Save additional information in the Camera Settings File

[timh]

Hi Robin,

The camera settings file that is saved alongside the stacked FIT files from livestack is a very useful a record.

It could perhaps be made even more useful if it could also include the livestack settings? For example - Sigma stacking or not, Brightness and FWHM filter settings (the latter normally being set at a value just above the typical FWHM frame values and therefore an approximate record of that night's seeing) and the PDH2 settings - whether or not guiding and dithering were applied and how with which settings- whether or not enhancements were applied and which etc. Maybe actually a separate 'livestack settings file' would be a better idea than just appending the data to the camera settings file to provide a more complete picture of the stacks saved from Livestacking?

I ask because in the heat of battle I usually forget to record everything at the time and then, afterwards, get a bit vague about exactly what the settings were and then it gets harder to compare different ways of doing things and diagnosing any problems.

best wishes
Tim

[admin]

Hi Tim,

yes that's a good suggestion – I wonder if a separate file might be a good idea that contained the live stack settings. Doing it that way might allow for us to have a way to save and reload live stacking settings in the future.

Cheers, Robin