RRORRT Guides
RRORRT Observer Plan Tutorial (PDF)
RRORRT Observing Plan Tutorial
Appendix: Position Angle Tutorial Using Aladin Atlas (PDF)
RRORRT Position Angle Tutorial
Appendix: RRORRT FOVI Tutorial for The Sky X (PDF)
RRORRT FOVI Tutorial for The Sky X
Images & the RRT (PDF)
CCD Images and the RRT
Images & the RRT (PDF)Jeff Robertson gave an excellent talk at CAAS about the RRORRT’s camera and CCD imaging principles. PDF of presentation.
RRORRT Exposure Guide (PDF, coming soon)
Photometry
Software:
C-Munipack (Free) Data reduction and light curve plotting. Dr. Robertson has created CMUNIWIN Converter to convert C-Munipack generated data into acceptable AAVSO format. Find it here.
Aperture Photometry Tool (Free) “Aperture Photometry Tool (APT) is software for astronomical research, as well as for learning, visualizing and refining aperture-photometry analyses.”
Persano (Shareware/$45) Light Curve and Period Analysis Software.
Videos:
Photometry tutorial of variable star astronomy using CMUNIWIN software
Books:
AAVSO Guide to CCD Photometry, ver. 1.1 https://www.aavso.org/ccd-photometry-guide
A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis, Brian Warner. Springer Books
Websites:
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) https://www.aavso.org/
Center for Backyard Astrophysics http://cbastro.org
Astrometry
Software:
Astrometrica (Shareware/$25EUR) “Astrometrica is a interactive software tool for scientific grade astrometric data reduction of CCD images.”
Videos:
Asteroid Astrometry with Astrometrica- How To
Books:
Observing and Measuring Visual Double Stars, R.W. Argyle. Springer Books
Websites:
Washington Double Star Catalog http://ad.usno.navy.mil/wds/