Something wrong with flats

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Re: Something wrong with flats

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So adjusting the colour balance is done using the sliders whilst live stacking? I generally click on the auto colour balance to adjust the sliders.
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Re: Something wrong with flats

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Hi,

the colour balance sliders in the live stacking area are fine - they adjust the colours as the image to be displayed is generated from the stack. It's the colour balance sliders in the camera controls area that can potentially cause all the grief - they adjust the pixel values of the image before it gets to SharpCap and can end up changing the values in ways that SharpCap is not able to compensate for when applying flat frame correction. Those camera values are best left at the 'Neutral' values of 50/50 (for ZWO cameras).

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Re: Something wrong with flats

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Ok fine, thank you.
Stelllamira 86mm refractor telescope
ioptron HAE18C mount
ZWO ASI2600MC Pro P25
Altair Focus Motor
Altair Filter Wheel
Altair GP-CAM 178M
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