UPDATE FROM MABULA
I have had a very rough 2 months unfortunately health wise. I was struck 3x in a row with bacterial infections. The second infection occurred  after a routine hospital checkup and I became very sick. I had to rest and take a lot of antibiotics. Once I was recovering and restarting work 1 month ago, I again became sick. The infection was not yet gone, so even more antibiotics and rest was needed. Needless to say, it took a lot of my energy and I needed a lot of rest.
Finally, the infection is really gone and my energy is coming back step-by-step now and I have started work again. I am terribly sorry to have kept you waiting for support. I will address all outstanding questions and e-mails step-by step and will be on the forum daily from today.
APP 2.0.0-beta47 will come soon as well, a lot of work was already completed before I became very ill, so the release is also nearly ready for you. Beta47 will be much faster actually. Many workflows will be more than 2x faster, mosaics can even be 10x faster than before because registration really received a major boost... all compared to beta46. Â Before I release it, I will make sure that everything is working properly and then I will release it.
Hello,
I used the star reducer with several pictures without any issue. But now I have a picture where I get following error when I increase the threshold parameter from 003 to 020 or above.
:
Encountered error in module:
CreateStarReducedImageObject
Error message:
java.lang.NullPointerException
Cause:
null
vp.a(Unknown Source)
vp.doInBackground(Unknown Source)
javax.swing.SwingWorker$1.call(SwingWorker.java:295)
java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
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best regards
Werner
@wstumpferlgmx-de Werner, what version of APP was this with? If not the 1.083 final release, can you try with that version and see if you still get this error?
Yes, it is the 1083 final release.Â
BR
WernerÂ
@wstumpferlgmx-de Could you upload the image to
https://upload.astropixelprocessor.com
using upload for both username and password (note that your APP credentials will not work) to a new directory called wstumpferlgmx-de_starreducer? Then I'll ask Mabula to have a look.Â
Hi Werner, @wstumpferlgmx-de
Thank you for the upload, I will be testing your image in the next couple of days and will make sure it is fixed 😉
Mabula
Hi Werner @wstumpferlgmx-de,
I have fixed your error, thank you very much for reporting it:
- FIXED, STAR REDUCER TOOL, if a too high kappa was set for the noise threshold, the tool could produce a Null Pointer Exception, because no stars were found... This can happen quickly when non-linear data is loaded into the tool.
Your error happens quickly with a moderate kappa value for noise, because you are loading non-linear/already stretched data into the tool. The tool will work much better of you load linear/unstretched data into it ;-). (The noise threshold slider assumes linear data.)
Mabula
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