OMSI Astrometry and Photometry Workshop 2007 Summary
Saturday, November 10, 2007, 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
(OMSI)
1945 SE Water Avenue
Portland, OR 97214-3354, USA
Astrometry
and photometry
are two ways to measure celestial objects. Astrometry is measuring the position of the object and photometry is measuring the intensity of the object.
This workshop presented the various aspects of these measuring techniques for those who had no previous experience.
The workshop labs took attendees step-by-step in making astrometry and photometry measurements.
This OMSI workshop was sponsored and hosted by Jim Todd.
What Attendees Liked About the Workshop
- Great sets of overview of topics. Small group was great lab work.
- Huge rich collection of resources on DVD
- Great stuff
- Small group and subject
- Covered the field I was interested in
- Everything, DVD = very valuable resource, speakers = very good
- Small size, labs, good presentations, DVD
- The DVD, all the presentations, the shorten format
- Going through image processing step by step. Time for setting up computers in advance
- Tremendous amout of info. DVD is extraordinary!
- DVD very complete! Great resource. Liked both demos
- Lots of information, good take away material on the DVD
- Good preparation, Good slide sets, good material, good practical info.
- Great as usual
Schedule
- Noon to 1:00 pm Registration and Installation of Demo Software and Labs
- 1:00 pm The Case for Science Observing, Tim Crawford
- Organizations That Mentor Science Observers and-or Accept Data from Amateurs, Tim Crawford
- Required Telescope Equipment, Richard Berry
- Choosing a Suitable Science CCD Camera, Tim Crawford
- How to Make Science Observations, Richard Berry
- Hands-on Photometry Lab with AIP4WIN, Richard Berry
- Hands-on Astrometry Lab with Astrometrica, David Haworth
Speakers
Richard Berry
There is very little that Richard Berry has not done in astronomy; Former editor for Astronomy magazine, co-author of books such as "The CCD Cookbook Camera" and "The Handbook of Astronomical Image Processing" and author of the "Build Your Own Telescope". His talks are always a treat to listen to and a valuable asset to the astronomy community.
Tim Crawford
Following an introduction to astrophotography in 2003, Tim has expanded his interest, equipment and skills to become a widely recognized premier variable star observer. He has reported more than 56,000 photometric observations from CCD images to the AAVSO as of September, 2007.
Tim is also an accomplished author of numerous articles in both amateur and professional astronomy publications, and boasts an impressive meteorite collection.
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