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INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID ASTR
INSTRUMENT_HOST_NAME IHW ASTROMETRY NETWORK
INSTRUMENT_HOST_TYPE EARTH BASED
INSTRUMENT_HOST_DESC
      Instrument Host Overview
      ========================
      The International Halley Watch was an international effort
      to coordinate ground-based observations of comet 1P/Halley
      during its 1986 apparitions, in order to maximize the
      benefits of ground-based observations and to support the
      various international flight missions to the comet.  The
      IHW was divided into several disciplines networks, each
      headed by one or more discipline specialists.  The
      Astrometry Network is one of these discipline networks.
      The discipline specialists for Astrometry were:
 
        Donald K. Yeomans     Jet Propulsion Laboratory
        Richard M. West       European Southern Observatory
        Robert S. Harrington  U.S. Naval Observatory
        Brian G, Marsden      Harvard-Smithsonian Center
                                for Astrophysics
 
      The goal of the Astrometry Network as to coordinate and
      archive astrometric observations of 1P/Halley.  These
      data were fed to the orbit determination center at JPL,
      and the resulting orbit and ephemeris information
      forwarded to observers and flight missions around the
      globe.  430 observers working at 148 different
      observatories contributed observations to the final
      archive
 
      Observatories
      =============
      148 observatories were involved in this effort.  They are
      identified by system code in the data tables.  Following
      is a list of the system codes:
 
