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I hadn’t realised just how prolific the Geminids had become until I got a meteorcam. Last night was just amazing!
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I’ve been chatting to Han who wrote ASTAP and he’s created a modified version with an option to format the AAVSO export for BAA VSS use, extracting the extra header fields from the FITS header. I uploaded an entry for DO Dra and it seemed to go well. Could you check it out please and see if anything else is required?
The latest version of the installer is here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/astap-program/files/windows_installer/
Thanks
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So far I’ve entered it manually. Next time I will try a modified AAVSO version to see how that looks. Doesn’t look very difficult to do.
ThanksThat’s great thanks. Well I definitely recommend it as a really nice tool that is easy to use.
Here’s a video showing how simple it is if anyone is interested:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99XxzmJPPPQ
MarkWell 8 days is all I will get before they disappear from the Sun. Weather will no longer co-operate so this is the final set.
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Day 8. From the forecast for tomorrow I suspect this will be the last day.
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2022-04-25 09:27:02 UT
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Best 25% framesDay 7. How long will the Scottish weather continue to co-operate?
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2022-04-24 09:22:42 UT
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Best 25% framesDay 6. Very windy but amazingly still clear enough to image the Sun. Having to make sure the filter doesn’t blow off!
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2022-04-23 11:46:33 UT
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Best 25% framesA small error: the title link to Picture of the week does not work:
https://britastro.org/observations/potw.phpDay 5 and dodging the east coast Scottish Haar now. Very gusty and poor seeing again.
The changes continue…
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2022-04-22 12:05:44 UT
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Best 25% framesDay 4 and cloud dodging to get anything at all. Very gusty and poor seeing.
The top group shows the most interesting changes, stretching and splitting the umbra.
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2022-04-21 12:41:43 UT
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Best 40% framesDay 3 and amazingly still sunny weather! Interesting to see how the spots are changing.
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2022-04-20 08:47:34 UT
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Best 20% framesToday’s image, seeing not so steady this morning. With yesterday’s image for comparison.
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2022-04-19 09:12:49 UT
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Best 20% framesManaged to capture them in very gusty conditions here in Edinburgh.
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2022-04-18 11:29:35 UT (corrected date!)
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Great update and works better on mobile too.
The homepage is mostly responsive but the top 4 buttons: Discover, Explore, Observe, Protect – aren’t. It doesn’t wrap round like other sections do.
One comment: I feel the observing sections would be better as a fixed set of navigation images rather than a scrolling one. Don’t like to have wait to get the one I want. I know I can get it from other navigation but it seems unnecessary to be like this to me.Good work though. As a web dev I know what’s involved.
MarkIt’s pretty good actually. Here’s a video showing how to use it for comet photometry. Really easy to do but need to verify the results using this technique.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEjcSm_cZx8
Mark
That’s great. Thanks for your help and the tips.
The donation is listed in our archives in the Council Meeting minutes but I don’t think it would have been mentioned outside the Society much – if at all.
Mark
Very poor conditions tonight with drifting cloud and only enough gaps for 30s exposure, but clearly fainter.
AstroImageJ gives 13.1 V now.At 2021-12-31 23:31UT
