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File Formats Required for Photometry
Introduction
Stars
Observatory data
Telescope obstruction data
Instrumental data
Observational data
Star tables
Required stellar data
Object name
Right Ascension
Declination
Equinox
Optional stellar data
Proper motions
Spectral types
Rough magnitudes
Comment column
Standard values
Moving objects
UT date -- column label: DATE
MJD -- column label: MJD_OBS
Permanent telescope parameters
Column label: TELESCOP
Column label: DIAM
Column label: LON
Column label: LAT
Column label: HEIGHT
Column label: TUBETYPE
Column label: TUBEDIAM
Column label: TUBELEN
Column label: DOMETYPE
Column label: DOMEDIAM
Column label: SLITWID
Horizon obstructions
Getting the data
Descriptor for the ``horizon'' table
MOUNTING=
'FORK'
Column label: DEC
Column label: OBSE
Column label: MOONE
Column label: OBSW
Column label: MOONW
MOUNTING=
'GERMAN'
Column label: DEC
Column label: TEOBSE
Column label: TEMOONE
Column label: TEOBSW
Column label: TEMOONW
Column label: TWOBSE
Column label: TWMOONE
Column label: TWOBSW
Column label: TWMOONW
Special remarks on German mountings
MOUNTING=
'ALTAZ'
Column label: AZI
Column label: OBSALT
Column label: MOONALT
Instrument configuration and run-specific information
Storage format
General instrumental information
Passbands
Columns BAND and NBAND
Column FILTCODE_
n
Column NDVALUE
Column NDETUSED
Columns REDLEAK, RLTYPE, and MAKER
Instrument descriptors
Filter descriptors
Descriptor
NFILTCAR
Character descriptor FILTCAT
Character descriptor FILTSTAT
Detectors
Columns NDET and DETNAME
Column DETCODE
Column DET
Photomultipliers: DET=
PMT
Column COOLING
Silicon photodiodes and CCDs: DET=
SILICON
Other detectors: DET=
OTHER
Telescope optics
Sample instrument files
A simple photometer
A modern single-channel photometer
A modern two-channel photometer
CCD photometry
Observational data
Required observational data
What was the measurement?
What was measured?
Bandpass and detector identification
Timing information
Comment field
Additional information
Temperature and humidity data
Pressure
Measuring aperture
PMT Voltage
Gain steps
Geneva parameters
Seeing
Error estimates
Petra Nass
3/23/1999
