Photometry: Transformations and Filters

Join Dr. Brian Kloppenborg, AAVSO’s Executive Director, as he traces the journey of light from the stars to our sensors.

The presentation will explore the impacts atmospheric transmission, telescope optics, and sensor technologies have on stellar photometric data, as well as how photometric filters and transformation processes serve to standardize measurements across observers.

Brian will discuss the most common photometric systems used by amateur astronomers, present transmission curves of a variety of commercially available filters, and discuss how you can use transformation to improve the quality of your photometry.