Re: DSS images

robertjmodic@att.net Jun 22, 2010

Bill,


> Hmmm... just tried this, and the image is shifted from the
> underlying stars by about 2", to the northwest. Is that what
> you're seeing?

No. I'm seeing a rotational error (of about 2 degrees in the
example image that I mentioned). The error in arc-seconds
increases with distance from the center of the image. In the
example I suggested, the difference is over 20" near the edges
of the image. Did you get the correct image? The one I
downloaded is from the Second Epoch Southern survey and the
date is 1992-07-21. There was another red image from the same
survey taken in 1991.

> Just tried this, with an image downloaded from the site you
> mention, and with one from Guide's built-in images from the second
> CD, and with an image downloaded from Extras... DSS/RealSky
> Images... DSS from Internet, and got "More Info" for all of them.
> Maybe if you could e-mail me the offending image? (Also: are
> built-in images displaying, and can you get "More Info" for them?)

I can get "More Info" from the built-in images but not the DSS
images I've downloaded.


Bob