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Hi, the settings look pretty much fine, so it's a bit odd. The message about XYLIST ties in with not enough stars detected. I would suggest getting it working in 4.0, then use snapshot to save a frame with the same settings. Try the same in 4.1, also snapshot - now we have two images saved (one work...

Hi Peter, I'm guessing that is a link to an all-sky aurora capture :) (sadly the link doesn't work for me - just says 'this content isn't available at the moment'). I'd suggest trying your link from another browser where you aren't logged into facebook - you can then see the problem and tinker with ...

Hi,

could you send me the settings zip file that is causing the problem please (by email - use the contact us link at the bottom of the page). Also good to know exactly what version of SharpCap you are using.

thanks,

Robin

Hi,

yes, data corruption would probably get excluded too, as the random corrupted values will be a long way from the normal mean value for those particular pixels.

cheers,

Robin

Hi,

OK, yes, I have just tested and see this too - it looks like it is connected to the 'background level' setting, as putting that to zero gives better results (no longer top left corner). I will investigate.

cheers,

Robin

Hi Mike, thanks for the feedback - I think I am planning to do most changes to the auto alignment as that tends to be the most accurate (as you noted, the manual only really works for 2 or 3 panel mosaics where you can see a fair bit of the moon to get the alignment right). Looking at your screensho...

Hi,

glad to hear you got it working - it's easy to forget drivers, as you do it once when you get the camera and usually never have to think about it again until you change PC.

cheers,

Robin

Hi Mike, no worries - when you do get a chance to repro either of the issues, let me know the results. You can see the frame average value in FITS liberator for the dark, but there isn't much we can do with that data without a light frame (unprocessed) to compare it to. There was previously an issue...

Hi, the designed use case for that new feature is that one or more of the individual dark frames contain hot/warm pixels that are absent from the other frames. Including these pixels in the calculation of the master dark leads to a 'lukewarm' pixel in the master dark that can punch black holes in th...

Hi John,

that sounds really promising - if it works it should solve the problem as you will be able to pick one of the LX200 ASCOM drivers and use that.

cheers,

Robin