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. Before I release it, I will make sure that everything is working properly and then I will release it.
Forgive the dumb question as I'm just starting out. Any idea what these streaks might be?
Using:
WO Z61
ASI294MC Pro
EQ6-r Mount
Optolong L-Pro filter
ASI 120mm Mini Guide cam
@greenj23 It is hard to say without more information but it looks like walking noise to me. Did you drizzle in between exposures?
Walking noise arises when there is a slight shift of the FOV in between exposures such that instrument noise gets slowly shifted with respect to the target. It is hard to impossible to remove during processing and post-processing. The only remedy against it is to sufficiently drizzle in between images so the noise gets spread in a random and large enough way so it can be processed out.
@wvreeven Thanks! I'm using the AsiaIR Pro to capture. I don't it has a drizzle option and this is the first time ive seen this issue. I used DSS to stack. I guess i'll see if this issue happens again next time I get a clear night.
@wvreeven Thanks! I'm using the AsiaIR Pro to capture. I don't it has a drizzle option and this is the first time ive seen this issue. I used DSS to stack. I guess i'll see if this issue happens again next time I get a clear night.
I think Wouter meant to say dither rather than drizzle - you need to dither to drizzle however. Anyway, the walking noise is due to good guiding while having flex between the guide scope and main scope. I've heard that very good calibration can get rid of it but I haven't seen that in practice. Dither is the way to go. "Dither or die" they say.
@wvreeven Thanks! I'm using the AsiaIR Pro to capture. I don't it has a drizzle option and this is the first time ive seen this issue. I used DSS to stack. I guess i'll see if this issue happens again next time I get a clear night.
I think Wouter meant to say dither rather than drizzle - you need to dither to drizzle however. Anyway, the walking noise is due to good guiding while having flex between the guide scope and main scope. I've heard that very good calibration can get rid of it but I haven't seen that in practice. Dither is the way to go. "Dither or die" they say.
Oops, yes I meant dither instead of drizzle. Thanks for the correction!
