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Lucius
Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Tue, 03/14/2017 - 15:02

Hi there,

Is there a non-professional (ESO-MIDAS, IRAF, ...) software that is able to automatically measure star brightnesses for a large number of stars and images and arrange each star's numerical values into a file such that they can be plotted into a lightcurve? Doing this for 100 stars and 40 images would be a real pain. What possibilities are there for this for amateurs?

CS

hambsch
Affiliation
Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde, Werkgroep Veranderlijke Sterren (Belgium) (VVS)
Tue, 03/14/2017 - 19:15
MUNIWIN

Hi,

probably MUNIWIN can do most of what you want.

It is freeware and measures all stars in one (multiple) image(s). It produces for all stars a lightcurve, but you may need to select stars as variable and comp stars.

 

Give it a try,

Josch