                     ASTROMETRY DISCIPLINE
 
          ___________________________________________________________
          SYSTEM  OBSERVATORY            LOCATION
          ___________________________________________________________
          15030000 Cambridge              England,U.K.
          15860000 Pic Du Midi            France
          15010000 Royal Greenwich Obs.   Herstmonceux,
                                          England,U.K.
          15760000 Burwash                England,U.K.
          15020000 Colchester             England,U.K.
          10060000 Fabra Obs.             Barcelona,Spain
          10910000 St. Etienne            France
          10120000 Uccle Obs.             Uccle,Brussels, Belgium
          15090000 La Seyne Sur Mer       France
          15750000 La Chaux De Fonds      Switzerland
          10170000 Hoher List Obs.        Hoher List,Federal
                                          Republic of Germany
          10100000 CERGA                  Caussols,France
          10200000 Nice                   France
          10260000 Berne-Zimmerwald       Berne, Switzerland
          15770000 Metzerlen Obs.         Switzerland
          10220000 Pino Torinese          Torino, Italy
          10900000 Mainz                  Fed. Republic of Germany
          10240000 State Obs.at           Heidelberg, Federal
                   Konigstuhl             Republic of Germany
          10960000 Merate                 Italy
          15280000 Gottingen              Fed. Republic of Germany
          15650000 Brescia                Italy
          15740000 Gottolengo             Italy
          15710000 Cavriana               Italy
          15520000 Osservatorio           Bologna, Italy
                   San Vittore
          10980000 Cima Ekar              Padua, Italy
                   Asiago Astrophys. Obs.
          10330000 Karl Schwarzschild     Tautenburg, German
                   Obs.                   Democratic Republic
          15670000 Chions                 Italy
          15440000 Wilhelm Foerster Obs.  Berlin, Federal
                                          Republic of Germany
          10460000 Klet Obs.              Ceske Budejovice,
                                          Czechoslovakia
          15800000 Graz                   Austria
          15620000 Figl Obs.              Vienna, Austria
          10450000 Vienna (since 1879)    Austria
          10470000 Poznan                 Poland
          10490000 Uppsala-Kvistaberg     Uppsala, Sweden
          10510000 Cape of Good Hope      South Africa
          10920000 Torun-Piwnice Obs.     Poland
          15530000 Chorzow                Poland
          15550000 Cracow-Fort Skala      Poland
          15610000 Piszkesteto            Hungary
          10560000 Skalnate Pleso Obs.    Skalnate Pleso,
                                          Czechoslovakia
          10930000 Skibotn Obs.           Skibotn, Norway
          10570000 Belgrade               Yugoslavia
          10610000 Uzhgorod               U.S.S.R.
          10630000 Turku-Tuorla           Finland
          15810000 Sedgefield Obs.        South Africa
          10690000 Baldone (near Riga)    U.S.S.R.
          10710000 Sofia                  Bulgaria
          10990000 Lahti                  Finland
          10730000 Bucharest              Romania
          10750000 Tartu                  U.S.S.R.
          15830000 Odessa - Mayaki        U.S.S.R.
          10840000 Pulkovo Obs.           Leningrad, U.S.S.R.
          10830000 Centr. Astrophys. Obs. Golosseevo-Kiev, U.S.S.R.
          10850000 Kiev University Obs.   Kiev, U.S.S.R.
          10870000 Helwan                 Egypt
          10890000 Nikolaev               U.S.S.R.
          10940000 Crimea-Simeis          U.S.S.R.
          10950000 Crimea-Nauchnij        U.S.S.R.
          11010000 Kharkov                U.S.S.R.
          11020000 Zvenigorod             U.S.S.R.
          11050000 Moscow                 U.S.S.R.
          11150000 Zelenchukskaya         U.S.S.R.
          11140000 Engelhardt Obs.        Zelenchuk Stn., U.S.S.R.
          11190000 Abastuman              U.S.S.R.
          11230000 Byurakan               U.S.S.R.
          11290000 Ordubad                U.S.S.R.
          11360000 Engelhardt Obs.        Kazan, U.S.S.R.
          11680000 Kourovskaya            U.S.S.R.
          11860000 Kitab                  U.S.S.R.
          11880000 Majdanak               U.S.S.R.
          11900000 Gissar                 U.S.S.R.
          11910000 Dushanbe               U.S.S.R.
          11930000 Sanglok                U.S.S.R.
          11920000 Tashkent               U.S.S.R.
          12100000 Alma-Ata               U.S.S.R.
          12140000 Kazakh Astrophy. Inst. U.S.S.R.
                   Coronal Sta.
          12170000 Assah                  U.S.S.R.
          12190000 Japal-Rangapur Obs.    Japal, India
          12860000 Yunnan Obs.            Kunming, China
          13050000 Purple Mt. Obs.        Hainan Island
                                          Station, China
          13120000 Xisha Islands          South China Sea
                   (Paracel Is.)
          13230000 Perth Obs.             Bickley,
                                          Western Australia,
                                          Australia
          13240000 Beijing Obs.           Shaho Station,
                                          China
          13300000 Purple Mountain Obs.   Nanking, China
          13340000 Qingdao                China
          13370000 Zo-Se                  China
          13710000 Tokyo-Okayama          Japan
          13720000 Geisei                 Japan
          13780000 Murou                  Japan
          18810000 Toyota                 Japan
          13810000 Tokyo-Kiso             Japan
          13790000 Hamamatsu              Japan
          18920000 YGCO Hoshikawa and     Japan
                   Nagano Stations
          18890000 Karasuyama             Japan
          13910000 Sendai Obs.            Ayashi Stn.,
                                          Ayashi, Japan
          18930000 Sendai Municipal Obs.  Sendai, Japan
          13920000 JCPM Sapporo Station   Sapporo, Japan
          13970000 Sapporo Science Center Sapporo, Japan
          13960000 Asahikawa              Japan
          13990000 Kushiro                Japan
          14140000 Mount Stromlo          A.C.T., Australia
          14150000 Kambah (near Canberra) New South Wales,
                                          Australia
          14130000 Siding Spring Obs.     New South Wales,
                                          Australia
          14200000 Sydney                 New South Wales,
                                          Australia
          14250000 Taylor Range Obs.      Brisbane, Queensland,
                                          Australia
          14740000 Mount John Obs.        Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
          14830000 Carter Obs.            Black Birch Station,
                                          New Zealand
          15680000 Mauna Kea              Hawaii, U.S.A.
          16560000 Near Victoria          British Columbia, Canada
          16570000 Victoria               British Columbia, Canada
          16620000 Lick Obs.              Mount Hamilton,
                                          California, U.S.A.
          16750000 Palomar Mountain       California, U.S.A.
          16910000 Steward Obs.           Kitt Peak, Tuscon,
                                          Arizona, U.S.A.
          16950000 Kitt Peak National Obs.Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.
          16880000 Lowell Obs.            Anderson Mesa,
                                          Arizona, U.S.A.
          16860000 U. Of Minn. Ir Obs.    Mt.Lemmon, Arizona,U.S.A.
          16930000 Catalina Station       Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.
          17070000 Chamberlin Field Stn.  Bailey, Colorado, U.S.A.
          17110000 McDonald Obs.          Fort Davis, Texas, U.S.A.
          17710000 Boyeros                Habana, Cuba
          17810000 Quito                  Ecuador
          17820000 Comet Astrographic Stn.Quito, Ecuador
          17880000 Mount Cuba Obs.        Greenville,
                                          Delaware, U.S.A.
          12930000 Burlington             New Jersey, U.S.A.
                   (Remote Site)
          17920000 University of Rhode Is.Quonochontaug,
                                          Rhode Island, U.S.A.
          18010000 Obs.Ridge Observatory  Harvard,
                                          Massachusetts, U.S.A.
          13020000 U. Of The Andes        Venezuela
                   Astronomical Sta.
          18050000 Santiago-Cerro El RobleChile
          13030000 Merida                 Venezuela
          18070000 Cerro Tololo Obs.      La Serena, Chile
          18090000 European Southern Obs. La Silla, Chile
          18080000 El Leoncito            Argentina
          18200000 Tarija                 Bolivia
          18210000 Cordoba-Bosque Alegre  Argentina
          18220000 Cordoba                Argentina
          19500000 La Palma               Canary Islands
          14910000 Centro Astronomico     Yebes, Spain
                   De Yebes
          14820000 St. Andrews            Scotland,U.K.
          19800000 Lancaster              England,U.K.
          19840000 Eastfield              England,U.K.
          14930000 Centro Astronomico     Calar Alto, Spain
                   Hispano-Aleman
          19930000 Woolston Obs.          England,U.K.
          14940000 Stakenbridge           England,U.K.
          19780000 Conder Brow            England,U.K.
          19760000 Leamington Spa         England,U.K.
          19960000 Oxford                 England,U.K.
          19790000 South Wonston          England,U.K.
          19750000 Valencia               Spain
          __________________________________________________________
REFERENCE_DESCRIPTION Sekanina, Zdenek (ed.), 'The Comet Halley Archive Summary Volume', JetPropulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,California, JPL D-400-450, August 1991.
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