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Old 28-06-2013, 04:42 AM
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Linear and Non-Linear in PixInsight

Hi guys. I've just switched to using PixInsight. As I'm working through a few tutorials I notice that my data seems to be non-linear already straight after stacking.
My image acquisition was done via Nebulosity as FITS files. I took completely unedited FITS files and did the calibration, star alignment and integration in Pixinsight. (one FITS is 107mb)

Resulting stack looks great, but it looks non-linear. When I open the histogram it already appears to have some stretching. I also don't actually have to use the STF (screen transfer function) to make my targets visible - it's there as if it's non-linear? So now I am unsure if processes like colour calibration actually works, or deconvolution.

Both stacks in PI and Nebulosity looks identical btw.
Could there be a problem in my acquisition?

Help appreciated. Thanks
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Old 28-06-2013, 08:35 AM
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The problem is the fits file. Pixinsight cannot interpret the header that Nebulosity writes, so it re-scales the image. I discovered this when I used Nebulosity to drive my CCD and wondered why the calibration data made the images worse. You can work around the issue by converting the fits to tiffs in Nebulosity.
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Old 28-06-2013, 04:18 PM
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You can work around the issue by converting the fits to tiffs in Nebulosity.
Dammit. Thanks a lot for the help. I'll do the conversion to see if it helps. But that means I'll have to find something else for image acquisition on my Mac....

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Old 28-06-2013, 04:28 PM
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Converting everything to tiff saved one imaging session - pixinsight handled the tiffs fine. You can set the exposure length and iso and all the important fits keywords when you import to pixinsight.
I switched to sequence generator pro and have not looked back - but sadly does not seem to be available for Mac OS.
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