[Aavso-photometry] MaxIm Version 5

Tom Richards tom at woodridgeobsy.org
Wed Apr 18 02:53:22 EDT 2007


Agreed, & I'd add Airmass (when parameters to calculate it are in the FITS
header).

Tom Richards

> -----Original Message-----
> From: aavso-photometry-bounces at mira.aavso.org [mailto:aavso-photometry-
> bounces at mira.aavso.org] On Behalf Of Jim Jones
> Sent: Wednesday, 18 April 2007 12:06
> To: aavso-photometry at aavso.org
> Subject: [Aavso-photometry] MaxIm Version 5
> 
> I notice that Doug George is starting to talk about MaxIm Version 5.
> This might be a good time for the photometry community to get their
> licks in for improvements.
> 
> I for one would like to see  more detailed photometry reports (giving
> the ADU numbers behind the mags) or at maybe a secondary report giving
> the details.  Maybe the way Astrometrica uses it's Report File and Log
> File.
> 
> Kind of a bigger item, but I would also like to see more of the
> photometric functions exposed so they could be reached by scripts.
> 
> As long as I'm dreaming how about an option to follow the stars based on
> RA and Dec rather than x and y coordinates when doing a TS?
> 
> Anyway if we could get our act together and make a concerted effort,
> maybe we could get some improvements.
> 
> Jim Jones, JJI
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