Computing comet tail profiles
To derive tail profiles – e.g. to study asteroids or comets – I’ve developed a tail_profile.py code. It’s not in any of …
R1505-R1514: Stack background normalization and photometry keywords, improved pupilghost scaling
R1505-R1510 Some bugfixes Improved the scaling for the pupilghost subtraction. Tested so far as stand-alone module as well as as part of …
Rev 1504: New reduction log, improved WCS and pupilghost
Rev 1504 (2015-08-24) Improved WCS solution for some frames where QR < 0.9 found a valid solution, but the faster algorithm in …
animated asteroids – some examples of the Moving Object Processing System
These are just a few examples of the new proto-type MOPS (Moving Object Processing System). The first is a known asteroid, followed …
MPC links and cheat-sheet
No magic here, just a bunch of links to pages at MPC I use regularly and that often take me a little …
Cheat-sheet: Recovering NEOs
This document is targeted at advanced users and lists most of the commands needed to recover near-earth objects. For use on your …
ODI now with auto-focus
Observing with ODI just got a little more comfortable. To keep ODI in focus and to get the best possible image quality …
New plots allow to judge observing conditions and efficiency
During my last WIYN run (which was my first one done remotely), I came up with two new tools that allow me …
pODI Rev 534: Support for Binning
I added support for binning, by modifying the default filenames used for biases, darks, etc. All new files now look like bias_binY.fits …