[Aavso-photometry] Keeping track of CCD observations

[Thom Gandet]

Excel 2007 Excel provides row and column numbers limited only by
available memory.  Excel 2003 limits columns to 256, and Excel 2007
also does away with those column limits.

Thom


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Crawford" <tcarchcape at yahoo.com>
To: "Bob Crumrine" <rcrumrin at rochester.rr.com>
Cc: "AAVSO-Photometry" <aavso-photometry at mira.aavso.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Aavso-photometry] Keeping track of CCD observations


> Bob,
>
> Foremost, Congradulations on getting up and going and
> contributing to  the DB!
>
> For me, the easy way, as you also mentioned, is to
> simply copy the data from the Blue&Gold:  Select  "How
> many OBS in DB" then "DL all my obs from the DB " from
> time to time.
>
> I copy and paste to a notepad from the Webobs  file
> then import into a SS.... where I can then sort the
> data anyway I want to.  I also find it handy to
> convert the JD date back into UT time on the SS as my
> images and photometry reduction data  is stored in UT
> dated folders, for each session, on my hard drives.
>
> For the short term, I simply print out a copy of the
> obs submitted per session so I can better track of
> priorities on my obs list.
>
> One problem for the future for a lot of us is that
> their is a ceiling around  64,000 or 65,000 rows with
> Excel, as far as I know.
>
> Per Ardua ad Astra ("Through Adversity to the Stars")
>
> Tim Crawford CTX
> Arch Cape Observatory
>
>
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