Hercules A

Hercules A
Radio-Optical View of the Galaxy Hercules A - Many thanks to: NASA, ESA, S. Baum and C. O'Dea (RIT), R. Perley and W. Cotton (NRAO/AUI/NSF), and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Mousis and 58 Collaborators 2013, "Instrumental Methods for Professional and Amateur Collaborations in Planetary Astronomy"

I refer to Mousis and 58 Collaborators 2013, "Instrumental Methods for Professional and Amateur Collaborations in Planetary Astronomy"
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013arXiv1305.3647M

Abstract: "Amateur contributions to professional publications have increased exponentially over the last decades in the field of Planetary Astronomy. Here we review the different domains of the field in which collaborations between professional and amateur astronomers are effective and regularly lead to scientific publications. We discuss the instruments, detectors, softwares and methodologies typically used by amateur astronomers to collect the scientific data in the different domains of interest. Amateur contributions to the monitoring of planets and interplanetary matter, characterization of asteroids and comets, as well as the determination of the physical properties of Kuiper Belt Objects and exoplanets are discussed."