Thanks Herbert, That solved the problem. I moved to an XP machine and the images load fine. The other advantage is that the XP machine is a dual Xeon as...
Dear Users! The "Image of the Month" for April 2004 is now online at the Astrometrica web site, http://www.astrometrica.at. Click on the thumbnail image on the...
... ...hm, there seems to be something in disorder with the server: This is the "WebSTAR Server Suite Default Page". This TEST page is served by a web server...
Herbert, I've got a couple of instances recently where I've taken a number of consecutive sets (say 20-30 images each) of VFMOs. Between each set the scope is...
... Set the "Alignment Area" in the Program Settings to cover the whole image. Nevertheless, there must be *some* overlap of the star patterns seen in the...
... Some email programs (mine too) do take the "." as part of the URL and then you get above message. I've told this to Herbert a few times in the past, but he...
I'm a novice at computers but I've learned (by copying other) to put angle brackets around a url in email if there's a chance of confusion with puctuation:...
Hi group, I am trying to work out how to get my RA-Residuals right. I have been using USNO-A2.0 and my data seems to be out by a few minutes and in some even a...
Rolf Carstens
fastprin@...
Apr 11, 2004 12:41 pm
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Hey I'm a beginer in astrometry and use 0.25m f/6.3 S-C + CCD MX5 and USNO A2.0 star catalogue! I have problem with star matching! I try difrent focal lenght +...
Matej Mihelcic
matej@...
Apr 11, 2004 8:30 pm
1898
... The stars almost match on yopur second screenshot. For example, look at the pair of stars in the lower left corner of your image - the same pair of stars,...
Hi, ... What do you mean by "results are no good"? From your webpage I see that your focal length is simply wrong. Change it and also play with position angle...
... If your positions are off by several arc minutes or even by a few degrees, I am quite sure that the reference star match was wrong (and hopefully, the...
Thank you very much, I have to try again and take more care. The star-field has been very dense and I still try to figure out the correct settings. All the...
Rolf Carstens
fastprin@...
Apr 11, 2004 10:58 pm
1903
http://www.andrewulff.de/43p_1.html Can Someone kindly give me a rough (or accurate) idea of the coma size of comet 43P/Wolf-Harrington? It is scheduled to...
I'm trying to figure out how to get Astrometrica setup correctly. Using a ST-9E 20um pixels binned 1:1 with 8" f/10 2000mm fl (+/-2%) PA set to 180 +/-10,...
Since I last posted I've made a few submissions to the MPC mainly of non main belt objects found at new oppositions using NEAT. I'm gradually getting the hang...
Hi Andrew, ... I've been doing the same thing for main-belters, too. It's kind of fun - the only satisfaction is watching some object that you took from 2...
... I have not tried your images, but from looking at the program settings, I see that you use an search radius of 5 pixels. Note that sources for which the...
... Technically, this could easily be done. However, the software does not know which images belong together. If you load two images from one night, and a...
Subject: [Astrometrica] Re: A few comments/questions ... Hi to all, concerning the NEAT codes, I have some NEO positions from NEAT images (via SkyMorph), but...
Rui Goncalves
rui.goncalves@...
Apr 14, 2004 11:16 am
1910
Hello Rui, it's easy indeed. Follow these information: Obs name FL- pixel size NEAT HALEAKALA 2286,5...
Subject: Re: [Astrometrica] NEAT codes ? Hello Andrea, thank you very much for the info. Now I can submit my "positions" with 100% station code confidence. By,...
Rui Goncalves
rui.goncalves@...
Apr 14, 2004 11:55 am
1912
... Palomar/NEAT frames also have either a, b or c attached to the yearmonthdatetime filename. For each chip inside the three-shooter camera. Reiner...
Rui, if you wish some more information on the matter, you can find them here: http://www.geocities.com/juan_lacruz/SkyMorph.htm Enjoy! By Andrea ... Andrea...
... I think it definitely needs to be thought out carefully. If the data and time are already taken from the image my suggestion doesn't apply. In the case you...
... MACE 2004 - Meeting on Asteroids and Comets in Europe May 27-30 Frasso Sabino, Italy http://www.ara-frasso-sabino.org/ara-inglese/mace_2004.htm ... Dear...
... separate ... Batches from different observatory codes do not need to be separated when submitting them to the MPC. As long as you have valid headers you...
