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Export plans/sequences to ASIair?
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(2024-06-27, 04:19 PM)theskyhound Wrote: Those first two are the Exposure Calculator, but I think I have enough info.

It appears that the issue with no filter changes appearing has gone away. I am going to assume that it was the result of an incorrect setting in your imaging system, unless it comes back. To be honest, I don;t even know that that happens, except maybe if the time to change filters is set to zero?

Anyhow, I will also presume that if you print the schedule displayed in the last capture, that the printing issue is still present.

yes sir - printing issue still exists

(2024-06-27, 04:27 PM)theskyhound Wrote: I have reproduced the printed output issue and am working on finding the problem, as well as adding the Copy feature.

Out of curiosity, I noted that your range of allowed exposure times is 240 to 300 seconds. This is a very small range, and won't allow SkyTools to take full advantage of optimizing your sub exposures to the conditions at any moment. I'm not really sure how that's going to work in practice either. When you enter a range of allowed exposure times it uses an algorithm to select exposure times in between the numbers in the range.  I'd have to look at the code, but it may try every second between 240s and 300s, or go in 60 second increments, meaning that you are only allowing 4 min and 5 min exposures. If the latter was your intention, better to enter 240s and 300s in the list of allowed exposure times in the lower part of the dialog instead. But again, that's a pretty restrictive range... if that is your intention, what is your thinking behind it?
My thought pattern on the exposure times is simplicity actually. 

I use Astro Pixel Processor for stacking, calibrating and integration.
APP requires Darks, Flats, Dark Flats ( which I'm sure you already knew that ) for calibration. To make stacking & integrating process less complicated, I try to stick with 300 second subs.

That is how I was taught - this old dog is willing to change if creating a much better final product with different exposures is the result.

I built a Dark Library mostly consisting of 300 second Bin1 and Bin2
If I need to, I can build an additional Dark Library with multiple exposure times if that helps Sky Tools 4 to work more efficiently
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Export plans/sequences to ASIair? - by markusd112 - 2023-05-31, 04:46 AM
RE: Export plans/sequences to ASIair? - by mike@lockwood.us.com - 2024-06-27, 04:32 PM

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