A possibly heretical question. I am currently recording this asteroid via low-light video camera. Advantage is that I am time-stamping each video frame with a...
Hi Dave, Steve Quirk and I have done this with a Mintron and KIWI time stamp. He got his observatory code from such obs. Give me a call. Cheers, Rob ...
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For those that are interested - I solved the problem of getting a measurable image from the video as follows: 1. I displayed the video on a frame-by frame...
Hello Dave, Thank you to share this information among us but for me one question remains: Any one of the individual video pictures has a time stamp label or...
I have made my Atrometric Data Reduction with great sucess :-). 2 asterids in 2 nights all matched under 0.2 arcsec. So I want to send my report and try to get...
Dear Paulo ... Simply add a COM line with the Observatory/Site name: COM 239 18 45 E, Lat. 33 54 11 N, Alt. 100m COM Observatory Name While choosing the name...
Paulo, First read http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/info/Astrometry.html#HowObsCode thoroughly. In the edit program settings form, Location, MPC Code, enter XXX,...
Paulo, In the Astrometrica "Setting" window, there is a tab called "Observing Site". On that page are two fields for entering "Contact" information (name,...
Hello Paulo, Yes you can put it in Astometrica. Click on the green spannen icon (settings) and fill in after Contact. First line Observatory name Second line...
Dave, thanks for sharing this. Only one question: in which way a simple BMP image can be transformed in a reliable FITS image? I mean, what about the precision...
Thanks so much to you all. I will send it in a few minutes. Regards, paulo--- In Astrometrica@yahoogroups.com, "plobao" <paulobao@...> ... except....the ... ...
I am quite sure that there is a loss of precision in the process - both of (x,y) and photometry. So I would not want to use video as a routine measurement...
I use video routinely for asteroid occultations - and we have excellent software for extracting a light curve from a video recording. I did measure some...
The video system is one we use for asteroid occultations, where accurate time is critical. We use a hardware device that extracts accurate time from a GPS...
Note that according to <http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/info/Astrometry.html#contact> the "contact details" should include the name and mailing address of an...
Hi again, I sent my first MPC report 2 days ago. If they accept it they will send me a code right? But if they don't, would they tell me anything or just...
Paolo, I think you may have to wait for some weeks. (I did, unpatiently... ) They are understaffed, so just wait for them to reply, they will in the end ... ...
I got my code in a day or two. I'd give them a few more days and then send a follow-up email. A few points from section 12 of the "guide": "Note that if you...
Hi John, I should knew that before I capture those 2. I could capture 5 or 6 with no problem at all. I will wait and see what they say. see what I got the same...
Well done Paulo, Good work. I like the animation you posted! Best Regards Alan J94 In message <gomu0f+jtbd@eGroups.com>, plobao <paulobao@...> writes ......
Congratulations Paulo, J15, I am J51 ;-) Juan A.Henríquez Santana http://atlante.org.es 2009/3/4 plobao <paulobao@...> ... [Non-text portions of this...
Well done! Means a lot doesn't it. Jay Tate The Spaceguard Centre Obs Code J26 ... From: Paul Mortfield To: Astrometrica@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday,...
Thanks to all...I'm really happy. Yes it means a lot to me Jay :-). Hola Juan (J51)...bueno tu fueste una inspiración tanbién. Saludos. Regards, paulo...
Congratulations The next joyous event is when you get your first designation. And then when you get your first numbered object and discovery credit for it. ...
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