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PREFACE


1.  Welcome to the world of asteroids

2.  About projects

3.  Installation and initial settings

  3.1  Hardware

  3.2  Operating System

  3.3  Installation

  3.4  File structure

  3.5  Initial settings

  3.6  Uninstallation

4.  Hints for asteroid detection

  4.1  Let's find asteroids !

  4.2  What are asteroids ?

  4.3  From Detection to Registration

  4.4  Finding asteroids

  4.5  You may find other interesting objects

  4.6  Beware of noise

5.  How to use AstCat.exe -1-

  5.1  Loading reference images

  5.2  Manual matching with star catalog

  5.3  Display option

  5.4  Display image information

6.  How to use AstCat.exe -2- 

  6.1  Blinking

  6.2  Useful functions

  6.3  Measuring positions

  6.4  Saving measured results on a file

7.  Identifying detected objects

8.  Reporting

9. Latest information

10. ICONs

11. FAQ

12. A little more about asteroids

13. References

14. Sample images

15. Dawn of the 21st Century

  Copyrights
  Acknowledgements
  Health issue
  Conditions of use
  Redistribution of this software
  Members of BATTeRS
  Japan Spaceguard Association

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