1. IOTA R-OTE Volunteer Group
By Tony George
For the 2017 IOTA Conference at Carson City, Nevada

2. IOTA R-OTE Volunteer Group Members
Tony George (Coordinator)
Ted Blank
Darrel Irwin
Ernie Iverson
Greg Lyzenga
Chris Patrick
Ted Swift
Brad Timerson (North American Coordinator)

3. IOTA R-OTE Volunteer Group Purpose
Train IOTA volunteer members to be proficient in R-OTE and PYOTE
Support IOTA North American members in the analysis of light curves using R-OTE and PYOTE
Provide statistically correct error bars at three confidence levels for all North American reports submitted to the IOTA data base:
0.6827
0.9500
0.9973

4. IOTA R-OTE Volunteer Group Purpose (continued)
Support light curve analysis for new members who use RunCam Night Eagle Astro Edition cameras
For the most accurate results, RunCam Night Eagle Astro Edition light curves require video analysis at the field level
Fields need to be combined into frames using OTE software such as Occular, AOTA, R-OTE, or PYOTE.
Camera delay corrections synchronized to the ‘Y’ position of the star on the video chip need to be applied to the uncorrected results.

5. IOTA R-OTE Volunteer Group Purpose (continued)
Review observer reports and .csv files
Generate updated D and R times and error bars using R- OTE or PYOTE
Use generated results to fill in D and R times and the error bar values into the user-supplied AstReport Excel form.