EURONEAR: OBSERVING TOOLS - PLANNING 

VERSION HISTORY: 

VERSION 2 (OCT 2009) versus v.1 (Oct 2008): 

- Minor: Observatory latitude and longitude no longer need to be specified. They are automatically taken from the IAU list of observatories. 
- Minor: The current universal time and date are automatically filled in the Starting Date as default. 
- Minor: Added links to ESA and INAF so that the user can check which is available and select it. 
- Minor: Added links to NEODyS (Pisa) and its Spanish mirror (Valladolid) so that the user can check which one is available and select it. 
- Minor: The user's input is now saved from one run to another (so he can use the same input form again with minor changes). 
- Major: Added three new observability factors: the star density (measured as the number of stars in a 10x10 arcmin field around the asteroid) to avoid Milky Way, 
  the distance between the asteroid and the Moon (when the Moon is above the horizon) and the illumination of the Moon (which is given besides its altitude at each step).