Livestack sequence with platesolving every time

[carlomuccini]

Hello everyone

I ask for advice .....
I would like to do a one-hour livestack sequence with saving every 5 minutes and platesolving every time
I'd set all the camera parameters first
Save only 16bit FIT

Exposure 15s

SEQUENCE
LOOP 12 TIMES
MOUNT SOLVEANDSYNC
LIVE STACKING AWB
LIVE STACK FOR 12 FRAMES SAVING AS FITSRawStack16Bit COUNTING Stacked FRAMES
END LOOP
END SEQUENCE

It might work ?

Where is the FIT saved?
In the folder that I set in the save parameters ?

Thank you

Carlo

[admin]

Hi Carlo,

I think it will all work apart from the AWB - that needs to be run while live stacking is active, and your sequence has it before the live stack step. You could either drop the AWB step, or change the live stacking to something like

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    LIVE STACKING START
    LIVE STACKING RESET
    LIVE STACK FOR 1 MORE FRAMES THEN PAUSE
    LIVE STACKING AWB
    LIVE STACK FOR 20 MORE FRAMES THEN PAUSE
    LIVE STACKING SAVE FITSRawStack16Bit
    LIVE STACKING STOP

The save file path should follow the normal settings for live stack save locations, unless you add

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ARRANGE FILENAMES

at the top of your sequence - if you do that then all the captures for a sequence run will be arranged inside a single folder for that run.

cheers,

Robin

[carlomuccini]

Thanks so much

I updated the sequence by adding the control for the meridian passage

SEQUENCE
STOP AT 1 FROM MERIDIAN
LOOP 12 TIMES
MOUNT SOLVEANDSYNC
DELAY 10
LIVE STACKING START
LIVE STACKING RESET
LIVE STACK FOR 1 MORE FRAMES THEN PAUSE
LIVE STACKING AWB
LIVE STACK FOR 19 MORE FRAMES THEN PAUSE
LIVE STACKING SAVE FITSRawStack16Bit
LIVE STACKING STOP
END LOOP
END STOP AT
END SEQUENCE

I try it as soon as possible

Carlo

[admin]

Hi,

sounds promising - you should be able to test that using SharpCap's built in deep sky test camera and the 'ASCOM Telescope Simulator for .NET' simulated mount.

cheers,

Robin