6 – Doing Photometry
The 'Photometric Calibration' button does two things: It runs source detection and photometry software (SourceExtractor) over the image. This detects all stars, measures their fluxes and converts them to instrumental [...]
5 – Doing Astrometry
After the above steps, this one requires basically no input, only checking. After you click on "Astrometry" the software will use the astrometry.net software to identify the stars on the [...]
4 – Extracting Meta-data from Images
This is the first real processing step. After you upload the files click on 'Process Files' and you will see all your uploaded files with 4 processing buttons/steps next to [...]
3 – Uploading images
After logging in, click on 'Upload' and either drag files into the box or click select files to open a browser window. You can select multiple files (by either using [...]
2 – Setup a device
This is a telescope / camera combination. If you plan to submit images from several telescopes/cameras, please set up a device for each of them (you can do this at any [...]
1 – Create an account
Go to the HOYS SERVER and click on Login, then Register. Follow the instructions.