Alex R. Gibbs
Deputy Director of the Catalina Sky Survey
Sessions
As the list of NEOs and recent discoveries rapidly grows, NEO follow-up observers need an automated way to determine the best targets they can observe while also preventing duplication of effort. This is exactly why NEOfixer was created. It already does this, and will continue to do so, as Vera Rubin and NEO Surveyor make discoveries. We expect to make some changes as the situation evolves and are already working with the NEO Surveyor team to make one such adjustment.
We will demonstrate how to use NEOfixer for a variety of specific purposes and go over features you might not be aware of. We will cover manual use of the web page and automated use of the API. This tutorial will show how to find the best targets for you, update your targets, report your observing status, and view the status of other observers. Examples will range from finding a single target to do now, to finding targets for a night, to finding targets that meet specific requirements. Questions will be encouraged.