[Aavso-photometry] Automated star finding

Jim Roe jroe at jamesroe.com
Fri Aug 10 16:08:26 EDT 2007



Tomas L. Gomez wrote:
> Hi Jim,
> 
> I you know how to write a Visual Basic script, I think that PinPoint
> will do the job. After using the method "Plate.Solve" it produces a
> collection of objects "PlateStar" one for each star detected. The
> properties "PlateStar.RightAscension" and "PlateStar.Declination"
> is what you are looking for. In fact, I think that it makes two collections
> of objects "PlateStar" one for the objects detected in the plate,
> and another for the stars in the catalogue which have been matched
> to the objects detected.
> 

I'm studying VB scripting.  But, as I read the Maxim manual, the 
Pinpoint LE included in Maxim does not support scripting?  One needs the 
full version at extra cost, no?

Jim Roe



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