CCD observations module release - 15 October 2015
Since April we have been developing the new large module for CCD observations submitting ,and very soon (15th of October) we will be introducing this module for public usage. Now we'd like to describe this module. First of all, you can submit your observations in two ways: either by filling a web form or by uploading observations in ICQ format. In web form you may find additional fields which are not introduced in ICQ; there are also fields, aimed to help observer describe the circumstances and provide as much detailed information as it possible. The second important issue is CCD and DSRL cameras. At this moment we have very complicated situation with cameras: some of them (especially, CCD detectors) have been mentioned in ICQ nomenclature having the ICQ indexes assigned. Another part (generally, DSRL cameras) are not included in ICQ. That`s why we decided to offer the observer the opportunity of two ways of cameras definition. Observers can choose a camera from main list of cameras (which is defined only by admins) or introduce cameras manually, if these are absent in the main list. And no matter, if the camera has ICQ index assigned or not, it will be introduced anyway. The database of CCD/DSRL cameras represented by not only tables of cameras, but tables of chips, producers of chips and cameras. We had prepared a little prompt about system of cameras. You can find it here: http://195.209.248.207/files/promt_cameras.html While submitting observation you can enter information about software. You can do it in two ways: by choosing camera from main source (which is defined by administrator) and by filling information about software manually, because we know, that anyway, there can be some gaps in our software database, or observer can use his own software for processing images. As for visual observations, you can choose comets, tools and observation`s place from you personal lists, which are the same as for visual observations. Also, as in visual observations module, you can enter conditions of observations on different scales (Bortl scale, Light pollution scale, SQM, limit magnitude, which can be noticed by naked eye) In the near future we plan to develop the graphical module, especially a Gallery section with all images stored. It should be noted that now the user has an opportunity to insert CometBase light curves to any other sites via CometBase API. Besides, CCD observations are already included in API.
Best wishes,CometBase team
Artom Novichonok, Kirill Grishin, Taras Pristavski
cometbase@... cometbase.net
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