Results

Astrometric results of NEOs observed from Great Shefford can be found listed on the NEODYS J95 page.

A total of 4,388 positions of NEOs were obtained with the original 12" telescope and submitted to the Minor Planet Center in the first three years of operation, from 10 June 2002 - 23 June 2005.

First results with the 16" telescope were achieved on 27 June 2005 and the total number of NEO positions obtained using both telescopes passed 10,000 at the start of January 2009.

Contributions from Great Shefford have been published in the IAU Circulars and in the Minor Planet Center's Electronic Circulars

A list of the discovery circumstances of the minor planets discovered from Great Shefford is listed here.

Some images are available on the Comets, Minor planets and Gamma Ray Burster (GRB) pages on The Astronomer magazine web site.

Herbert Raab used images from Great Shefford for his 'Image of the Month' for Feb 2003 and Nov 2004 and also for asteroid (3184) Raab on the Astrometrica site.

Bill Allen's excellent Major News About Minor Objects site has included numerous images and snippets from Great Shefford.

A number of images from Great Shefford have been shared with Pepe Manteca (Observatorio de Begues, MPC code 170) on his interesting NEO & Comet web site that he maintains along with Rafael Ferrando of Observatorio Pla D'Arguines (code 941).

Statistics from the observing sessions undertaken at Great Shefford are updated monthly and listed here.