Hi - Am new to all this stuff so help on this DSS staking blocker would be much appreciated - done a load of googling but need to know if my hours of FITS are scrap
Setup : ASI183MC - Sharpcap 3.2.6480 (Live Stack for lights, Capture for Darks - no bias or flats yet)- DSS 4.2.5 - Win7 64bit-USB2 - CEM25P - no guiding yet
Problem:
I managed to get Sharpcap into a mode where it was saving individual RAW Fits files for Darks and only the Stacked FITS for Lights.
DSS spits these out with the message "The checked pictures are not compatible (width, height, number of colors, number of channels, only one master dark, offset and flat)."
Investigation:
If I check the Sharpcap CameraSettings txt file for the two (the set of dark FITS files and the single stacked FITS file) they are identical except the file for the stacked FITS has a different date/time, the number of stacked frames and the total exposure time - so no difefrence in the core FITS spec apparently - RAW, 16bit, pixels, binning
Questions:
Am I breaking process and so totally irrecoverable ? (i.e. Lights must be individual FITS or pay for Pro and do darks first and include on the fly when capturing Lights)
or are there some options to set in DSS or other stackers to use ?
I have several nights and long hours of careful capture. My lights show weird hot pixel trails so I need the darks or I'm stuffed and have wasted my time - true ?
Any takers ?
Thanks