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I'm just starting with NINA and can't locate the Dark Customs plugins in the available plugins list. Are they no longer available?

OK, got it working.

Thanks Steve, OK, well that explains it.

I have spent over two hours attempting to install jocular on a new windows 11 computer. I have it installed on a previous windows 11 computer and dont remember it being so difficult. I have installed most recent python311 whether I do pip install jocular OR pip3 install jocular or pip3.11 install jocular I get the error "Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required. Get it with "Microsoft C++ Build Tools":https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/ I downloaded and installed everything from that site yet I still get the error when I attempt to install jocular I even tried installing it from the Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022 Can anyone help me with this?

Thank you Martin and Steve! --Dan

Is there any documentation that describes how to use the ROI function in Jocular? I can't find any mention of it in the documentation that I'm used to referencing.

Thanks Martin! -Dan

Bumping this up just in case

Martin, I have confirmed with Software Bisque that this BTP FITS Header entry specifies the East or West placement of the OTA during the image capture, with a value of 0 indicating OTA East (Pointing West) and 1 indicating OTA West (pointing East). I'm not sure if this is sufficient to act as a reference to the sub orientation. As far as my subs are concerned, if it is a "1", then it is always the orientation of pre-meridian flip, if it is "0" the subs orientation is rotated 180 degrees. What do you think? dan

The collection software I use writes the image Center Altitude and Center Azimuth into the FITS header. But this will not help with determining the orientation since my mount will easily image an hour after a transit before a meridian flip is necessary. Whats needed is an entry that lists what side of the mount the scope is on. I found one entry in the FITS header called BTP with a description of "Beyond the pole". Dr. Google does not help me find out what this is exactly, but from the images that I have looked at, it seems to switch from 1 to 0 after a meridian flip. I'm going to investigate this more.

Thanks Martin--That makes sense. I will check to see if this info is in the FITS header. Off hand, I dont think it is. Dan

Thanks Martin-- Yes, I confirmed that flipping does not allow stacking to continue after a meridian flip. I vote YES for a "flip on input" or some switch to tell jocular that from now on subs will be flipped. That said I realize that my use of jocular has strayed towards the boundaries of EAA. I use it to stack and display mono channels that I am collecting for AP. Being able to continue the stack after a meridian flip would just be to make a "deeper" stack. Being able to stack and color combine mono channels has really added a level of involvement to collecting a lot of data for one target that just wasnt there before. Its really added another dimension to the excitement!

I'll try it, hopefully tonight, otherwise I have a saved set of subs I can try it with off line.

Are there any tips or tricks that would allow jocular to continue a stack after a GEM meridian flip ? I've been talking with Steve about it, but thought I'd throw the question here. My experience so far has been that subs fail to stack after a meridian flip and I have just been restarting jocular to begin a fresh stack. Thanks Dan

I've been using The SkyX with an ASI6200MM+filter wheel to take LRGBSHO images and display the stacks in real time using Jocular. For me, jocular had a pretty steep learning curve, but I'm realizing that it is the best software currently available for real time stacking of LRGBSHO images. I just wanted to give a shout out and thank Martin (and user Steve) for their efforts! Dan