VPHOT shows field orientation in the lower right corner of WCS solved images. Two perpendicular lines point respectively E and N. The funny thing is, the orientation of the two lines is rotated 90 degrees clockwise from the compass directions given on my AAVSO chart. I produced the AAVSO chart using the online chart plotter with CCD option, non-reversed. The 90 rotation of WCS compass directions occurs in all fields (six or so) that I've uploaded to VPHOT. (I just discovered VPHOT yesterday. It's great!) I am using an SCT, with 2 mirror reflections.
The result is that what's shown as N should be W, and what's shown as E should be N.
Has anyone else noticed this behavior?
- Andy Howell (HOA)
Links:
[1] http://www.aavso.org/forums/variable-star-observing/vphot
[2] http://www.aavso.org/category/tags/compass-directions
[3] http://www.aavso.org/category/tags/wcs