Photometric pipeline for robotic telescopes

0581940 - ASÚ 2024 RIV SK eng J - Journal Article
Jelínek, Martin
Photometric pipeline for robotic telescopes.
Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnaté Pleso. Roč. 53, č. 4 (2023), s. 127-135. ISSN 1335-1842. E-ISSN 1336-0337
Institutional support: RVO:67985815
Keywords : image processing * photometry * automation
OECD category: Optics (including laser optics and quantum optics)
Impact factor: 0.5, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access

PYRT is a software package to automatically process and calibrate photometric images obtained by robotic telescopes. The response model to be fitted is described with terms provided from the command line or a configuration file. It also has a limited capability to improve the astrometric solution of wide-field images. The pipeline was used to process several million images obtained by the D50 telescope at Ondejov. At present, it is in the process of being implemented for the wide-field Small Binocular Telescope, also at Ondejov. It has also been tested to successfully solve a wide range of images from other telescopes ranging from large-aperture professional instruments to wide-field systems and all-sky cameras.



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