CosmicCaptures
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Thank you so very much for not only sharing this but periodically updating it as well. This is exactly the breakdown I needed to try and understand the calibration process and better utilize WBPP.The current version was revised on December 10, 2023.
This is the structure of the text:
Preface
A Camera Hardware and Control Software
A1 Setup and Properties of Digital Cameras used for Astrophotography
A2 Quality Settings, Camera Drivers, Image Acquisition Software and File Formats
A3 Metadata
B Calibration Frames, Master Calibration Files and Image Calibration
B1 Why Do We Perform Image Calibration?
B2 Types of Calibration Frames
B3 Settings and Conditions for Image Acquisition of Calibration Frames
B4 Generation of Master Calibration Files
B5 Light Frame Calibration with PixInsight's ImageCalibration Process
B6 Inspection and Judgement of Calibration Results
C Post-Calibration Preprocessing Steps
C1 Linear defect correction (LDC) [Only if linear defects are detected]
C2 Cosmetic correction
C3 Debayer [Only for OSC Cameras]
C4 Subframe Weighting with SubframeSelector
C5 Registration
C6 Local Normalization
C7 Integration
C8 Drizzle Integration [Recommended]
C9 Cropping
D Automation of Preprocessing: WeightedBatchPreprocessing (WBPP) Script
References and Endnotes
List of Abbreviations
Bernd