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Hands-On UniverseTM Asteroid Search: Download Images

Download large-telescope images to be analyzed and compared using your Hands-On Universe Image Processing software.

Select images from either a Deep Lens Survey (DLS) observing run or a Big Throughput Telescope (BTC) observing run so that your images are from the same telescope-camera-CCD configuration, as explained in the Image Download Tutorial.

Do as follows to select a single image to be downloaded for analysis using your Hands-On Universe Image Processing Software. Repeat the process to download at least two images to be compared and analyzed for possible asteroid candidates.

1. Select an observing run (you must make a selection before going to 2.):

2. Once you have selected an observing run, select one of these two options:

Use this option to select an image in the observing run of a particular location in the sky.

Enter RA ("Right Ascension") and DEC ("Declination") in the form and click Find RA and DEC. Any images close to that location will be shown in the page that follows.

RA   Hour Minute Second
Dec   Degrees Arc Minute

Use this option to select an image from among all images in the observing run.

Click List All Images in Observing Run