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Several of us are collaborating on a Rho Ophichus region image and are running tests now before a large imaging run. I am trying to use APP and one other is using PixInsight (PI). The third is deciding whether to use APP or PI. I really like APP and have been using it for everything but cannot even register a set of subs I have taken where PI is doing it. I need some help on what is wrong here.
There are 2 files attached: a screenshot of the sub loaded into APP and a screenshot of the sub loaded into PI with an STF Autostretch. The actual FITS file is available here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10e_J0OpNegWlm2q0re-D-TjCDVVPKXjc/view?usp=sharing
The only way I can see much of anything in the APP image viewer is to set the white point down to ~0.03 and then all the detail is washed out.
Am I doing something wrong?
Hi,
Was curious about your image. I find that I can see the image by:
a) Setting the ST slider full left that the value shows as 0 - at this point the image display is showing as all white
b) With the ST slider still selected, giving a single press to the Right Arrow Key - at this point the ST display is still showing 0.
It seems the data is there but for some reason APP's viewer is not giving the data an appropriate stretch. I think by using the cursor control keys to set the ST value, I am setting a lower value than the least increment that APP currently is setting programatically : It takes me 5 Right Arrow key depressions to increase ST to a point that displays (rounds up?) to a value of 0.00001.
If I invoke Register Stars with APPs default settings, it detects 472 stars with c1.65 FWHM.
I can see this manual setting would be a pain if one wanted to page through dozens of images for viewing but I'm not sure it would prevent APP from actually processing / integrating a set of data files.
