[Aavso-photometry] Exoplanet host stars in VSX and VSP

Brad Walter bswalter at hughes.net
Wed Mar 12 19:16:22 EDT 2008


 Would it be possible to issue designations for all of the bright exoplanet
host stars listed in AXA and get sequences for comps in VSP? I think there
are a number of AAVSO members taking data on these stars. 

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> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:01:29 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Michael Crook <m.j.crook at talk21.com>
> Subject: Re: [Aavso-photometry] Transformation Coefficients
> To: Tim Crawford <tcarchcape at yahoo.com>,	aavso photometry
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> Tim,
> 
> I will be observing LPVs and I understand it is important to 
> transform in these cases due to the colour differences 
> between the red variables and the
> comparisons.   
> 
> Is there an 'idiots guide' available to transformed 
> differential photometry? (I mean a REALLY basic
> guide?)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mick 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- Tim Crawford <tcarchcape at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > While we still have somewhat of a related thread going RE this 
> > specific topic (Michael Koppelman's last post on the topic: 
> > Differential vs. absolute magnitudes) I thought I would post some 
> > recent values showing the difference between not transformed 
> > differential photometry and transformed differential photometry for 
> > the benifit of those of you who have never ventured into this 
> > territory.
> > 
> > This was a recent observation of V371 Per in which I had 
> zero-pointed 
> > the instrumental magnitudes (meaning that the IM's would equal the 
> > sequence value) of the main Comp star; because of this particular 
> > action it makes it easy to look at this particular Spread sheet and 
> > pull off the following magnitude data.
> > 
> > Filter - Not Transformed - Transformed - Difference
> > 
> > V - 10.959 - 11.979 - .020
> > 
> > B - 11.563 - 11.575 - .012
> > 
> > R - 10.611 - 10.619 - .008
> > 
> > I - 10.217 - 10.230 - .013
> > 
> > It is important for you to understand  that other systems 
> > (scope/ccd/conditions) could have significantly larger 
> differences or 
> > even significantly smaller differences (while pesumably the actual 
> > transformed values would have been quite close) on this 
> same target, 
> > at the same time,  using the same
> > comp(s) stars, depending on the calculated transformation 
> coefficients 
> > for that system.
> > 
> > Tim Crawford CTX'
> > Arch Cape Observatory
> > 
> > http://homepage.mac.com/windwalker1/ACObserv.htm
> > 
> > 
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> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:29:56 -0400
> From: Steven Orlando <sorlando at sorlando.com>
> Subject: Re: [Aavso-photometry] Transformation Coefficients
> To: Michael Crook <m.j.crook at talk21.com>, aavso-photometry at aavso.org
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> Mick,
> 
> An excellent software package Canopus:
> 
> http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/MPOSoftware/MPOCanopus.htm
> 
> Very reasonably priced.
> 
> Also, while there look for the link to Brian D. Warner's book 
> on Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis. There are spreadsheet 
> instructions in that book
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Crook" <m.j.crook at talk21.com>
> To: "Tim Crawford" <tcarchcape at yahoo.com>; "aavso photometry" 
> <aavso-photometry at aavso.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 4:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [Aavso-photometry] Transformation Coefficients
> 
> 
> > Tim,
> >
> > I will be observing LPVs and I understand it is important 
> to transform 
> > in these cases due to the colour differences between the 
> red variables 
> > and the comparisons.
> >
> > Is there an 'idiots guide' available to transformed differential 
> > photometry? (I mean a REALLY basic
> > guide?)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Mick
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Tim Crawford <tcarchcape at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> While we still have somewhat of a related thread going RE this 
> >> specific topic (Michael Koppelman's last post on the topic: 
> >> Differential vs. absolute magnitudes) I thought I would post some 
> >> recent values showing the difference between not transformed 
> >> differential photometry and transformed differential 
> photometry for 
> >> the benifit of those of you who have never ventured into this 
> >> territory.
> >>
> >> This was a recent observation of V371 Per in which I had 
> zero-pointed 
> >> the instrumental magnitudes (meaning that the IM's would equal the 
> >> sequence value) of the main Comp star; because of this particular 
> >> action it makes it easy to look at this particular Spread 
> sheet and 
> >> pull off the following magnitude data.
> >>
> >> Filter - Not Transformed - Transformed - Difference
> >>
> >> V - 10.959 - 11.979 - .020
> >>
> >> B - 11.563 - 11.575 - .012
> >>
> >> R - 10.611 - 10.619 - .008
> >>
> >> I - 10.217 - 10.230 - .013
> >>
> >> It is important for you to understand  that other systems 
> >> (scope/ccd/conditions) could have significantly larger 
> differences or 
> >> even significantly smaller differences (while pesumably the actual 
> >> transformed values would have been quite close) on this 
> same target, 
> >> at the same time,  using the same
> >> comp(s) stars, depending on the calculated transformation 
> >> coefficients for that system.
> >>
> >> Tim Crawford CTX'
> >> Arch Cape Observatory
> >>
> >> http://homepage.mac.com/windwalker1/ACObserv.htm
> >>
> >>
> >>
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