[Aavso-photometry] RE: DSI Pro]

[Justin Pryzby]

On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 07:50:54AM -0800, Bruce Skelly wrote:
> I reported this to Meade.
Awesome, thanks Bruce.  I would have done so myself if I owned one..
Speaking of which, I still have to update my ccdsoft to see if they
fixed any of the 5 bugs I've noticed, before rereporting them..

> I wish I had a trouble ticket number that I could refer you to, but
> I don't.
Sadly, most vendors don't have public BTS :)

-- 
Clear skies,
Justin

> --- Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> 
> > > Dear Mr.Fabrizio,
> > > This is Nagai.
> > > 
> > > I think, the DSI Pro is the good equipment.
> > > And, the AutoStar makes the FITS file.
> > > But, Photographing time is not included in the FITS file.
> > It is there, but not written properly..
> > 
> > I'm looking at a file from Freddy of Netherlands, soul on IRC,
> > from some months back.  It has:
> > 
> >   INSTRUME= 'Deep Sky Imager'    / Imager Model
> >   TIME-OBS= '20:31:03'           / UTC Time
> >   DATE-OBS= '01/10/2005'         / UTC Date
> >   EXPTIME =                  16. / Total Exposure Time
> > 
> > I suspect that the reason some software might not know the date of
> > exposure is because the new and recommended format for date of
> > observation is in the style: 2005-12-30T23:59:58.
> > 
> > The exposure time is typically in seconds
> > 
> > The D/M/Y format is not allowed by the FITS standard [0] for files
> > written after January 1, 2000.  Also, I note that the DSI software is
> > using a 4 digit year where a 2 digit year is expected.