Bug 442581

Summary:	Possible improvements for automated flat frames
Product:	[Applications] kstars	Reporter:	Paolo <info>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Jasem Mutlaq <mutlaqja>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	palazziandrea
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
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Description Paolo 2021-09-17 08:24:54 UTC

Hello,
I was thinking about the following improvements for the "automated flat frames" routine:
- add minimum exposure length constraint next to ADU target (some cameras produce bad flats when a short exposure (e.g. <1s) is used)
- add something like "point to zenith and stop tracking" below "park mount"

What do you think?

Comment 1 Jasem Mutlaq 2022-01-15 17:40:42 UTC

1. What if the required ADU is below 1 second?
2. How is this different from parked when it comes to flats?

Comment 2 Paolo 2022-02-08 07:17:14 UTC

Hello Jasem,
1. good point. I don't have any better idea than a dialog saying that it cannot be achieved
2. when the mount is parked, at least with ioptron, the telescope is not pointing to the zenith, but it's either facing north with CW down or facing north with CW on left/right. What I'm thinking about is quick way to set it like this (https://astrobackyard.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/artesky-flat-field-generator-USB.jpg) without doing it manually.

Comment 3 Jasem Mutlaq 2022-03-14 10:04:04 UTC

How is that possible without manual intervention?

Comment 4 palazziandrea@yahoo.it 2024-03-03 13:20:17 UTC

Jasem, I also wish that this featrure would be present. It's not a question of fully automating the process, but to reduce the manual operations needed to to: as things are now I need to go to the mount tab, open the mount control window, make it point to the zenith, close the mount control window, stop tracking. Those are repetitive (boring) actions that can be easily automated.