[vsnet-chat 697] all-sky photometry (Richmond)

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  Brian Skiff wrote:

>      There is a lot of work to be done.  Much of the problem could be
> solved by even a few amateurs willing to do "all-sky" photometry, but it
> seems the number able/willing to do this is inexplicably close to zero.

  Not to disagree with you, Brian, but I'm a professional astronomer,
and the number of times during which I was

            a. willing to do all-sky photometry
      AND
            b. able to do all-sky photometry

has, in my career so far, turned out to be a total of about 3 nights.

  At my current position, in Rochester, NY, the number of photometric
nights per year is probably about 10, if that :-(  I suspect that the
same is true -- if not more so -- for most amateurs.  So even if the
spirit is willing, the sky may not...

  It's just a LOT easier to do differential photometry, especially for
those of us stuck far from Arizona.

                        Michael Richmond

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