We're kicking off the new year with a webinar on one of our most popular topics—photometry! Whether you're new to variable star observing or you're an old-timer looking for ways to improve your photometric precision, this event is for you. We'll demonstrate the process of photometric reduction, discuss important topics such as binning and choice […]
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 […]
Instructor: Ed Wiley. CCD1 and CCD2 have been combined into a single six-week course. We will use the AAVSO Guide to CCD/CMOS Photometry as our basic reference. This course will use the AAVSO platform VPhot as the basic software for performing tasks such as measuring variables. A brief introduction to VPhot is provided but is […]
Instructor: Ken Menzies. This course is designed to teach observers how to conduct photometry using VPhot, the AAVSO’s cloud-based photometry reduction software. The main objective is to understand “best photometric […]
