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Robert Sandy
Blue Springs Missouri, USA
94.3450 West 39.0277 North
Photo by Bob Sandy - click picture for exposure data
Member of the International Occultation Timing Association
Member of the Astronomical Society of Kansas City
If you are interested in who Robert Sandy is, what he does, and his involvement with IOTA, you are more than welcome to peruse my biography. To find out more about IOTA and Occultation/Grazing Events, the main IOTA index page is located at www.lunar-occultations.com
Year 2009 Bright Star Occultations for 40 Major North American Cities
Must Read Explanation of the Predictions - [pdf format]
How To Correct Event Times for Your Location
| Anchorage, Atlanta, Boston, Brownsville, Chicago | get file (55k zip) |
| Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Edmonton, Faribanks | get file (51k zip) |
| Guatemala City, Hamilton Bermuda, Hilo, Honolulu, Houston | get file (55k zip) |
| Juneau, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Memphis, Mexico City | get file (58k zip) |
| Miami, Minneapolis, Montreal, New Orleans, New York | get file (56k zip) |
| Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Salt Lake, San Jose CR | get file (59k zip) |
| San Francisco, San Juan PR, Seattle, St John's NF, St Louis | get file (56k zip) |
| Tampa, Toronto, Vancouver, Washington DC, Winnipeg | get file (55k zip) |
Bob Sandy's Graze/Asteroidal Information
includes information for Midwest Region
2009 Grazing Occultations for Midwest Region
2009 Asteroid Occultations for Midwest Region
Real Time Weather - Satellite Data
How to Read - [pdf file]
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Tips for Cold Weather Graze Expeditions
Archives of Pictorial Reductions
Archive of Profile Reductions from Past Grazes
An Explanation of R. Sandy's Profile Reductions
Graze Observations From 1974-1986
Overview of the Data Files
Graze Observations by Star Number
Graze Observations by Chronological Date Order
The Data Files in Zip Format for Downloading (97K)
Some of My Favorite Links on the Net
NEXRAD Weather Information
Full Earth Globe Satellite Weather
USGS Mapping Accuracies And How They Are Obtained
American Association of Amateur Astronomers
Please feel free to send comments and question to Robt Sandy at bobgraze@sbcglobal.net
last updated 6 December 2008
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