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Issue with flat capture

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Salut !
Same issue here. I have tested with different cameras, different calibration settings, I get the same result, as shown in the attached video
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Replied by MORELLI on topic Issue with flat capture

This issue doesn't seem to be passionnate for the community !
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Replied by Eric on topic Re:Issue with flat capture

You mean you tested kstars-bleeding and it's still there? Or that we're still stuck with 2.9.8? Or you are surprised that not that many people report the issue?

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Replied by MORELLI on topic Re:Issue with flat capture

I use kstars-bleeding 2.9.8 and effectively I am thinking that few people use this function.
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Just tested with simulation in nightly and it's working, please try to v3.0.0 nightly that should be available within an hour or two.
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Replied by MORELLI on topic Re:Issue with flat capture

Thank Jasem. Kstars is a great soft and I prompte it in my club. I'll try with nighly ad soon as possible.
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Replied by MORELLI on topic Re:Issue with flat capture

I tried nightly version and the flat calibration runs but with some strange issue. I have not identified precisely the problem. I left the exposure time at 1 sec by default. the process starts and after 2 or 3 capture, it stops with message: Cannot set the right exposure or something like that.
I change the time exposure from 1 to less than 1sec. I restart the process and It runs well or not. It is difficult to reproduce precisely the issue.
I read the log but I am not enough fluent to understand everything.
The material is a Canon 1000D unfiltered, ADU manual, ADU=2700 +/- 100.

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Ok from the logs you can see the ADU result for the 4th 0.1s capture is odd which threw off the polynomial fitting. I slightly adjusted the algorithm to discard the last point and retry again.
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Replied by Eric on topic Re:Issue with flat capture

Jasem, I think you should also limit the number of samples to avoid bringing too much statistical noise in the polyfit algorithm.

While you are at it, probably an additional linear coefficient should be added to extract further ADU evolution from frame to frame once a ADU inside tolerance is found. But that's probably out of scope for your activity as it pertains to dawn/dusk flats :)

-Eric
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Replied by MORELLI on topic Issue with flat capture

I make testes with version 3.0.0 Nightly.

2018-10-06T21:17:35 CCD capture aborted
2018-10-06T21:17:28 Capturing 3 600,000-second image...
2018-10-06T21:17:28 Current ADU is 3647 Next exposure is 3 600,000 seconds.
2018-10-06T21:17:25 Capturing 0,422-second image...
2018-10-06T21:17:25 Current ADU is 3649 Next exposure is 0,422 seconds.
2018-10-06T21:17:23 Capturing 0,562-second image...
2018-10-06T21:17:23 Current ADU is 3649 Next exposure is 0,562 seconds.
2018-10-06T21:17:19 Capturing 0,750-second image...

I start with the default exposure 1 sec. Then I set up the time exposure to 0,5 sec:

2018-10-06T21:20:50 CCD capture aborted
2018-10-06T21:20:49 Capturing 0,333-second image...
2018-10-06T21:20:49 Current ADU is 3605 Next exposure is 0,333 seconds.
2018-10-06T21:20:46 Capturing 0,333-second image...
2018-10-06T21:20:46 Current ADU is 3607 Next exposure is 0,333 seconds.
2018-10-06T21:20:43 Capturing 0,334-second image...
2018-10-06T21:20:43 Current ADU is 3605 Next exposure is 0,334 seconds.
2018-10-06T21:20:40 Capturing 0,333-second image...
2018-10-06T21:20:40 Current ADU is 3604 Next exposure is 0,333 seconds.
2018-10-06T21:20:38 Capturing 0,333-second image...
2018-10-06T21:20:38 Current ADU is 3606 Next exposure is 0,333 seconds.
2018-10-06T21:20:35 Capturing 0,333-second image...
2018-10-06T21:20:35 Current ADU is 3604 Next exposure is 0,333 seconds.
2018-10-06T21:20:32 Capturing 0,333-second image...
2018-10-06T21:20:32 Current ADU is 3605 Next exposure is 0,333 seconds.
2018-10-06T21:20:29 Capturing 0,333-second image...
2018-10-06T21:20:29 Current ADU is 3607 Next exposure is 0,333 seconds.
2018-10-06T21:20:27 Capturing 0,333-second image...
2018-10-06T21:20:27 Current ADU is 3605 Next exposure is 0,333 seconds.
2018-10-06T21:20:24 Capturing 0,333-second image...
2018-10-06T21:20:24 Current ADU is 3606 Next exposure is 0,333 seconds.
2018-10-06T21:20:21 Capturing 0,333-second image...
2018-10-06T21:20:21 Current ADU is 3605 Next exposure is 0,333 seconds.
2018-10-06T21:20:19 Capturing 0,333-second image...
2018-10-06T21:20:19 Current ADU is 3603 Next exposure is 0,333 seconds.
2018-10-06T21:20:16 Capturing 0,332-second image...
2018-10-06T21:20:16 Current ADU is 3617 Next exposure is 0,332 seconds.
2018-10-06T21:20:13 Capturing 0,341-second image...
2018-10-06T21:20:13 Current ADU is 3573 Next exposure is 0,341 seconds.
2018-10-06T21:20:10 Capturing 0,317-second image...
2018-10-06T21:20:10 Current ADU is 2919 Next exposure is 0,317 seconds.
2018-10-06T21:20:08 Capturing 0,211-second image...
2018-10-06T21:20:08 Current ADU is 3426 Next exposure is 0,211 seconds.
2018-10-06T21:20:05 Capturing 0,281-second image...
2018-10-06T21:20:05 Current ADU is 3639 Next exposure is 0,281 seconds.
2018-10-06T21:20:02 Capturing 0,375-second image...
2018-10-06T21:20:02 Current ADU is 3649 Next exposure is 0,375 seconds.
2018-10-06T21:19:58 Capturing 0,500-second image...
2018-10-06T21:19:58 Job requires 0,500-second images, has 0/15 frames captured and will be processed.
2018-10-06T21:19:58 Warning: Guide deviation is selected but autoguide process was not started.

There is something wrong !

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Robert
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Please attach the full debug log.
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Replied by MORELLI on topic Issue with flat capture

It seems if you set up an eposure time greatest then the final right exposure for flat, the process goes wrong.
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