Got my 4th CBET last night. This one was for discovering the binary nature of Minor Planet 4029 Bridges (my 3rd such discovery).
Our survey PI, Dr Petr Pravec (Astronomical Institute, Czech Republic) will present some interim findings from this and our previous survey at MACE 2006 in Europe. The survey consists of a roughly 50/50 mix of amateurs and professional observatories and we are always keen for new blood.
The basic requirement is precision differential photometry of moving targets averaging mag 15.5 (nothing typically brighter than mag 14.5) to 0.02mag (no worse than 0.03mag). This is not suited to the 'one night a week' or 'weekend' imagers - this is full on imaging every clear night for each target you take on (and it can take as little as 2-3 days for a non binary to more than a motnh for binaries) until they are 'done'.
The rewards are good - be one of only a handful of people (even fewer amateurs) to have ever discovered a moon orbiting an asteroid!
Cheers
David Higgins
E14
Canberra, Australia
http://www.david-higgins.com