Minor update

It has occurred to me that without SDSS offset images or detailed enough surveys, that it would be quite akin to searching for a needle in a haystack. As a result, I have decided to do a primary search for the object in areas covered by both SDSS and legacy areas.

PS At this current rate, it seems the survey will take several months to several years. If anyone would like to help me please contact me at lego55100@gmail.com !

Imaging division 1: RA 00 00 to 00 01 DEC -21 15 to -21 00 (SAMPLE)

AREA of search:
RA 00 00 00 to 00 01 00
DEC -21 15 00 to -21 00 00

SDSS: partial
2MASS: YES (all sky)
DSS: YES (all sky)
WISE: YES (all sky)
Legacy: no

area:

SIMBAD objects:
 http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-coo?Coord=00+00+30+-21+07+30&CooFrame=FK5&CooEpoch=2000&CooEqui=2000&CooDefinedFrames=none&Radius=7.5&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+query&CoordList=
ACO 4072 - Cluster of galaxies
00 00 39.0 -21 06 18

image epoch(s):
2004 Dec 14 02:34:57.53 UTC
2004 Dec 14 02:35:33.35

Known asteroids:

Observed objects:
Not enough data

Sloan-2MASS-WISE-LEGACY Planet IX survey MAIN DETAILS

Publically-available surveys I will be including in this: 

Sloan-Digital Sky Survey:
http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr8/en/tools/chart/navi.asp?ra=45.2&dec=0
band(s):
U (near-ultraviolet/blue)
G (green)
R (red)
I (near-infrared)
Z (infrared)

limiting mag: ~23.5

2 Micron All-Sky Survey:
http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/AladinLite/?target=00%2000%2000%20%2B00%2000%2000&fov=0.33&survey=P%2F2MASS%2Fcolor
band(s):
J (infrared)
H (infrared)
K (infrared)

limiting mag: ~22

Digitized Sky Survey:
http://wikisky.org/
band(s):
red
blue

limiting mag: ~21

WISE:
http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/applications/wise/
band(s)
W1 (near infrared)
W2 (infrared)
W3 (infrared)
W4 (far infrared)

limiting mag: ~21.5

GALEX:
http://wikisky.org/
band(s):
ultraviolet1
ultraviolet2

limiting mag: ~20.5

Legacy:
http://imagine.legacysurvey.org/
band(s):
blue
red
green

DIVISION OF AREAS

the areas of survey will be divided into 1-square arcminute wide areas of sky, which I will individually note in every case in a separate post in this blog.

So, as you might have heard from the numerous media reports which are not exaggerating one bit to what I can tell, planet nine has officially been found in the outer solar system- indirectly at least. you can find more about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Nine I will spare all the details about it and get straight to the meat: It has not been directly detected. Many surveys are underway to detect it, including a number of large dedicated telescopes. I will toss my hat into this too, using my already extensive knowledge of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, as well as using data from 2MASS, WISE, DSS, and other surveys. I will post updates in chunks by RA and DEC to this blog. Expect many updates to follow. ~Sam Deen (Planetaryscience)