Specifications

AUTOSTAR CCD PHOTOMETRY iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
PREFACE i
1. Introduction 1
1.1 Learning Stages 1
2. Data Acquisition 3
2.1 Telescope and Camera Setup 3
2.2 Software Setup 3
2.3 Setting Directories 5
2.4 Taking Dark Frames 6
2.5 Taking Stellar Images 8
2.5.1 Imaging Procedure 8
2.5.2 Flat Fields 15
3. Raw Data Reduction 17
3.1 Arranging the Files 17
3.2 Calibrating the Images 18
3.3 Differential Magnitude 21
3.3.1 Setting the Reference Magnitude 21
3.3.2 Aperture Diameter, Annulus, and Centering
Box Size Settings 24
3.3.3 Magnitude Determination 24
3.4 ImageInfo File 26
4. Additional Data Reduction 27
4.1 Database Program 27
4.2 Data List 28
5. Advanced Data Reduction 29
5.1 Reducing the Magnitudes to Standard Magnitudes 29
5.2 Transformation Coefficient Equations 29
APPENDIXES 31
REFERENCES 103
INDEX 107