(NEO Coordination Page)

Why these pages?

The aim of this page is to allow observers from different stations to coordinate their observations of objects from the MPC's Near-Earth Object Confirmation Page. This page allows an observer to let others know when he/she is going to follow-up a NEOCP object (so that they can go for other objects rather than to spend a time on the same object while neglecting others), that he/she has successfully observed the object, hasn't found it, and make comments to his/her reports. There are other features, most of which will be obvious to you when you use the page.

The NEOCooP has been originally designed for coordination among European stations, but it shall be useful (probably after some enhancements) also for stations at other continents. It has been extensively tested by stations 557 and 118 (since July 1999) and 611 (since September 1999).

Access

station code:   557
station name:   Ondrejov
email:          ppravec@asu.cas.cz, lenka@asu.cas.cz
URL:            http://sunkl.asu.cas.cz/~ppravec/
latitude:       49.9139 N
longitude:      14.7736 E

What is new

• Sending of positions to neocoop@eso.vse.cz should work again!
• Server eso.vse.cz is ready for Y2K but there could be problem with time synchronization via NTP (Network Time Protocol). Eso.vse.cz is synchronized via NTP and accuracy of time on server is better than 1 second. Info about NTP - www.ntp.org. But I heard somewhere about Y2K problem with NTP...

Some minor changes
• Added some info from MPC list
• Short list of active observatories at main page was moved from the bottom to the top of the page
• Weather links were added to the menu at the bottom of pages.
• Observations older than 12 hours are separated by short horizontal line

• Due to some changes at main switch of VSE there is not possible to accept positions on neocoop@eso.vse.cz. We hope to find other solution, soon.

• First version of recommendations.

• Improved information about stations. Observatory itself can change password without my (Ludek) assistance.

• Pages were moved to new address http://eso.vse.cz/~ludek/neocoop/.
• There was created new page for guests and new guests were created.
• Some minor cosmetic changes were provided. Nothing important.
• This infopage doesn't correspond much to reality... Sorry.

• Page with traceroute. Now you can check, if server eso.vse.cz has good connection to some sites.

• Station can sign itself as observing. At the end of the main page is list of currently observing stations. Other stations are "sleeping" - it means that they are not observing NEOs (for example: because of weather, another observing program such as variable stars...). When you are loging in you can write short comment (message of the night) - for example name of observer.
  Do not forget to sign your station as inactive (logout) after your observation end (you will be automaticaly logged of after hours from last access, but it is better to do by your mouse).
  We should find better word than "sleeping", if you have any idea, mail me.
• There is new page stations with list of stations sorted by observing status and number. Test user (000 - Ludek) and visitor (xxx - Guest) are hidden and they are displayed in case of observing mark only.
• On stations there is link Weather. Here is displayed satelite picture of Europe (downloaded from the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute) with observatories. You can have some information about sky of other stations. Unfortunatelly site of CHMI is not very stabil and fast, yet. :-( Pictures are taken by Meteosat each 30 minutes and on the CHMI web site are uploaded after 10-12 minutes. Link Last downloaded shows you last downloaded meteosat picture, CHMI web site is not contacted.
  CHMI archives picutures for approximately 3 days. You can fill the field with date of snap. Be careful that Meteosat does not know time "0000" but "2400". For example: to get snap from 21st September at 0 h you should type 09202400 and press Enter.
• On the main page there are standardly displayed messages of current night only. So you have quick synopsis of observed objects this night. If you want older messages about (not) successful observations, try to find link Show old messages at the bottom of page. Presence of old messages is indicated by short horizontal rule.
• Pictures of positions were disabled.

Pristup

Co se zobrazuje

Pokud existuji, zobrazi se i dosud prijate pozice ve formatu MPC. Ale uvazuje se o tom, ze by se pozice na hlavni strance nezobrazovaly, ale dalo by se na ne dostat pres nejaky snadno pristupny odkaz.

Seznam objektu je prevzat z MPC, ulozen lokalne na server, odkud se bere, pokud neni starsi 15 minut. Na konci stranky je pak odkaz, kterym je mozne si zobrazit stranku s tim, ze by se seznam cetl primo z MPC.

Veskere casove udaje jsou v UT. Dole na strance je zobrazen aktualni cas (v UT), kdy byla stranka stazena. Tim si lze overit, jaky je systemovy cas na serveru, kde jsou stranky provozovany. Zde je priklad: Current time: ".gmdate("Y-m-d, H:i:s")." UT"; ?> , coz je ".strftime("%Y-%m-%d, %H:%M:%S %Z").".\n"; ?>

Jak poslat pozice

Pozice se posilaji na adresu neocp@eso.vse.cz ve stejnem formatu, jako jsou zasilany do MPC. Tip: poslete mail do MPC a jako kopii (Cc: ci Bcc:) na adresu neocp@eso.vse.cz.

Prijaty dopis je okamzite prohnan programem, ktery z nej vybere pozice a ulozi do databaze. A zaroven posle odesilateli potvrzujici dopis o prijeti. Od teto chvile se pozice zobrazuji na strance.

Volby

• I want to observe - touto volbou davate ostatnim na vedomi, ze se chystate tento objekt tuto noc pozorovat. Na strance se pak zobrazi zprava, ze hodlate tento objekt pozorovat a prislusne stanici se navic zobrazi moznost tuto hlasku opet smazat (napriklad se zatahlo, z dalekohledu vypadl objektiv...).
• successful observation (with comment) - oznamujete ostatnim, ze jste tento objekt uspesne napozorovali. Pripadne muzete napsat kraticky komentar. Po kliknuti na tuto volbu se zaroven mazou vsechna oznameni prislusne stanice, ze chteji tento objekt pozorovat (volba I want to observe).
• no detection (with comment) - oznamujete, ze se vam tento objekt nepodarilo napozorovat, opet muzete pripojit komentar. Po kliknuti na tuto volbu se zaroven mazou vsechna oznameni prislusne stanice, ze chteji tento objekt pozorovat (volba I want to observe).
• remarks, see remarks, see new remarks - je mozne, ze si pozorovatele budou chtit neco rici k nejakemu objektu. Tedy napsat poznamky jine, nez jen "successful observation" nebo "no detection". Pres odkaz "remarks" se dostanete na stranku, kde lze diskutovat o danem objektu.
  V pripade, ze zadna poznamka neexistuje, objevuje se volba "remarks". Pokud existuje nejaka poznamka, ktera je mladsi nez tri hodiny, volba zni "see new remarks". Pokud existuje nejaka poznamka, ale uz to neni tak zhave, vidime "see remarks". Casova lhuta jde samozrejme v programu zmenit. Jak se pisi zpravy, si prostudujte v kapitolce Chat.
• show positions - v pripade, ze jiz existuji pozice, objevi se zde odkaz na stranku, kde si pozice muzeme prohlednout. Pozice se tam zobrazuji v poradi od nejcerstvejsi po nejzatuchlejsi. Ale je mozne to poradi v programu zmenit, zalezitost chvilicky.

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• show picture - v pripade, ze jiz existuji pozice, nakresli se obrazek, kde jsou tyto pozice zaneseny do souradnicoveho systemu. Prakticky vyznam to asi nema zadny, ale je to hezka hracicka.
  23. cervence byla tato volba zrusena a prenesena na stranku k pozicim

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