sensasi: [SBIG] Re: CCDOps question

Senin, 25 Februari 2008

[SBIG] Re: CCDOps question

You can also get Brian Warner's MPO Canopus software for the asking -
a free trial version limited to 100 sessions. The unrestricted
version from MPO is $65. We supply the trial version for free with
photometric filters and for the asking with any new camera.

http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/

http://www.sbig.com/sbwhtmls/mpo.htm

Regards,
Michael Barber
SBIG

--- In SBIG@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Logan" <wb9sat@...> wrote:
>
> Chris et al,
>
> I understand that MaxIm DL is very good. I've heard nothing but
good things
> about it. I even have a $50 off coupon that came with the camera,
> but...........to get into photometry, I've spent more than $3,500
during the
> past two months on a camera, filters, processing software and an
observatory
> roof extension. I am simply tapped out and these expenditures are
straining
> the marriage. So far in five years, I have invested more than
$17,000 on
> astronomy. As a retiree on a fixed income, I cannot afford to
spend any
> more money on this hobby. I have to stop somewhere and I think I
am at that
> point. I have three camera control and capture software programs
installed
> on my laptop. One of them has to work and I am trying for the
cheapest way.
> Thanks for the suggestion and the spirit for which it was given.
>
> Clear skies,
>
> Bill Logan, LBI AAVSO
> Robert Burnham Jr. Memorial Observatory
> Eagar, Arizona
>
> "If we're the only life in the universe, it seems an awful waste of
space."
> Carl Sagan
>
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Exoplanet_Astronomers/
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Nebulosity_Astrophotographers/
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Peterson" <cpeterson@...>
> To: <SBIG@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 8:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [SBIG] CCDOps question
>
>
> > I'd strongly encourage you to look at Maxim. I find it altogether
better
> > for photometry. CCDSoft is very limited in its photometric
capabilities,
> > and what it can do is quite cumbersome (working in a folder of
images,
> > rather than open images). I used to use AIP for photometry, but
> > abandoned it when version 2 came out. Since then, I've found
Maxim to be
> > excellent for photometry (especially differential photometry with
> > multiple references).
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > *****************************************
> > Chris L Peterson
> > Cloudbait Observatory
> > http://www.cloudbait.com
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bill Logan" <wb9sat@...>
> > To: <SBIG@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 8:33 AM
> > Subject: Re: [SBIG] CCDOps question
> >
> >
> >> Hi Chris,
> >>
> >> Well if I continue to use Nebulosity, which a terrific camera
control
> >> and
> >> capture software, the easiest way is to change the time on the
laptop
> >> to UT.
> >> The time issue and the lack of filter selection is another issue.
> >> That's
> >> why I am trying to learn how to use CCDOps. I've tried CCDSoft
but
> >> it's not
> >> very user friendly even after I printed out the entire 400-page
> >> instruction
> >> manual. LOL.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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