Links

Brian Warner is a leading observer of asteroids.  Visit his pages at: http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/

A useful guide to observing asteroids can be found at – http://www.minorplanet.info/observingguides.html

To learn more about or purchase the MPO Canopus software needed for astrometric and photometric observation of asteroids – http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/MPOSoftware/MPOSoftware.htm

Further details about time and time references in Southern Africa can be found at:  http://www.time.org.za/

Guide to Minor Body Astrometry http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/info/Astrometry.html#equip

Guide to Minor Planet Photometry http://www.minorplanet.info/ObsGuides/Misc/photometryguide.htm

To generate an ephemeris for your asteroid selected for observation go to the MPC ephemeris page: http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html.  Enter the asteroid designation into the box. Scroll down and select “MPC8-line”.  Click button: “Get ephemerides/HTML page”