C-Munipack 1.2 / User's manual
C-Munipack 1.2 / User's manual
Catalogue files speed up your work in case you often observe particular star field, for example in long-term monitoring of a variable star. In a standard workflow, you would have to mark the stars again and again. The catalogue file's structure is similar to that of the photometry file, except it includes the selection of stars. When you use the catalogue file as a reference frame in the matching phase, the program will match the photometry files against it and the selection of stars is restored as well. Then, when you open the "Choose stars" dialog, the variable, comparison and check stars are already marked.
The first observation you process by standard procedure, using one frame from a set as a reference file. When you have finished, you can make a catalogue file. Click on the Tools -> Make catalogue file item in the main menu. A new dialog appears. In its left part, fill in the edit fields, all of which are optional and you can left them blank. Close the dialog by the OK button. A standard save dialog appears. Locate the folder where you want to save the results and fill in the name of the output file. Confirm the dialog by the Save.