Target List

Folks - what kind of data do we need for the target list?

My current list, per target, would look something like this:


Target
NCGXXX

RA
00 00 00

Dec
00 00 00

Alt
00 00 00

Az
00 00 00

Magnitude
00.0

Size (Arcmin)
2 * 5


Anything need adding?

Cheers
Dave

Dave - that looks great.

I'm not sure how we're going to pick the targets. There's a good bit of data out there giving basic parameters. Type, size, brightness etc. We should stipulate the data points and their parameters. e.g. "Magnitude = greater than 14".

We then need to define the catalogues we will use to pull out all the objects that match our criteria.

When we've done that, we can then generate the list.

I would like to see the list as a semi-permanent static list - I don't think it would be good to keep adding or deleting targets - that would confuse things. Perhaps we could review the list annually or something similar.

The ultimate goal of this thread though is to get a list of target galaxies together.

I'd appreciate all your thoughts on this.

By the way, I've started on Eamonn Ansbro's list and populated it with additional data (RA, DEC etc etc). see: www.astroshack.net/SNSM.php

Dave G - if we get this static list defined, could your app then pick out the targets currently observable?

Cheers
Dave

Nice one - cheers Dave and thanks for spending the time doing this code. It is very much appreciated.

I think we should be aiming for a target list of 1000+ galaxies. The more targets we have the better chance we have of discovering a SN. That said, of course not all targets would be imageable throughout the year - but if we could have say 800+ imageable targets every day of the year, that would be a good sample I think (totally of the top of my head by the way ).

One more question Dave - is there any chance you could write the application so it can be accesed through the web? Or would it be a case of participants just downloading the app and running it locally? Your call...

Cheers and thanks again.

Dave