[Aavso-photometry] The AAVSO Photometric All-Sky Survey (APASS)

[Tom Richards]

I note you're using an ABG chip, which surprises me. Will this affect the
linear-response region significantly and hence the mag range you are
planning to cover?
Tom Richards

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> bounces at aavso.org] On Behalf Of arne
> Sent: Wednesday, 4 March 2009 11:59 AM
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> Subject: [Aavso-photometry] The AAVSO Photometric All-Sky Survey (APASS)
> 
> You know how hard it is to get a field calibrated?  Even
> with me around, you still have to ask that I put a field
> on the Sonoita queue (if the field is even visible from
> Arizona) and wait for some good weather.  I think I have
> the ultimate solution, and with the help of a few friends
> (and the Robert Martin Ayers Sciences Fund), I think
> that the entire sky will soon be photometrically calibrated.
> 
> I've held off announcing this survey until the hardware
> pieces all fell into place.  Everything is progressing
> forward, as smoothly as it ever does with new technology,
> but you can read about the new survey at:
> http://www.aavso.org/news/apass.shtml
> 
> This is something that I've been working towards for the
> better part of a decade, and with the backing of
> Robert Ayers, I think it is now a secure project that
> will succeed.
> Arne
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