SOCO NEWS

04 February 2015
Test version of the SOCO webpage put up.
 
01 March 2015
"Official" rollout of the SOCO webpage.
 
24 March 2015
Two new image processing procedures added to the SOCO Image Processing Page.
 
01 April 2015
"Exoatmospheric G2V Correction" procedure added to the SOCO Image Processing Page.
 
03 April 2015
Procedure for correcting imagery for skylight added to the SOCO Image Processing Page.
 
05 April 2015
Initial posting of the SOCO Image Gallery.
 
11 April 2015
Atmospheric Extinction Coefficient Climatology added to the SOCO Image Processing Page.
 
19 April 2015
Basic FITS Image Processing, Part I added to the SOCO Image Processing Page.
 
20 April 2015
Basic FITS Image Processing, Part III added to the SOCO Image Processing Page.
 
26 April 2015
Optional Shortcut Method added to Basic FITS Image Processing, Part I.
 
5 May 2015
Computer Applications page added to site.
 
7 May 2015
SOCO Astronomical Equipment page added to site.
 
16 May 2015
Additional analysis added to SOCO Extinction Coefficient Climatology page.
 
02 June 2015
Procedure for contrast-stretching images using Photoshop added to the SOCO Image Processing Page.
 
19 June 2015
PowerBasic program for reading and writing FITS image files added to the SOCO Computer Applications Page.
 
23 June 2015
"SOCO Image Autoprocessing Module" (SIAM) described on the SOCO Computer Applications Page.
 
04 July 2015
Discussion of the effects of filter type on weight factors added to the SOCO Image Processing Page.
 
05 July 2015
Extinction Coefficient Climatology updated.
 
22 July 2015
List of Asterisms added to SOCO Astronomical Data Page.
 
16 August 2015
Basic FITS Image Processing, Part II added to the SOCO Image Processing Page.
 
18 October 2015
SOCO Image Gallery main page revised to improve appearance.
 
09 November 2015
Clickable all-sky chart for viewing acquired imagery added to SOCO Image Gallery main page.
 
13 November 2015
SuperSIAM application described on the SOCO Computer Applications Page.
 
14 November 2015
An additional example added to the Basic FITS Image Processing, Part II page.
 
24 November 2015
Modeling Flat Images added to the SOCO Image Processing Page.
 
02 January 2016
Extinction Coefficient Climatology updated.
 
04 January 2016
SOCO Atmospheric Extinction Coefficient Calculator added to the SOCO Computer Applications Page.
 
19 February 2016
SOCO Image Gallery reaches 100 images.
 
01 August 2016
Description of Imaging System Control added to Equipment Page.
 
02 October 2016
Links page added.
 
01 January 2017
Dark Sky Site acquired for future astronomy campus (see Blog).
 




 

 

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