Group - the following snippets are from my posts to this group last fall (#s 595 and 601): "The 10 inch Newt reanalysis shows a larger spread of analysis...
Hi Mick, This is exactly the type of tests we need more of. Where are the Roddier images -- which folder? Are the details of the camera, etc., posted there...
Good work Mick, I cannot get the link to the Bath Interferometer to work for me, but is the secondary is also in the optical path for the Roddier analysis,...
Hi Mick, Do you have the original fringe images some where we could view them or could they be sent to one of us if possible? Great work!!! Ron Jones ... ...
... Dr. Biretta - I didn't post the images of the last tests (T5, T6) on the scope because I didn't want to hog storage space on the forum. I will post the...
... work for ... Mr. Crossley - thanks for the encouragement. Very sorry about the URL; somehow some digits got dropped in copying it into the message...
... them or ... Mr. Jones - thanks for the kind words. I have not so far posted the igrams either on this forum or on the Interferometry group because the...
... Dr. Biretta - I have placed the images on the forum: Files/Test Results Comparison/Reanalysis/FITS/T6 and T7 there is also a short text document with...
... Mr. Jones - concerning the fringe images used in my analysis: Dr. Biretta said there isn't enough storage available right now on this forum to take the...
Hi Mick, What are the parameters of your mirror? Ron Jones ... From: "m_hollimon" <mhholl@...> To: <roddier@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009...
Group - with moderator permission, I have posted to the Files section, Zernike Coefficient Averaging folder, a brief write-up on some experimentation with...
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...
... focal length, but when ... parameters, nothing happens. ... obstruction size, but ... there a step I am missing ... Steve - I've been confused by...
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...
Bob I used MaximDL to create mine, I do not have to change any headers, just save as a 16bit uncompressed FITS. Are you 'splitting' the colours before saving...
... Mr. Piekiel - I have successfully used IRIS to perform the required FITS conversion: Process in RegiStax, save as RGB separate. Load green plane into...
Hi Bob, I had great problems to. My problem turned out to be I had numbers greater than 32767 in the data. The fits reader can't cope with BSCALE and BZERO ...
I have got it to work now, but there seems to be a bug in the WinRoddier 2.2 ... If I open the intrafocal and extrafocal .fit files under the "file" menu, then...
Steve When you use the "open images" routine, it automates some steps for you. If you open the images manually, you must then.. "Extract disks", "Co-centre ...
Thanks Mark. It works great now. The only thing I had to do differently from your instructions is that after I do the manual calculations by manually clicking...
Artificial star made from a white LED torch light, aluminium foil, extention tube, black flocking paper baffle and a 4mm orthoscopic eyepiece. Distance 12m. ...
Very nice! I would love to test my 80FD but I honestly have not had the time to figure out how. I have a Canon 20D, is it possible to test my WO 80FD with a...
... Sure. If you have tracking, just pick a bright star, put it in the centre of the viewfinder, and make a range of exposures at a medium ISO from, say, 2 sec...