Photometry with Faulkes network

[SteveWolves]

I am thinking of using the Faulkes scopes for some photometry, has anyone any experience of this?

[Perseus_m45]

What are you looking to accomplish with your photometry and I can tell you better .

mike h

[Helen]

Yep, lots of experience - what do you want to know...

Helen

[SteveWolves]

Well some targets first, I was thinking of using the light grasp to look at faint minima but finding reference stars in the images with only the 10 min field of view is daunting.

[Helen]

There's a lot of data on NGC957 and you can get some reference stars from some of the published papers.  You can do Colour Magnitude and Colour-colour diagrams without reference stars

Helen

[SteveWolves]

Thanks Helen that is very usefull. Ta

[Helen]

If you give me a week I can provide some further info - I have to write a paper for Uni on NGC957 using Faulkes data  I just have 2 other assignments to do before Friday which are taking priority!

Helen

[SteveWolves]

Helen I have asked at the BAA variable star section for ideas and am awaiting a reply.

Perseus_m45

I have used the Faulkes scopes for a few years at my small group at Perton Library Staffordshire England but now want to do a bit more than take pretty pics. The idea of being able to get usefull data from deep minima and to be able to look for variation in all of the stars in a field of view is something my small group would like to try.

[Helen]

http://resources.faulkes-telescope.com/course/category.php?id=15

[Perseus_m45]

Helen I have asked at the BAA variable star section for ideas and am awaiting a reply.

Perseus_m45

I have used the Faulkes scopes for a few years at my small group at Perton Library Staffordshire England but now want to do a bit more than take pretty pics. The idea of being able to get usefull data from deep minima and to be able to look for variation in all of the stars in a field of view is something my small group would like to try.

Steve , Since you have posted your question in the double star observing section , I have to say beware when your thinking of using many of these online scopes to collect data on doubles . Most of the time I find that they are not set up to give you a really good image on these subjects . Most are set up to image deep sky  . Have a look at some images from the Faulkes scope to make your own judgment . Maybe see if they might have and image of  Epsilon 1 Lyr already for you to make a decision .

mike h

[SteveWolves]

Hi Mike the title of the forum says double and variable stars, yes I see the problems you mention will look into this further.

Steve.

[SteveWolves]

Hi Helen

Have done sone pics of NGC957 please let me know more about your paper please.

I still want to get some callibrated photometry done soon though, I think the 1m scopes have a larger field of view that might enable standard stars to be used.

[Helen]

Hi Steve,

There's some more info here if you haven't seen it

http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/node/2559

I'll PM you something else too 

Helen

[Perseus_m45]

On ‎12‎/‎8‎/‎2015 at 14:58, SteveWolves said:

I am thinking of using the Faulkes scopes for some photometry, has anyone any experience of this?

Steve , How did things work out for you ?

 

[SteveWolves]

Hi Mike

Have done pics of an open cluster and just getting spreadsheet together to record the 165 objects identified and how to handle the 23 ref stars to give absolute magnitudes and make colour mag plots.