Posting Your Observations

• If you are observing a GRB field and have Internet access please tell us what part of the error field you are observing so others can search the other areas.
• When you have done a quick analysis, feel free to e-mail it to the discussion group
• When you are sure of your results, post it via the Official Reporting Form: http://www.aavso.org/observing/programs/hen/submit.shtml
• Remember negative observations are useful too!

Publishing Your Observations

We have very stringent rules we must apply before issuing a GCN. Issuing a poor or erroneous GCN could create irreversible damage to the reputation of the network causing future observations to be ignored by the professional community. So we have to be extra dilligent. You aren't just posting for yourself, but for over 200 other people in the network with you.

The network coordinators have been given a set of requirements and confirmation criteria. We must follow the requirements. The more data you take, the better the chances of publication. If you think you see the afterglow, keep imaging as long as your skies allow it! And then follow it as soon as you can the next day. Fading behaviour is an important indication of an afterglow. Also, get your uncertainty as low as possible. Fading photometry can be useless if it is within the uncertainty/error of your system.

     IT IS VITAL THAT OBSERVATIONS BE REPORTED USING THIS FORM:
      http://www.aavso.org/observing/programs/hen/submit.shtml

We have placed in this form all the information that a coordinator would need in deciding whether to issue a GCN or not. If a GCN is issued, then everything we would need to include in it is here as well. It may seem long but if you leave *anything* out then it will postpone the publication of your observation while we contact you and await the missing data.

We also need your FTS images. Either attach them to the upload form or ftp them to the AAVSO's FTP site with this login info:

 host: ftp.aavso.org
 user: henteam
 password: (withheld from web page - email for password)