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Astronomy Seasons
Sun, 18 Jul 2010

Sky surveys are quite responsive to the seasons and to the phase of the moon. As even the least observant person can attest, there are less stars visible at full ...


Please take the survey
Thu, 24 Jun 2010

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Sensors, Events, Decisions, and Actions
Tue, 15 Jun 2010

Skyalert is broader than astronomy, and works with rather general concepts, as described below.

Sensors: Some sensors report events directly, others make continuous data streams. In the latter case, there ...


Log in and Feed!
Fri, 04 Jun 2010

Many people do not like registering for a website, so this article is about what you can do in Skyalert if you register and log in. Registration allows you to ...


Our Most Prolific Streams
Wed, 12 May 2010

Perhaps I could chat a bit about what are the various streams that Skyalert is slurping and spitting.

The front page, http.skyalert.org, shows a timeline of recent events — ...


Notices and Circulars
Thu, 06 May 2010

When astronomical events are reported, there is often a distinction between Notice and Circular: the former is made by machine, the latter by a human. Skyalert brings together these machine ...


Feeds: the Wave of the Future?
Wed, 28 Apr 2010

Welcome to the Skyalert Blog, this is the first entry.

The project has been going for a year, taking astronomical transients and sending them out. There has been a big ...


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