BatchPre-Processing Error

[sreilly]

This is driving me nutz. I have loaded all my images, including newly made PI master flats using the instructions as posted in this tutorial http://pixinsight.com/tutorials/master-frames/en.html and yet BatchPreProcessing gives me an error that, well see attached:  What does it need to use my master flats. All master calibration frames were just made using the above process so if it's missing anything from the fits header it is because PI stripped it out. The raw calibration frames work fine when used in MaxIm and CCDStack so I know they are correct. Any help would be great while I still have some hair. I can upload one of these flats if need be but they are large files. (40.8 MBs)

[sreilly]

Not sure to remove the first image but it is the wrong one. Please refer to the bottom image as the error message.

-Steve

[Harry page]

Hi

This is usually a naming problem    the name for the light and the flat must be the same 

use "add custom" and rename files if you need to

Harry

[sreilly]

Harry I appreciate the reply but am confused. I have not had to rename files in the past using this script so I'm unsure of how to rename them. I'va attached a screen shot of both flats and lights names as listed in the script. See below please.

[sreilly]

As an example I have posted the master frames used after being made by the BPS as well as the names of the calibrated light frames the script generated if this is of any use. This was successful for the making of my M101 but all the flats were raw and the masters created using the script instead of my using the Image Calibration and Image Integration processes as described in the tutorial mentioned in the original post.

-Steve

[cfranks]

I have the same problem.  Easy to fix but I feel it should not happen.  The Master Flats created have an amost blank Fits Header.  I add the FILTER and BINNING keywords and Batch PreProcessing works perfectly.

Charles

[sreilly]

Charles,

I added the FITs header info and it does indeed work now. Seems strange that the flats made this way are missing needed info.

Thanks Again

[cfranks]

Steve,

Glad to have helped.  I think you may find that all integrations so made are missing the Fits header data.  eg. Darks don't have Temp, Binning nor Exposure etc.

Charles

[cs_pixinsight]

Please file this as a bug in the script so this issue doesn't get lost because you are now manually fixing the files.

Seems like this should be an easy one to fix.

Craig

[cfranks]

Craig,

It is in the ImageIntegration module and, I believe, has been mentioned previously.

Charles