PyMovie

PyMovie Resources

PyMovie is a stellar occultation aperture photometry program. PyOTE is a simpler version of ROTE programmed in Python.  Both programs were designed to work together and were developed by Bob Anderson.

Install instructions:

• Windows (2023-Jan-11)
• Mac

Documentation

• PyMovie Manual
• PyMovie and PyOTE Working Sessions (video)
  • Normalizing light curve to comparison stars
  • PyOTE diffraction analysis – theory and practice
  • Miscellaneous Topics:
    • Using Help in PyMovie
    • VTI time stamp calibration for IOTA VTI and KIWI
    • Two-point tracking in PyMovie
  • PyMovie New User Analysis Tutorial with Rick Frankenberger
• PyMovie and PyOTE Video Tutorials
  • Introduction to PyMovie
  • Basic Lightcurve Extraction
  • IOTA VTI Timestamp Setup
  • End to End Analysis of Niobe
  • Use of Tracking Star
  • Kiwi VTI Timestamp Setup
  • Use of “finder” image to locate nearly invisible target
  • Using nova.astrometry.net to locate target
  • Generating a “finder” image for QHY FITS
  • Manual WCS frame calibration
  • Severe wind shake demonstration
  • Basic Usage of PYOTE
  • Demo of Light Curve and Event Detectability Tools
• Additional documentation
  • Tutorial for using LiMovie and PYOTE for Rolling Shutter cameras ( PDF ).
  • Google Drive folder containing calibrated synthetic test videos

Notes:

• “gzip was not found on your system” error when starting PyMovie in Windows. On some installations of PyMovie in Windows, this error message appears when starting PyMovie. You can safely ignore this error – it will not cause problems with PyMovie. However, if you want to eliminate this error, you must find the directory where gzip.exe is installed (possibly under the Anaconda directory), then add this gzip directory to the Path environment variable. WARNING: Changing the path variable can affect other programs in Windows, so you should only make this change if you are confident in your ability to make this change.