The cooler in my QHY247C camera does not seem to be working with SGP. I think the camera is OK.
I have a QHY247C and it works fine with SGP. In the dialog above, you have not told it to go… either with the cool down on camera connect/sequence start, or the SET button next to -10C
I am just starting to use this camera. I took some shots that only came out mono when debayered. What setting was wrong? Thanks for the help.
Peter
In a message dated 7/19/2020 7:07:10 AM Pacific Standard Time, forums@mainsequencesoftware.com writes:
SGP does not de-bayer. It will always show up as mono. If you zoom in, you can see the matrix still. It saves the mono file and you have to debayer in something like PixInsight
I debayered with PI, no color.
Peter
In a message dated 7/19/2020 7:53:17 AM Pacific Standard Time, forums@mainsequencesoftware.com writes:
could you put a file into a dropbox and share for me to take a look at?
This is the PI integrated file:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bf0h3o0pkr9jadj/L-enh%20integr.xisf?dl=0
In a message dated 7/19/2020 9:39:04 AM Pacific Standard Time, forums@mainsequencesoftware.com writes:
Hi - this is the processed file. Can I have a raw sub? The file you sent me has color in it but I suspect you have caused PI to treat it as monochrome along the way, possibly by forgetting to tick the ‘CFA’ box in the pre-processing.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l29xhkrgyi8pqxk/Veil%20L-enh%20files.zip?dl=0
These are the raw subs. I am hitting the road soon and may not check back soon, although I expect to have Internet access. Actually heading to Mammoth to take some more pictures.
Peter
In a message dated 7/19/2020 12:44:03 PM Pacific Standard Time, forums@mainsequencesoftware.com writes:
Peter - I’m 90% certain these files are monochrome. When I zoom into any stretched color camera (color filter array or CFA) image, I get a checkerboard pattern. (see example below). When I do the same to your fit file, it looks just like a mono file.
If I take one of your FITs file and de-bayer it, all I get is a monochrome image with a few hot colored pixels. The only conclusion I can think of is that you have a monochrome camera. It doesn’t make sense, as I cannot think of any software mechanism that would take a CFA image and equalize the intensity across the colored pixels.
Hi Peter,
these frames are binned 2x2, this is obvious from the width and height, and it is documented in the FITS header (look at the values of the FITS keywords XBINNING, YBINNING, CCDXBIN, CCDYBIN, XPIXSZ, YPIXSZ). Accordingly the color information is lost. The result are monochrome frames.
Bernd
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I did not know that about binning. You learn something every day. Thanks!
Bulrichl. Doh! You just beat me to it. I didn’t notice the binning until I started to wonder why an 8300 was producing a 4 M file!