Transform Newbie Questions

Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Sun, 09/27/2020 - 19:16

Good Day All,

I'm new to transforms.  I've been trying TA but I get multiple errors.  Is there a simple "how to use TA" document somewhere?  I have images of SS Cyg taken in V and R.  I have my coeffients from TG but I do not have an infrared filter or an Ultraviolet filter so I only have coefficients from V, B, R filters.

Am I limited to only transforming my V images then?  I want my information to count when I upload so if I need a I filter I will get one.  For the SS Cyg alert they asked for R images so I had thought I could transform just by using my coefficients from M11 using my B V and R images and then by imaging SS Cyg in V and R.  Should I also have imaged in B in order to transform the images.  I had thought the coefficients handled this after taking a standard field in V B and R. 

Here is my first line showing an error.
#TYPE=Extended
#OBSCODE=SHRA
#SOFTWARE=MaxIm DL Version 6.11
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#OBSTYPE=CCD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MAGERR,FILTER,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AIRMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
SS Cyg,2459114.5482754628,9.227,0.001,V,NO,STD,000-BCP-217,9.612,000-BCP-202,10.878,1.102,na,25582AS,na
# failed VSP API chart request. No CREFMAG available. Possibly bad chart reference. failed VSP API chart request. No KREFMAG available.

And then the next is the error from my red images.

#TYPE=Extended
#OBSCODE=SHRA
#SOFTWARE=MaxIm DL Version 6.11
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#OBSTYPE=CCD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MAGERR,FILTER,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AIRMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
SS Cyg,2459114.6341550923,9.154,0.001,R,NO,STD,000-BCP-235,8.214,000-BCP-217,9.487,1.004,na,X25660AKD,na
# Missing information; need Tr_vi and VIcolor.