[Aavso-photometry] Software

[Richard Harvan]

Dear All,
       I am just starting out in CCD photometry with a DSIPro1 and a SN-6 LXD-75.  I intend to start off imaging RR LYR type stars.  I have 2 issues that impact each other more or less.
       Presently I have to set up my gear for each session which of course impacts guideing.  The obvious solution is an observatory which is a long term goal.  Guideing is not the best.  30 seconds seems to be the limit for reasonably round stars.  Autostar Suite has a "drizzle" capability that translates the slew of the object across the image.  However fractions of pixels are added together.  Maybe I don't fully understand the process but wouldn't this affect the photometry?  Is this feature acceptable to use in my situation?
       The second issue is Autostar Suite up to the task of reducing images for photometry?  If it is not what programs are and what features do you like and dislike about them?  It seems to me that using Autostar Suite would be very tedious for the anticapted number of images and operations.
   
  Clear Skies,
  Rich Harvan (HAV)

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