The invention belongs to the technical field of photoelectric measurement, and provides a photoelectric
theodolite operating distance
verification method based on star shooting, which comprises the following steps: firstly, moving a photoelectric
theodolite to a flat and hard ground, leveling and positioning, then selecting n groups of
stars with
high elevation angles at the positions of the
stars in a star
library, carrying out observation shooting on each group of selected
stars from a zero-equal star, if the photoelectric
theodolite can observe and
shoot, selecting the next star magnitude to observe and
shoot until the photoelectric theodolite cannot observe, repeating the steps until the selected n groups of stars are shot, and recording the grade of the last
observable star in each group of stars as Mn; and calculating the average
irradiance of the stars such as Mn on the
target surface of the equipment, calculating the
irradiance of the target on the
target surface of the equipment, and if the
target surface E is greater than or equal to the target surface E of the stars, determining that the operating distance of the equipment meets the requirement. The method is easy to operate and high in reliability, is less limited by terrains, time, measurement and control points and the like, and has very high applicability.