Why do my darks look like this?
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Why do my darks look like this?
I've been struggling with uneven illumination of my background and I think it may be due to my dark frames...
I don't understand why they look like this. By looking at my stretched master dark I would say there was a light leak but I cooled the camera to -10C and my rig was in my garage with no lights on and it was completely dark outside so, aside from the illuminated rocker switch on my power supply, there was no ambient light...
Attached are 2 screenshots. 1 is my stacked image with auto-stretch and normalization applied and the other is my master dark with the same stretch.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Larry
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Re: Why do my darks look like this?
I'm going to re-shoot them tonight and see if I can figure out what's going on...
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Re: Why do my darks look like this?
Best of success in your troubleshooting!
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Re: Why do my darks look like this?
Thanks Steve. I took care to cover the power supply and wrapped the focuser. I'll re-stack everything tonight.
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Re: Why do my darks look like this?
Good luck,
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Re: Why do my darks look like this?
I've been debating the necessity of dark frames lately myself... I have an Altair 26C that has very low read noise and zero amp glow...
I've only been at this for about 2 years but I started out with a
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Re: Why do my darks look like this?
Getting away without Darks maybe, but, for my system the Flats are a necessity. Not only do I have Amp Glow but the corners of my image are darker than the center, so, Flats help my images quite a bit.Larry 1969 wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 9:46 pmI've been debating the necessity of dark frames lately myself... I have an Altair 26C that has very low read noise and zero amp glow...
I've only been at this for about 2 years but I started out with aDSLR and they were necessary and I just got in the habit...
Larry
Just sayin -
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Re: Why do my darks look like this?
For sure Steve! I would need flats and I would, most likely, shoot dark flats just because they're quick and easy.
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Re: Why do my darks look like this?
Here's the image followed by the new master dark... I may quit shooting darks entirely...
Although it begs the question: If my darks are suffering from light leakage, my light frames are surely as well, are they not?
I'm going to take more precaution when shooting my lights and I may or may not shoot darks...
Thanks for the feedback!
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Since your camera is
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Re: Why do my darks look like this?
Very interesting dialog here as I was just thinking to myself about the need for darks with my ASI2600. Flats yes, since I have vignetting and you can't remove dust shadows without them. I need to do some experimenting.Larry 1969 wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 11:59 pmFor sure Steve! I would need flats and I would, most likely, shoot dark flats just because they're quick and easy.
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Re: Why do my darks look like this?
Even with the CanonLarry 1969 wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 9:46 pm
I've been debating the necessity of dark frames lately myself... I have an Altair 26C that has very low read noise and zero amp glow...
I've only been at this for about 2 years but I started out with a DSLR and they were necessary and I just got in the habit...
Larry
Like Steve, I rely on flats to handle vignetting and dust.
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Re: Why do my darks look like this?
Here's one of my darks, stretched. The 294MC sensor does this every time! I only use 10 darks in the stack but the amp glow shows if I don't use any.
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Graeme
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Re: Why do my darks look like this?
Unfortunately, I believe dark frames are the only way to handle amp glow...Graeme1858 wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 5:34 am I hope you get to the bottom of your dark frame issue Larry.
The 294MC sensor does this every time! I only use 10 darks in the stack but the amp glow shows if I don't use any.
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Graeme
Maybe there's a new camera in your future?
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Re: Why do my darks look like this?
I wish!
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