Stacking Software

Technology Instrumentation & Equipment
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Hello Andrew:

Thanks a lot for the Tycho Tracker work flow.

I am going to give it a try.

Have a great weekend!

Patrick

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Hi Patrick

Below is the specific workflow which may help:

If the goal is to create photometry measurements from stacked images, one way to do this is as follows:
(1) Double-click on the object to center it
(2) Right-click to bring up the context menu
(3) Choose “Create Track - Current Position” (or you could also do “Create Track - From Markers” if you have defined markers)
(4) A new track should appear in the “Track - Navigator” window, having a speed of 0 (since no motion was defined).
(5) Double-click on the track in the list to bring up the “Verify Track” window
(6) From “Verify Track”, you can adjust the number of observations to generate:
(a) Check the box labeled “Advanced mode”
(b) Click on the drop-down located right next to “Num obs to generate”
(c) Choose the desired number of measurements. If you have 100 images, and choose 20 measurements, each measurement will be derived from a stack of 5 images.
(d) Choose highest accuracy for photometry
(7) Click the button “Add Observations” to generate the measurements and bring them into the “Observations – All Targets” window
(8) Now that you have measurements in the “Observations – All Targets” window, you can select all, and then right-click and choose “Copy to Photometry - Create New Set”.

Regards
Andrew

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BlockquoteHi Patrick

Below is the specific workflow which may help:

If the goal is to create photometry measurements from stacked images, one way to do this is as follows:

Thanks Andrew:

This workflow is a real help.

I have created a folder in my laptop on Tycho Tracker where I am storing this workflow together with all the other advise you have sent for future use.

I intend purchasing the software later today.

Have a good day.

Patrick

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Blockquote[quote=“Andrew_Pearce, post:21, topic:602”]
The workflow I use in Tyco Tracker is to remove hot pixels, debayer (extract R, G and B channels), plate solve and align the images.
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Andrew:

I have added this text as well. I forget that I will have to use Tyco Tracker not only to remove hot pixels, to to dabayer, as I will be using Seestar for my outreach and not my monochrome camera.

Thanks again.