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DART/Hera Observations WG 2022 Didymos Photometry Observing Plan v1

This document contains information on each lunation and suggestions for some of the issues that will come up. Of particular note there are a series of figures and tables showing the position of Didymos over the observing period and during each lunation.

2022-2023 DART Didymos Observing & Reduction Guidelines (lightcurve photometry)

This document contains information on requirements for the lightcurve photometry effort and suggestions for the observations and reduction. Information regarding where to submit data and a list of deadlines to submit reduced data for each data delivery (July 2022, October 2022, November 2022, December 2022, and April 2023) is included.

2022-2023 Test Targets

Test targets for photometry are available through early October 2022.

2022-2023 ground-based mutual event predictions and spacecraft-based mutual event predictions from full 2003-2021 dataset. Please cite Scheirich & Pravec (2022 submitted, PSJ specials issue). Post impact predictions are using an unchanged orbital solution, so only use with caution.

Collection of submitted proposals and finder charts for 2022-2023: Google Docs Folder

This folder contains lightcurve photometry, characterization, and ejecta proposals.

This folder also contains a directory of finder charts generated for the 2022-2023 apparition. They are divided into a set of charts for a 10 arcminute field (date range 25 May 2022 - 27 March 2023) and a set for a 20 arcminute field when Didymos has higher non-sidereal rates (date range 1 September 2022 - 31 October 2022). These charts include tables giving a coarse ephemeris for Didymos, other minor planets in the field, and a list of GAIA stars that come within 1.5 arcminutes of Didymos.

Results of DART/Hera Observations Working Group surveys in 2021 regarding the observations in 2022-2023. These spreadsheets contain the results of the google forms for all three observing efforts: lightcurve photometry, characterization, and ejecta. Please check them out to see what others intend to do and consider collaboration opportunities for 2022-2023!

2020-2021 Observing guide, Test Fields, and current mutual event predictions

Submitted proposals for the 2020-2021 apparition are available here: Google Docs Folder

Submitted proposals for the 2019 apparition are available here: Google Docs Folder