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Palmer Divide Observatory

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A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis

"Oh how long we have waited for a book like this!"
Richard Binzel, Editor – Minor Planet Bulletin

Now available at Amazon.com and BarnesNoble.com

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MPO Software  9.5.0.3 Update available
Includes new routines that support new AAVSO CCD reporting format

MPO 2009 Asteroid Viewing Guide Now Available
The Asteroid Viewing Guide is an annual purchase, just like an alamanc. MPO 2009 is not part of the 9.5.0.3 update. It is available only as a new purchase.

Review the revised Installation instructions and Changes log before updating.

Automated Imaging and Precision Data Reduction/Analysis
Imagine getting hundreds of images overnight while you sleep. Imagine reducing them in only a few minutes to find the rotation period of an asteroid or to reduce variable star observations to standard magnitudes. You don't have to imagine. You can do it with ease with MPO Connections and MPO Canopus.

Special Edition of MPO Canopus ships with SBIG ST-402ME Photometry Package

"The software is an absolute miracle of integration and simplification of a staggering number of variables, processes, mathematics and hardware.   I still can't believe it when I run your software through its paces; its just dazzling!" – D.D., WA

MPO LCInvert
Shape and Spin Axis Modeling for Asteroids

Based on the algorithms and code of Mikko Kaasalainen and Josef Durech, this advanced tool is for upper level researchers looking to convert lightcurve data into 3-D models. Data can be imported from the UAPC/SAPC catalogs and MPO Canopus. The core libraries (in C and Borland Delphi) are available at no charge under a open source license.

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Palmer Divide Observatory

Professional Level Asteroid Lightcurve Research
Take a tour of the Observatory, located 20 miles north of Colorado Springs, CO, and then review the approximately 200 lightcurves that have been published in the Minor Planet Bulletin, Icarus, and other journals.

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Observing Guides

Aids to Make Your Observing Easier and Better
Generate asteroid ephemeredes, read tips for getting good flats and polar aligning your telescope, or see which asteroids might be close to a bright star or deep-sky object.

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