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Comet46P/WirtanenObservers’Workshop
48th DPS/11th EPSCMeeting17October2016
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Organization/Outline
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• WhyWirtanen?• Whynow?• WhatdoweknowaboutWirtanen?• Summaryoftheobservingcampaign• Relatedcampaigns• Desired/suggestedobservations• Discussion
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CometWirtanen– TheName
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• PronouncedWERE-tuh-nun
– ConfirmedbymultiplesourcesfromLickObservatorywhoworkedwithCarlandEdieWirtanen
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WhyisCometWirtanenSpecial?
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• Interestingcomet– Small,hyperactivenucleus– “Twin”ofHartley2– CouldevolveintoaPHO
• Potential(likely?)spacecraftmissiontarget– Orbitisveryfavorable
q=1.055AU, i =11.7°,Q=5.13AU, P=5.43yr
– Alreadyselectedasatarget:• Rosetta,CometHopper,Others?
– Strongpossibilityofbeingafuturetarget
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WhyisCometWirtanenofInterestNow?
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• 2018isahistoricapparition!• CloseapproachtoEarth- 0.077AU
– 16December2018– Oneoftheclosestcometsin
modernera– Observingconditionsarebetter
thanforothercomets• Cometwillbebright
– Predictedtoreachnakedeyebrightness
• Geometricconditionsallowlong-durationobservations– Upformanyhoursovermostofayear,– Pre- andpost-perihelion,NorthandSouth
• Excellentopportunitytocharacterizeitsbehavior,learnaboutthecometandreduceriskandcostoffuturecometmissions!
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WirtanenVisibility
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MKO
CTIO
(North)
(South)
15° alt
30° alt
Pred.TotalMag
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Whatdoweknownow?
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• Effectiveradius0.58km [Schulz&Schwehm 1999]– Axialratio>1.4(HSTlightcurveamplitude)
• Activity– Q(H2O)peak ~1-3x1028 sec-1
– SuggestsWirtanenisahyperactivecomet• Activefraction~50– 100+%
– Afρpeak ~150cm(lessdustythanHartley2)– Nosecularchangesoverlastfewapparitions– Carbon-chaintaxonomy:“Typical”[Farnham&Schleicher1998]
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Whatdoweknownow?
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• Rotation(Aug1996,~200dayspre-perihelion)– 7.6hr [Meech etal.1997]
• “Possiblerotation”,doublepeaked• Amplitude0.045mag
– 6.0hr [Lamy etal.1998]
• Largeuncertainty– 8datapoints• Amplitude0.22mag
– Notenoughdatatoevaluatedetails• Nospinpoleorientation• Samarasinha etal.(1996)suggestitislikelytobeinaNPArotationstate
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WirtanenCampaignObjective
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Provideacentralclearinghouseforbasicinformationregardingcomet46P/Wirtanentoencourageandfacilitatetheacquisition,analysisandinterpretationofobservations,andtopromotecollaborationsbetweenresearchers.
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WhyisUMDLeadingtheCampaign?
