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The International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) provides images and software for schools to participate in a large asteroid-finding research project.
Lists of their recent asteroid discoveries are at http://iasc.hsutx.edu/index_files/Page786.htm.
Their 2008 near Earth asteroid discoveries are at http://iasc.hsutx.edu/Discoveries.

2010 Apr 13. OCHS senior advances in engineering event. The Derrick. Excerpt: Inga Saathoff, a student at Oil City High School, has been selected to advance to the International Science and Engineering Fair in San Jose, Calif., next month.
Saathoff was one of only two students picked to go to the May 9-14 event in California following the Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair last month. 
More than 1,000 students from about 100 school in western Pennsylvania and Maryland competed for $1 million in cash prizes and scholarships at the Pittsburgh fair. About 1,500 students from 50 nations will compete for scholarships tuition grants, internships and scientific field trips at the international fair. 
The grand prize will be an all-expense paid trip to the Nobel Prize ceremonies in Stockholm, Sweden.
Saathoff's research focuses on the development of a new method to identify young, sun-like T-Tauri stars in their earliest stages of development using small-scale optical telescopes.
Tim Spuck [HOU teacher leader], Saathoff's teacher at Oil City, said her work has brought the idea from a "maybe it will work" to "yes this method has strong scientific merit" and potentially will lead to an all-sky survey and long-term monitoring project for years to come….

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NOTEWORTHY HOU IMAGES

M20 narrow band image with the Tzec Maun 14" telescope (Tzec Maun Observatory). Layered HSO (Redder image) and SHO (Greener image). By Glenn Reagan.

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