Angular Diameter Accuracy
Alternate Format: Written Instructions
- Open https://in-the-sky.org/ephemeris.php, your Observation Report, and these instructions. Keep them open you’ll switch between them.
- On the tab with In-The-Sky, uncheck all the boxes except “Show phase” and “Show angular size”.
- Choose the planet you’re examining from the Object dropdown box.
- Choose UTC from the Timezone dropdown box.
- Choose the start date that matches when you image was taken.
- Set Interval to “hour” and Rows to “25”.
- Click Update.
- Read the true angular diameter in arcsec [“Ang. Diam (“)] for the time your image was taken.
- Record that in the Angular Diameter Accuracy table in your Skynet 1-2 Observation Report.
- Copy the Measured Angular Diameter from your measurements in the last section.
- Your settings will look like this:
Media Attributions
- In-the-sky ephemeris settings