IOTA/EA is ready to begin report collection business on Dec.15 2023.
The reports from East Asia region will be sent to the central office of IOTA.
These data, from all over the world, are archived at the VizieR Astronomical Data Center. And the data will be used for various purposes, such as understanding the shape of asteroids and improving their orbits. Lunar data will be used to verify the topography of the lunar limb and the positions of stars, and data on double stars will be reflected on the Washington Double star Catalog.
Send your report directly to:
- Asteroid occultation: asteroid-report _@_ iota-ea.org
- Lunar occultation (include grazing occultation ): lunar-report _@_ iota-ea.org
In addition to above, we recommend introducing your observation to regional community with SNS, Mail list and others.
Please feel free to ask me if you have any questions.
- [ Asteroids: asteroid-report _@_ iota-ea.org ]
- [ Lunar : lunar-report _@_ iota-ea.org ]
Details on how to submit reports are described in the following documents:
- How to report your observations of Asteroids and Moon occultation (English) [pdf; 0.7MB]
- 小惑星と月の掩蔽観測の報告方法 (Japanese translation) [pdf; 1.2MB]
Dec. 12, 2023
Asteroids / Lunar department
International Occultation Timing Association / East Asia