IOTA/ES Workshop about QHY 174M GPS
And a tutorial about SharpCap, Timestamps and Tangra!
A workshop about the camera with precise GPS timing was held at Archenhold-Sternwarte, Berlin, Germany, on 2020 Feb 29.
Dr. Christian Weber, IOTA/ES, presented the installation, the settings for this camera in Robin Glover’s software SharpCap and his measurements about the timing accuracy of the camera/GPS system.
His presentations are now available for the community of occultation observers in PDF format. A worksheet for users will be prepared and announced in the upcoming months.
The workshop was held in two parts.
1. Introduction to basic use
Topics:
- Example of positive events
- Hardware of camera
- Adaption to telescope and PC
- Driver
- Recording
- Data reduction
- Useful Links
Here you can find the
pdf of the presentation
2. Introduction to advanced use
Topics:
- Example. Sylvia 1 event - 2 independent observing systems
- LED calibration - needed?
- LED calibration - how to do it?
- Time accuracy - Example: indirect photo flash
- Time accuracy - SEXTA tests
- QHY174GPS firmware
- Additional SharpCap features: plate solving, mount control, scripting
- Useful links
- Summary and future tasks
Here you can find the
pdf of the presentation
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