Dear Users! The "Image of the Month" for March 2003 is now online at the Astrometrica web site, http://www.astrometrica.at. Click on the thumbnail image on the...
MACE 2003 - MEETING ON ASTEROIDS AND COMETS IN EUROPE May 1-4 Costitx, Mallorca island, (Spain) -Second Announcement and Call for Papers- ... The "Meeting...
Hello everyone I downloaded Astrometrica a few days ago and would like to pose some questions about problems that I have encountered. Firstly, I did study the...
I have been using Astrometrica for years - first the DOS version and now the Windows version. You do not mention whether you are able to do the basic...
Hello Lawrence, I would strongly recommend that you go trough the tutorials with the settings and the images supplied with the software. These tutorials are...
To the group, yesterday I wanted to update my MPCORB Database. It was the first time I did it from home, connected to t-online-provider. The download was...
Hello Eckart, download MPCORB from ftp://byte-o-matic.net/pub/mpcorb/ or http://www.astro.cz/mpcorb christian Eckart Meyer <eckart.meyer@...>...
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... Yes, both mirror sites are linked from the MPC mainpage: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html Please notice the comment regarding the Starkenburg...
Not big deals...just thought Id ask. Maybe I need a new computer:-) Has anyone else experienced that if you check 'apply to all images' when adjusting contrast...
Hello Matt! Hope you are doning fine... :-) ... This is indeed a feature... ;^) The software does not give the same numerical values for background and range...
Im feeling good thanks...looking forward to meeting y'all in Palma. ... The only time Ive ever had to use this feature was when I was working close to the full...
Once the image is resolved I click on an object to open the object verification window, then I click on the object designation (...) button to get to the...
... Astrometrica calculates the position from unperturbed orbits, using the orbital elements in the MPCOrb databse. In most cases, planetary perturbations that...
... astrometrica ... the ... that ... I often experienced that when doing track and stack Astrometrica has a huge offset in the ephemes it calculates out of...
Thanks Herbert and Reiner for your clarifications I agree with you in all the issues. Best greetings, Juan. ... using ... the ... your ... new ... residuals ...
CCDopts uses a response factor to calibrate magnitudes in images and places the factor in the image header. Is it safe to assume that this factor is not...
Can anyone think of a reason why Astrometrica is having trouble loading images genertaed by an SBIG ST-9E CCD? It's reporting an unknown file type. We used...
Scott, You didn't say, but I assume you tested the installation of the program by trying to load the ST6 images that are part of the tutorial . . . or image...
... Yes - no information in the FITS header (other than date and time) will affect the astrometric or photometric results found by Astrometrica. If coordinates...
... Astrometrica does not care for the file extension. It peeks into the first line of the image file header. If it finds either 'ST-' or 'PixCel' in that...
Well, I just recently updated the software to the current version, and I haven't tried loading the tutorial images as yet. Why was there a bug reported? ... ...
Thank you Herb! ... From: Herbert Raab [mailto:herbert.raab@...] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 12:20 PM To: Astrometrica@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re:...
... No. While there where some changes in the routine reading the FITS header, the routine determin which file type it is hasn't been changed for a long time....
I'm at work today and didn't think to bring in the images. I'll have to look at the file header later and let you know then. Thanks -Scott ... From: Herbert...
Spring cleaning time. Im selling the above on ebay. If anyone wants it for 100Euro or $100 send me an email before anyone places a bid-you pay post. Also if...
Herbert, Another USNO-B query: I'm trying to reduce an image using the USNO-B where the field covers from +00deg 02' down to -00deg 22'. The downloaded USNO-B...
Peter, there is a problem in the current version that the sign of the declination is not handeled correctlys for stars in the -0° zone. (Computers apparently...
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