Enzo De Bernardini
PixInsight Ambassador
Hello,
I want to introduce you to the first version of a script that I have been working on. This new script allows to measure the angular distance and the position angle of two points (stars or arbitrary) in an image that has previously been astrometrically solved. The distance and position angle are measured from the first point to the second point selected, and are calculated using spherical trigonometry. Successive clicks changes the points, latest two are used.
Basic usage
I want to thanks @Juan Conejero for the tremendous tools available on the platform. The potential in astrometry is by far beyond my scripting skills
Zip file attached. I hope you find it interesting. It is a first version, be gentle
Best regards,
Enzo.
Updates:
I want to introduce you to the first version of a script that I have been working on. This new script allows to measure the angular distance and the position angle of two points (stars or arbitrary) in an image that has previously been astrometrically solved. The distance and position angle are measured from the first point to the second point selected, and are calculated using spherical trigonometry. Successive clicks changes the points, latest two are used.
Basic usage
- CTRL + click to select the points/stars.
- Mouse wheel to zoom.
- Drag and drop to scroll.
- Selection Mode
- Star Detection: Use the StarDetector engine to calculate the star's centroid. For this type of measurement is required a star like point, and preferably unsaturated. The click coordinates are not critical, the script will search the closest centroid to clicked point inside a region (detection box). Limitations: If the function does not detect the star, the search for the centroid could fail or fall on another detected star. Stars too close to the edge (half detection box size) will not be well placed (script limitation).
- Arbitrary Point: Any point in the image, regardless of whether or not there are stars. The script will use exactly the clicked coordinates (subpixel resolution, so, zoom in to better accuracy)
- Detection Box: Size of the square centered on the clicked point where matching stars will be searched (increase to include big stars). Only for Star Detection.
- RA Format, Dec Format: Format to show the positions of the stars.
- Zoom and scroll need improvement (I have found it quite difficult to handle that part of the interface)
- More StarDetector configs (sensitivity, peak response...)
- Output improvement (like only export selected measurements)
- One point measurements (no distance and position angle, only RA and Dec, useful for asteroids and other objects?)
- Images without the need to be solved astrometrically (measurements of distance and angles based on image px, useful for double stars?)
I want to thanks @Juan Conejero for the tremendous tools available on the platform. The potential in astrometry is by far beyond my scripting skills
Zip file attached. I hope you find it interesting. It is a first version, be gentle
Best regards,
Enzo.
Updates:
- 2021-04-27: version 1.1.0
- 2023-11-13: version 1.1.1
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