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• OrganizedattheUniversityofMaryland– TonyFarnham(farnham atastro.umd.edu),lead
• Wirtanenisa“pet”cometofUMD– Knowncharacteristicssuggestitisthe“twin”ofCometHartley2(theDIXItarget)
– WirtanenwasthetargetoftheCometHopperDiscoverymission(PhaseA)• Wespentalotoftimetryingtolearnasmuchaswecouldaboutit• PlannedtoleadtheeffortaspartofCHopper andsimplyfollowingthroughonthoseplans
• Startingcampaignnowtopromptobservationsinthe2017window
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WirtanenCampaign
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• CampaignHomePage:wirtanen.astro.umd.edu
• Plannedcontent:– Currentlyknowncharacteristicsof46P/Wirtanen• Historicalmeasurements• Listofavailablepublications
– Geometricobservingconditionsfordifferentsites– Secularlightcurve– Interestingresultsandeventsthatmightbeofinteresttothecommunity
– InformationaboutWirtanenobservations– Linkstootherrelevantsitesofinterest
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ObservationsRecord
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• RecordoftheplannedandcollectedobservationsofcometWirtanen,toallowproposalsforcomplementaryobservingandtopromptcollaborationsandinteraction
• LinkedfromthemainCampaignwebpage– CollectinformationaboutWirtanenobservations(voluntarysubmission)• Dates,observatories,instrumentsetc.• Status(proposed,scheduled,and/orcompleted)
– Providedifferentformatsfordisplayingtheinformation(list,calendar,etc)
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OtherPotentialContent
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• ContentontheCampaignwillbeexpandedaswarranted– Possibleadditions• Alertnetworkexplodertoinformabouttimelyevents• Informationaboutadditionalbrightcomets– 41P,45P,62P,21Pand64Parepredictedtobebrightandappearbefore46P
• Suggestionsfromthecommunityarewelcome• Telecons/blogstodiscussrecentevents• Contributions/suggestionsfromthecommunity
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AssociatedCampaigns
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• 4*P/ComaObservingCampaign(Nalin Samarasinha)– 45P/H-M-P,41P/T-G-Kand46P/Wirtanen– Professionalandhighlevelamateurscontributeimagesofthecomaforlongdurationmonitoring
– RelatedtothisUMDmembersareevaluatingaSemRockfilterthatmayactasarelativelyinexpensiveCNfilter• Resultswillbegivenonthewebsitewhenavailable
• AmateurObservers’Campaign(ElizabethWarner)– Publicinterestwebsite
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4*P CAMPAIGN FOR COMA MORPHOLOGY
COMET 41P/TUTTLE-GIACOBINI-KRESAKPERIGEE ON APRIL 05, 2017 @ 0.148 AU
COMET 45P/HONDA-MRKOS-PAJDUSAKOVAPERIGEE ON FEBRUARY 11, 2017 @ 0.080 AU
COMET 46P/WIRTANENPERIGEE ON DECEMBER 16, 2018 @ 0.078 AU
u INVITING BOTH PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS
u THE PRIMARY GOAL IS TO OBTAIN GOOD TEMPORAL COVERAGE
u BOTH CONTINUUM IMAGES AS WELL AS NARROWBAND IMAGES
u CONTRIBUTORS WILL BE CO-AUTHORS OF THE RESULTING PUBLICATIONS(SIMILAR TO OUR COMET ISON CAMPAIGN)
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More details will be available starting early November athttp://www.psi.edu/41P45P46P and the campaign is similar to what weconducted for comet ISON (C/2012 S1) in 2013. This will also be announced viavarious newsletters (e.g., CSN & PEN).
You may contact us at [email protected] regarding this global campaign.
Thank You.Nalin Samarasinha, Beatrice Mueller, Matthew Knight, Tony Farnham, Walt Harris
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Wirtanen & Amateur Astronomers:
Elizabeth Warner (UMD)Amateur Observers’ Program (AOP) Coordinator
o aop.astro.umd.eduo wirtanen.astro.umd.edu
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Amateur Astronomerso Many levels of amateurs
n Advanced (scientific quality)n Sketchers, casual imagers (pretty pictures, APODs,…)n Visual observing, E/POn Data miners (SOHO comets, Zooniverse,…)n Armchair, magazine readers, social media groupies…
o What level are you?n Participate at any leveln Use the campaign to improve skills
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Past Comet Campaignso International Halley Watcho Shoemaker-Levy 9o Hale-Bopp (www2.jpl.nasa.gov/comet/ )o Deep Impact
n Small Telescope Science Program (STSP), 1999-2006n Amateur Observers’ Program (AOP), 2000 -- current
o For 9P/Tempel, differentiated between advanced and casual imagerso For 103P/Hartley, combined programs
o Ongoing informaln comets-ml (tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comets-ml/)n Comet-Images (tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Comet-Images/)n CometChasing (tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CometChasing/)n FlickR (www.flickr.com/groups/comet_images/ and others!)n Spaceweather.comn Numerous FB groups
o Recent Professional/amateurn CIOC
o C/2012 S1 (ISON)o C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)
n Comet Coma Campaignn Comet tail images
o ESA/Rosettan PACA
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Why AOP?o Incorporate the many lessons learned from past/recent
campaignso Access to extensive network of amateurs from past campaigns
as well as through numerous groups online (Yahoo, Facebook, AAVSO,…)
o Website-based formatn Provides training (tutorial sections)n Observing resources (charts, ephemerides,…)n Way to collect/share data (logbook, gallery,…)n Identify amateurs from submitted observations to recommend to
pro campaignso Social media to supplement
n Twitter (@cometexplorer) for fast updates, reminders, notifications
n Facebook (FB/cometexplorer) to highlight data, discussions
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Advice to Amateurso READ the material!
