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Hello Group, I am trying the Roddier software on images from my 13" F4 Newtonian. So far I get a crash when I try to open the images. Images are edited in...
33 Nov 21, 2009
5:23 pm

Marshall
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While I am very grateful to John for the Cookbook, has any better way to prepare FIT files for Roddier tests emerged? And what exactly does K3CCDTools do with...
90 Nov 17, 2009
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Marshall
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the roddier group. File : /SW 150-1800...
62 Apr 23, 2009
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William Optics ZSFD 80mm - an essentially perfect optics. The result is in the folder WO80FD. Dmitri...
8 Mar 18, 2009
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Timm Bottoni
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Artificial star made from a white LED torch light, aluminium foil, extention tube, black flocking paper baffle and a 4mm orthoscopic eyepiece. Distance 12m. ...
1 Mar 7, 2009
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Hello group. I am just starting and am working through the "cookbook" pdf text. I am using the english roddier 2.2. My laptop runs window XP. I can open the...
5 Mar 3, 2009
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This may go along with the recent "getting started" thread, but can anyone here tell me if they've been able to successfully use FITS generators OTHER than...
7 Mar 1, 2009
9:44 am

Mark Crossley
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I've put a file in the Tests by PGG folder for a scope I've been trying to test. In visually testing the scope I've seen not very good intra-focal rings and...
1 Dec 31, 2008
8:16 pm

Philip Good
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I'm trying to get the program running using the C11 test images in the files section. After I open the files and set the parameters, I click on the tests...
9 Dec 23, 2008
1:29 am

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What power should you take the star test at for a 4" APO. I have some at 272X and some at 136X and they both give VERY different results. Thanks,...
7 Dec 2, 2008
7:51 am

zeissnut
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Hi all, I would like to post a question on the roddier test results with respect to collimation. Is there any way of measuring the "quality" of the collimation...
3 Sep 13, 2008
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Lammertus de Vries
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I have uploaded an Anglicised version of Roddier 2.2 to the files section. Most of the user interface has been done, but some elements revert to French when...
4 Sep 12, 2008
3:38 pm

Mark Crossley
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Hi All, I've uploaded all files from my MN-66 run. The RMS is consistent with the previous run but the PTV is showing as 1/8 in the second run. This could...
3 Sep 11, 2008
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Tanveer Gani
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Hi All, Here are the results of my C9.25's test: 10mm defocus: http://picasaweb.google.com/tanveerg/Roddier#5243374722345632914 ...
4 Sep 9, 2008
7:38 pm

Tanveer Gani
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A question about objective testing of eyepieces came up on a C14 group tonight. The thought occurred to me that if you used an eyepiece in reverse the way...
1 Sep 5, 2008
3:40 am

Ken Hutchinson
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Dear friends, Roddier test is rather new for me, although I have some experience with interferometry tests from one of my previous jobs. Now I am an amateur...
4 Aug 20, 2008
4:54 pm

zeissnut
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Hi, I'm new to the group and had a question whose answer does not seem to be in the archives. And since I cannot read French, I cannot tell if it is answered...
3 Aug 14, 2008
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Mel Bartels
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What "Corriger les images" in menu Images does? Most times it doesn't work but when it does I receive some absurdly high Strehl (up to 0.99 fo Meade SN scope)....
10 Jul 23, 2008
6:39 am

dennissakva
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Dear Roddier community :) Would anyone please explain how do I ensure than my BW modified ToUcam gives a linear response? I usually set gamma somewhere in the...
5 Jul 6, 2008
5:51 pm

dennissakva
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Hi, I'm one of the moderators here and since you are all so well behaved the job consists mostly of reviewing the first posts of new members to make sure they...
1 May 1, 2008
1:24 pm

Ken Hutchinson
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I have been working with the Roddier program for the last week. I am testing with a Canon 350 Rebel camera and an artificial star at a distance of 14.3meters....
3 Mar 21, 2008
9:21 pm

Scott Walker
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Can someone give me a short overview on how the software works, what it looks at in the image to evaluate performance? Tony ... From: "zeissnut"...
3 Mar 19, 2008
9:21 pm

Scott Walker
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Hi I am new to the group. The attached file do not seem to load into the program. Could some one please tell me what is wrong with them. The files are for a...
9 Mar 17, 2008
6:42 pm

Scott Walker
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Group - back in Dec 07 I posted some results from Roddier tests on my Celestron (Synta) C6R using an artificial star as the source; see post #276 and the...
8 Mar 17, 2008
2:30 am

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Hi, Can I use the USB camera that came with a Meade AZ70-A to take pictures of a defocused star on a CPC1100 and to do startesting? Images inside and outside...
2 Mar 11, 2008
9:55 pm

zeissnut
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Hi, I'm having a heckuva time trying to get nice, round, stars when imaging through my recently new TMB 152/1200 (APM). It's riding on a fairly new AP1200 and...
12 Feb 20, 2008
10:17 pm

zeissnut
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Hey guys, I tried to do the roddier on my C9.25 again and uploaded the tifs in my folder. I followed the directions in the howto and the resulting .fits gave...
1 Feb 14, 2008
12:42 am

Moshen
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Hello group, I have downloaded the nwe verion and I have a problem (I no longer have the previous one). After the signal is computed with the two test images,...
6 Feb 3, 2008
6:14 pm

zeissnut
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I will guess most here could care less of my opinion, but here's what sways me to like his results: After going( a few times) to the website that Alan posted...
9 Jan 23, 2008
4:41 am

Scott Milligan
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Hi folks, Just to get a little bit back on track, I uploaded some results for a StarMaster 16 inch with Zambuto optics. I used the old version of the software...
40 Jan 23, 2008
12:48 am

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