1. Remote observatory ISON-NM Survey of Minor Solar System bodies L. Elenin¹, I. Molotov¹, V. Savanevich², A. Kozhukhov³, A. Bryukhovetskiy³, V. Vlasenko³, E. Dikov⁴, A. Yudin¹ ¹ Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics RAS (Russia) ² Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics (Ukraine) ³ National Centre of Space Devices Control and Test (Ukraine) ⁴ Recearch and Design Institute of Micrography (Ukraine) Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Niigata, Japan

2. Location ISON-NM Observatory (H15) Coordinates: 32° 54′ 11.79″ N 105° 31′ 42.40″ W 2217 above sea level Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Niigata, Japan NMSkies astrohosting

3. Location Why NMSkies? Astroclimate - Many clear nights (260-270 per year) - Dark skies (SQM ~ 22.1 mag/arcsec²) First light only in 5 month - Ready infrastructure (fast Internet) - Experienced support for remote observations Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Niigata, Japan

4. Telescope Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Niigata, Japan Centurion-18 Aperture – 455 mm Focus lenght – 1270 mm Focal ratio – f/2.8 CCD – FLI ML09000-65 FOV – 100’x100’ Image scale – 1.95”/pix No filter wheel

5. Main tasks on ISON-NM 1. Survey for a new Solar System objects, include near-Earth objects 2. Follow-up observations of NEA and comets 3. NEAs photometry 4. Optical transients observation, include working with VOEvent 4.1 Gamma-ray bursts 4.2 Supernovae 4.3 Novae 4.4 Cataclysmic variables stars and other transients 5. Supernovae survey* 6. Patrol of cataclysmic variables stars* 7. Photometry of variable stars on survey's images* * - as by-product, this plans for the near future Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Niigata, Japan

6. ACPACPSVOEvent Observation program MaximDL TheSky 6 FocusMax Clarity II Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Niigata, Japan Observatory control CCD FLI ML09000 Mount TCS-4000 Focuser Robofocus Cloud sensor Boltwood II Ethernet power controller PC 2

7. Images processing pipeline - CLT Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Niigata, Japan CCD Calibration Cosmetic correction Pre- processing Moving object detection Operator (reject false detections) MPC …................................................... Clone n

8. Minor Planet Center statictics Observatory Number of observations Numbered asteroids Unnumbered asteroids 1Mt. Lemmon Survey (G96)1 761 673175 43564 545 2Lincoln Laboratory ETS (704)1 715 560119 3885 412 3Catalina Sky Survey (703)1 350 625123 07413 638 4Pan-STARRS 1 (F51)1 274 273162 39652 931 5Steward Observatory (691)688 69287 15426 097 6Siding Spring Survey (E12)214 22029 1611 968 7Purple Mountain Observatory (D29)185 96837 7192 839 8ISON-NM Observatory (H15)135 48227 3133 549 9Črni Vrh Observatory (106)85 18118 008774 10LPL/Spacewatch II (291)52 0588 6944 302 Overall statistics for 2011 year Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Niigata, Japan

9. Minor Planet Center statictic Observatory Number of observations Numbered asteroids Unnumbered asteroids 1Pan-STARRS 1 (F51)597 41486 30914 308 2Catalina Sky Survey (703)562 79258 6963 672 3Mt. Lemmon Survey (G96)557 03472 98015 363 4Lincoln Laboratory ETS (704)510 14040 640721 5Steward Observatory (691)328 73744 4387 516 6ISON-NM Observatory (H15)36 4958 321524 7Črni Vrh Observatory (106)27 2926 044172 8Oukaïmeden Observatory (J43)21 7634 594376 9Les Engarouines Observatory (A14)18 8504 584294 10Siding Spring Survey (E12)11 4912 47469 Statistics for January - March 2012 Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Niigata, Japan

10. Statistics of residuals Observatory R.A. (arcsec) Decl. (arcsec) 1Mt. Lemmon Survey+0.00 +/- 0.31-0.06 +/- 0.28 2Lincoln Laboratory ETS+0.46 +/- 0.62+0.45 +/- 0.64 3Catalina Sky Survey-0.19 +/- 0.66+0.35 +/- 0.71 4Pan-STARRS 1+0.04 +/- 0.17+0.00 +/- 0.21 5Steward Observatory-0.10 +/- 0.33+0.08 +/- 0.31 6Siding Spring Survey+0.02 +/- 0.46+0.38 +/- 0.43 7Purple Mountain Observatory+0.01 +/- 0.43-0.22 +/- 0.44 8ISON-NM Observatory+0.02 +/- 0.44+0.08 +/- 0.46 9Črni Vrh Observatory+0.00 +/- 0.38-0.10 +/- 0.38 10LPL/Spacewatch II-0.13 +/- 0.35+0.13 +/- 0.27 Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Niigata, Japan Data for October 2011

11. Results of our survey program Obtained more than 185 000 observations Discovered more than 1000 MBA (provisional designation) Two near-Earth asteroids 2010 RN80 and 2011 QY37 (Amors) Long-period comet C/2010 X1 (Elenin) Short-period near-Earth (q=1.24) comet P/2011 NO1 (Elenin) Several Jovian trojans Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Niigata, Japan Dust cloud - the debris of the comet C/2010 X1 ©Rolando Ligustri

12. NEAs photometry Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Niigata, Japan Rotation period — 17 min 40 sec All data processed in MPO Canopus software. Thanks to Dr. Warner!

13. Promising survey telescope Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Niigata, Japan Aperture, mm600 Focal ratiof/2.17 Angular field diameter, degrees4 Linear field diameter, mm52.4 Spectral range, nm450-850 Back focal length, mm159 Central obscuration ratio0.33 Relative illum. on the edge of FOV0.83 Distortion, %0.14 Optical system's length, mm1344

14. Plans for the future Improving CoLiTec pipeline — ability to detection more faint and fast moving objects, decreasing processing time (CUDA) Replacing our C-18 on new survey 0.65-m f/2.0 telescope: more «deeper» survey with larger sky coverage Extracting more by-products from the survey's images Work in progress... Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Niigata, Japan

15. Thank you! Leonid Elenin l.elenin@gmail.com www.spaceobs.org/en Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Niigata, Japan