Re: (fwd) Re: [vsnet-chat 5744] ST7E + photolens

[Taichi Kato <tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>]

Re: (fwd) Re: [vsnet-chat 5744] ST7E + photolens

> I very interested on this programs with or without tracking !

   What we did was simply mount a CCD (ST-7E, non-ABG) on a fixed telescope
(i.e. without tracking).  Then started automatic sequential CCD exposures
with CCDOPS software.  We used 3x3 binning (low resolution) and exposure
times of 1.5 sec.  Naturally we took flat-fielding and dark images.
The next step was only to send these images (FITS format) to Yoshida-san.
Although we used anonymous ftp, Yoshida-san will probably able to receive
CD-Rs.  The stars were recorded as short tracks on CCDs, but Yoshida-san's
software can resolve and reasonably measure such trailed images.

   Yoshida-san said that we can probably start at any random position on
the sky, but recording the starting coordinates would help Yoshida-san's
work.

Regards,
Taichi Kato