n Documents (sample FITS header, links to observing calls, …) posted on o aop.astro.umd.edu/o wirtanen.astro.umd.edu
n Specific Observing call informationo As professional observers flesh out their observing details, they’ll
provide specifics on what is needed from amateurso www.psi.edu/41P45P46P
o It’s all in the details!n Fits headers n Take the time to go through your software and update settings!n Keep a good logbook
o Date and times (start, end; specify UT or local!)o Exposureso Reference sample fits header for things to keep track of…
n Procedure and processing notes (not always the same for ‘pretty pictures’ vs. scientific data)
o Be consistentn Newer observers need to figure out their process now!n You don’t want to be experimenting with your equipment, exposures,
filters, processing in the middle of the few clear nights you have… practice!
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More Advice to Amateurso KISS
n There are many things to keep track of and Murphy’s Law will mean that things will go wrong at the worst possible time.
n So, streamline/simplify where you can.n Prepare, practice now.
o Submit/share datan Many avenues, but there are no guarantees!n Share on AOP website, FB groups, Spaceweather.comn Submitting magnitude reports to MPCn AFρ (only if you know how!)n Share data with pro observers (observing calls)
o Archiven At a minimum, make backups of your filesn PDS-SBN
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More Advice to Amateurso KISS
n There are many things to keep track of and Murphy’s Law will mean that things will go wrong at the worst possible time.
n So, streamline/simplify where you can.n Prepare, practice now.
o Submit/share datan Many avenues, but there are no guarantees!n Share on AOP website, FB groups, Spaceweather.comn Submitting magnitude reports to MPCn AFρ (only if you know how!)n Share data with pro observers (observing calls)
o Archiven At a minimum, make backups of your filesn PDS-SBN
Can train and funnel observers to scientific campaigns!
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Pro/Am Lessons LearnedFor amateurso Do not try to do what you
don’t know how to do!n Submitting AFρ values when
you don’t understand what they are or mean is not useful.
n Learn/practice now, not in the middle of a campaign.
o Do well what you do know how to do!
o Don’t let other amateurs intimidate you.n You do not need to put your
image into a polyptych just because some other amateur does it.
o Provide what is asked for, not what you think the pros should use.
o Ask questions, but don’t overdo it and pester the PI or technical POC.
For professionalso Be clear about what you need
from amateurs.n Certain filters, fields of view,
exposure lengths,…n How much processing or
analysis?o Be clear about how you will
use their data.o Co-authors or contributors?o Answer questions in a timely
manner.o Be patient with newer
observers (maybe team them up with another, more experienced amateur in your network).
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GeneralObservationStrategies
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• Maximizetemporalcoveragethroughouttheapparition– Obtainmeasurementsasafunctionoftime,wheneverpossible• Characterizelong-termsecularbehavior• Characterizerotationalphasedependence
• Exploitcloseapproach– Obtainveryhighspatialresolutionmeasurements– Obtaindatathatrequireabrightcomet– Investigatetheinnercomaenvironment
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DesiredObservations
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• Sizeandshapeofthenucleus– Photometry,Radar
• RotationState– Lightcurves,Comamorphology,Radar
• Activitylevelsandsources– Multipletypesofobservation
• Composition– Spectroscopy,NBfilters,Radio
• Dustcharacteristics– NBfilters,Polarimetry,Spectroscopy
• Outburstactivity– Continuousmonitoring
• Thermalcharacteristics– IR,Radio
• Plasmaactivity
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Comments,Suggestions,Discussion
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