing tnorecon-org@mailman.boulder.swri.edu.

Observation Protocol

For this and all future events, we would like to standardize the video data files we would like each team to collect the following.  See our Full Campaign Observation Protocol Page for more details.

  1. Position Video
  2. Event Video
  3. Sky Field Video
  4. Dark Field Video

You should configure VirtualDub to save your files sequentially by using “Set Capture File” to save as C:/Users/RECON/Data/YYYYMMDD/YYYYMMDD_01. You should record the filenames and information about each file using the RECON Observation Logsheet.

Finder Charts

See RECON Event Detail Page for 08FC76 for finder chart provided by Marc Buie. Note that north is up in this automatically generated chart. The green rectangle represents the field of view of a standard RECON system, although the orientation of the rectangle does not match the orientation of the field at the time of the event. Marc will work on upgrading this feature in the future.

Also provided below is a finder chart provided by Jerry Bardecker using Guide 9.0:

Star chart provided by Jerry Bardecker. Rectangle shows field of view for RECON camera setup in orientation during time of event.

Star chart provided by Jerry Bardecker. Rectangle shows field of view for RECON camera setup in orientation during time of event.

Image of Star Field

Star field for 08FC76 at sense-up of 128x (provided by Cal Poly student Matthew Kehrli)

Star field for 08FC76 at sense-up of 128x (provided by Cal Poly student Matthew Kehrli)

Post-Event Details

Regardless of whether your team was able to collect data, we need you to Report Your Observations. This includes completing the Campaign Observation Report Form (below), saving an electronic version of your log sheet, and uploading both videos and observation log to SwRI in Boulder.

We need all teams to complete the RECON Campaign Observation Report Form within one week of the event. To view reports from teams from throughout the network, check out the Event Reporting Status Page.