stars with notable proper motion are not placed correctly when using the catalog coordinates in J2000
If I understand Juan correctly, all annotation is converted to the epoch of the image. The one thing that is not clear to me is whether the Gaia database includes proper motion data. If it does, and this is used for the corrected positions, then the annotation should be correct...And this gave me the idea to ask Pixinsight for a possibility to display/convert from J2000 to JNow for the display/overlay of annotations.
But, this is only true for distant objects.
And if I tell CdC to use JNow, all is ok, the positions (e.g. for variable stars) are correct again.
Perhaps you could provide one or more examples of objects that are not properly annotated. (And an image where this issue occurs.)Thanks for your answer Juan.
I don't know if I have explained the problem correctly.
Astrometric solution is perfect, also annotation, all objects marked exactly at the right place in image, PGC, QSO's, very nice.
I use of DR3 database.
But, this is only true for distant objects. If I want to mark nearby stars (AnnotateImage GCVS variable stars for instance), markers are not at right place.
It is the same in CdC Cartes du Ciel, if I use J2000 there, the position difference for these stars is exactly the same as in Pixinsight.
And if I tell CdC to use JNow, all is ok, the positions (e.g. for variable stars) are correct again.
And this gave me the idea to ask Pixinsight for a possibility to display/convert from J2000 to JNow for the display/overlay of annotations.
Does the Gaia DR3 XPDS database include proper motion data?
If I understand Juan correctly, all annotation is converted to the epoch of the image. The one thing that is not clear to me is whether the Gaia database includes proper motion data. If it does, and this is used for the corrected positions, then the annotation should be correct...
... but I do know that a relatively small proportion of the Gaia data release has accurate proper motion data, so I don't know if PixInsight chose to include those fields in the XPSD database.
So you're looking for the option to precess the coordinates of a J2000 catalog to the image time, right?I want to annotate variable stars. With Script Annotate Image. From catalog GCVS (General Catalog of Variable Stars) which is selectable in this Script. GCVS is (like many other cataloges also) just RA DEC of J2000.
Yes.So you're looking for the option to precess the coordinates of a J2000 catalog to the image time, right?
This forum has limited storage capabilities. You have to upload the image using a public cloud storage service such as Google Cloud, Dropbox, etc. We need a publicly shared link to the image.Right here ? I'll try to attach. Message "file is to large for the server" appears .
Hmm. I said "precess", but the issue you're having is actually with proper motion, isn't it? Otherwise distance wouldn't matter. But changing the epoch shouldn't matter in that case.Yes.