New Tool: Superbias

[TobiasLindemann]

Paul

    So i assume then that this new 'Superbias' image i have here is used in place of my origonal 'Master Bias'
for the calibration/integration proccess etc

yes

If so, what settings would i use for the .fits file when saving it, It defaults to a 32bit IEEE 754 Floating Point,
would it need to be a different one like 64bit for instance  ?

I think 32bin floating point is enough.

[mfulmer]

I'm probably doing something stupid... but I can't find the Superbias tool.  I'm running 01.08.02.1098 Ripley on OS X Mavericks 10.9.4. 

Note - I am able to make it work by manually installing the module from http://www.astrophoto.cl/Research.html.

Mike

[pscammp]

mfulmer,
     Did you search for the tool in 'Resources/Update/Check For Updates' from inside PI, that's where I
found it, the one from your link is probably not the full release version the guy's have released.

You should find it in the 'Image Calibration' sub folder if it's already there, if not then 'Check for updates'
will show it up for you.

[mfulmer]

I did.  There was nothing under the Image Calibration sub folder (I'm assuming you mean in the process explorer).  So I checked for updates and nothing was there.  I had performed the update earlier, so it does show that the update for Superbias was applied.  That's when I tried the module from astrophoto.cl - just to make sure it would work.  Then, super bias showed up under Image Calibration.  Should I re-install PixInsight?

[mfulmer]

Actually - here's what the Manage Modules tool says about Image Calibration:

Module Id ............ ImageCalibration
Version .............. 01.01.06.0175
Language ............. eng: English
Development status ... <* Unspecified *> (release)
Release date ......... 2014/6/23
Company .............. Pleiades Astrophoto
Author ............... ImageCalibration: Juan Conejero, PTeam / DefectMap: Carlos Milovic F., PTeam
Copyright ............ Copyright (c) 2009-2014, Pleiades Astrophoto
Trade marks .......... PixInsight
Original file name ... ImageCalibration-pxm.dylib
API version .......... 147
Module Description:
PixInsight Standard ImageCalibration Process Module


Installed Updates has this to say about ImageCalibration:

Package type : Module
File name    : 20140705-macosx-x86_64-module.tar.gz
Release date : 2014-07-05 00:00:00
Install date : 2014-07-12 16:18:22
This update installs a new version of the standard ImageCalibration module for PixInsight 1.8.2. Version 1.2.0 is an update release:
* New Superbias tool. The Superbias method was created by Vicent Peris and initially implemented by Carlos Milovic in 2011. This update installs an improved version of this tool, completely revised and reimplemented as an official PixInsight tool on all platforms. For more information on the Superbias algorithm, see the following thread on PixInsight Forum:
http://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?topic=3269.0
Copyright (c) 2014 Pleiades Astrophoto S.L.

That looks like a problem (01.01.06.0175 vs 1.2.0) - thoughts?

And let me know if this post is trending in a direction where I should post this in another area of the forum.

Mike

[mfulmer]

Ok, never mind - I've restarted everything again and now it's showing up.

Thanks for the help, pscammp.

[Astrocava]

Is this tool available in 32-bit version?

[georg.viehoever]

No. 32bit versions of PI are no longer supported.

[Astrocava]

No. 32bit versions of PI are no longer supported.

Thanks for confirming, Georg. Computer change is coming...