Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Tue, 11/17/2015 - 13:50

Hi,

Due to Nova Sgr 2015 No 2, I ended up writting a piece of code in JavaScript to help me cope with extinction. I played with it for enough time to no longer be able to tell if the software is OK or not, so I need your feedback on it.

The online version can be accessed here:

http://extinction-o-meter.appspot.com/

A tutorial for it is available here:

https://bitbucket.org/herr_alien/extinction-o-meter/wiki/Tutorial

The project page (with links to the same software, but as a browser plugin) is here:

https://bitbucket.org/herr_alien/extinction-o-meter

The method to determine the first order extinction coefficient is described here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18RcrzoP0-Xy8_-xsWbnwWAj2m1lAL5WrHUm…

Have fun, and do not be gentle :)

Alex.

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"Have fun, and do not be gentle :)" - infamous last words :). Corrected the app to allow negative longitudes, as geolocation reports for everything West ...