Tips and tricks
Tips and tricks
Tips and tricks
Whether you are an astronomy enthusiast, an amateur astronomer, a student, or a researcher - you might find something useful here. This is a collection of various helpful tips and resources that I have found around the web (or created), grouped by categories:
Research
Research
- The article I recommend most strongly to students about to enter research is Richard Hamming's You and Your Research. You can also see the talk on youtube.
Amateur-friendly serious astronomy
Amateur-friendly serious astronomy
- Want to do photometry on data? Check out APT and AstroImageJ - both are tools with an easy graphical interface, and are useful for professionals too.
- I have made a tutorial on DSLR photometry with APT with the ASI public outreach committee.
- Make RGB images automatically from three filter fits images: Trilogy software
Writing Email:
Writing Email:
- Matt Might has some handy guidelines on writing email.