AAVSO Spring Meeting, 2011 Using the Bradford Robotic Telescope & VPhot for Variable Star Photometry Richard ''Doc'' Kinne Astronomical Technologist AAVSO
AAVSO Spring Meeting, 2011 Using the Bradford Robotic Telescope & VPhot for Variable Star Photometry Richard ''Doc'' Kinne Astronomical Technologist AAVSO.
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AAVSO Spring Meeting, 2011
Using the Bradford Robotic Telescope & VPhot for Variable
Star Photometry
Richard ''Doc'' KinneAstronomical Technologist
AAVSO
AAVSO Spring Meeting, 2011
What is the Bradford Robotic Telescope?
A remote, robotic telescope. Operated by the University of Bradford, England Located in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain www.telescope.org
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Equipment Available
Constellation CameraFLI MaxCam CM2-1 w 1k x1k pixel chip. Opticals are a Nikon 16mm f2.8 lens.
Coverage: 40 sq. degrees Filters
Red, Green, Blue (RGB system), ND2, Clear
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Equipment Available
Cluster CameraFLI MaxCam CM2-1 w 1k x1k pixel chip. Opticals are a Nikon 200mm f2.8 lens.
Coverage: ~4.3 sq. degrees Filters
Red, Green, Blue (RGB system), ND3, Clear
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Equipment Available
Galaxy Camera!Camera FLI MicroLine 1k x1k chip. Each pixel at 13um sq.Opticals: A Schmidt-Cassegrain Celestron C14 w an effective focal length of 1877mm at f5.3
Coverage: ~24 arc min. Filters: Johnson BVRI, OIII, ND3, HA Yea, This is the One!
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Setting up a Job
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Setting up an Object
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Selecting a Scope
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Selecting Exposure Time & Filter
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Interlude – Waiting for the Job
Strengths of the Bradford Robotic Telescope Simple Interface – meant for education. Excellent to monitor LPV.
Weaknesses of the Bradford Robotic Telescope It is not an interactive scope. You have no control over queue wait time. Not good for monitoring CVs or quickly following
up on on anything. Cannot do time series.
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Retrieving your Job – You've Got Mail!
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Job Details
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Job Details
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VPhot
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Vphot – Uploading Images
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VPhot – Quick Upload
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VPhot - Uploading
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VPhot – The Uploaded Image
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VPhot – Image Analysis
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VPhot – Image Analysis
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VPhot – Image Analysis
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VPhot – The Photometry Report
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VPhot – The AAVSO Report
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Downloaded to your Computer – aavso_report.txt
#TYPE=EXTENDED#OBSCODE=KQR#SOFTWARE=VPhot 3.1#DELIM=,#DATE=JD#OBSTYPE=CCD#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,C
MAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTESRV
Tau,2455563.52330,9.597,0.085,V,NO,ABS,ENSEMBLE,na,126,12.625,na,na,4620VM,From the BRT
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To WebObs, Star Boy!
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WebObs – Upload the File
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WebObs – Review the Observation
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WebObs – SUCCESS!
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Thanks!
Mike Simonsen – for CCD concept assistance. Dr. Arne Henden – for filter concept assistance. Dr. Aaron Price, Kate Davis, & Will McMain –
for WebObs and the AAVSO Website Geir Klingenberg & Michael Kran – for VPhot! The BRT Team – for maintaining and keeping the
Bradford Robotic Scope available and open!
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Special Thanks! Gary Poyner, FRAS – For introducing me to the
Bradford Robotic Telescope in particular, and robotic telescope observing in general.
Thanks, Mate!
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