[Aavso-photometry] New Web-obs format

[Chuck Pullen]

Aaron - for those who love the pain and use IRAF, one can output data  
in any format one wants, as you know.  But, the old format for direct  
submittal often didn't have enough space in the columns for some of  
the input requested.  If you are taking comments on a new format, I  
would submit that it would be nice to have wider fields, and that  
they just be whitespace delineated if possible.

Chuck Pullen (PCH)


On Nov 13, 2007, at 9:00 AM, aavso-photometry-request at mira.aavso.org  
wrote:

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> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:30:45 -0500
> From: Aaron Price <aaronp at aavso.org>
> Subject: Re: [Aavso-photometry] PCObs and Webobs magnitude's decimal
> 	place	difference
> To: aavso-photometry at mira.aavso.org
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>  WebObs does support 3 decimals for CCD observers. Just check a  
> Quick Look query of SS Cyg for
> an example of tons of 3 decimal CCD obs.
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>  Len's reply is due to the fact that the next version of PCObs is  
> likely only going to be for
> visual observers. CCD observers will have to use WebObs or send  
> their observations by e-mail.
> Almost all major CCD photometry software vendors have agreed to  
> support a new format for CCD
> observations which we have created. This means that you'll be able  
> to just e-mail us a file that
> your CCD photometry software creates (or upload it via WebObs). You  
> won't have to re-enter the
> data into another program, spreadsheet, WebObs form, etc. (But the  
> option to enter CCD obs
> one-by-one will still exist in WebObs, just not in PCObs.) More  
> details on this will come when
> the formats are announced by Arne very, very soon.
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> Aaron
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Chuck Pullen
pullenc at gmail.com