[Aavso-photometry] Adequate FOV size?

[Aaron Price]

 I concur. 10x10 will really limit the number of charts you can use
and there is a direct correlation between quantity/quality of
observations of stars with and without AAVSO star charts. I had
trouble with a 12x16' fov a few years ago and will definitely invest
the extra dough into my next CCD for a better fov.

Aaron


On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:51:24 -0600, Michael Koppelman
<lolife at bitstream.net> wrote:
> My informal and non-scientific poll on the subject put the average FOV
> among a small sample of AAVSO CCD observers at 20'x20'. I would be
> scared at the 10x10 range and 30x30 would be awesome (I am slightly
> larger than that). I rarely use my entire FOV, though, so I think 20x20
> is about right.
> 
> Michael
> 
> On Dec 30, 2004, at 12:39 PM, Tandy, David wrote:
> 
> > My question is:  Do I need a 30' x 30' FOV or is 10' x 10' adequate
> > for most
> > type of photometric observations?   For most variable stars are the
> > reference stars within a few minutes of the target star?
> 
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