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In Annotation Script, click green plus to add. Scroll down and click Custom. Then in the Custom Parameters field there is Catalog Path. To the right of that is a folder. Click that. Then change the type from csv to plain text txt. your file should show up. be sure you are in the correct folder wherever you saved the text file too. The newest version of PI defaults to looking for csv files now instead of txt files. So at first it looks like it isnt there.

What numbers are adjusting?

@@setiv2 the amount

@@setiv2 I’ve set both Red and Ha adjusted the amount then when i click the green arrow it doesn’t execute

OHHH you are on my old video. I made a whole automated script to handle ContinuumSubtraction now. I have to recommend my script as the defacto continuum subtraction script: czcams.com/video/hyijPH72S8o/video.html

@@setiv2 ohh thanks I didn’t see it Great to know thanks 🙏

Now you can get that isolation you were looking for!!

Never used a mask?!? I may have to make a dedicated mask use video!

@@setiv2 If you make it I'll definitely watch it. I've been in astrophotography almost three years, but have been away for half of that. Just getting back into it and hoping to have my system up and running this month. Thanks again for all your scripts and information.

sorry, just found it.

Scripts -> SetiAstro -> Automatic DBE

Thanks! I do not believe I can improve on BlurX though.... what issues are you having with it?

Glad I showed my lobster as an example then! The universe must have been speaking to me when I made the video :)

You can get it here: pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?threads/spcc-asi1600.20318/ There was a pixinsight forum post for it. Once you have the file in PI you go to Process -> All Processes -> Filter Manager then Task: Import CSV FIlter Definitions

@@setiv2 Thank you. I downloaded the .txt file and converted to .csv via an online converter. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be recognized by PI (doesn't see the file).

@@fishrmn703 dont convert it. Just literally change the extension name from .txt to .csv If you still cant get it working i can extract my xml file and get you a link to it

@@setiv2 Thanks for your help on this Frank. I went ahead and renamed the extension to .csv. For some reason filter manager just won't see it (grayed out) when I point to it.

Be sure to watch part 2. If you are drizzling you will want wbpp still

@@dominickzaucha i dont think that was the issue with the pinwheel. I can do some more testing specifically on that one. Regarding blurx though you need to run that before any noise reduction. It is important since blurx is teasing out structure from the noise. If you get rid of the noise first bkurx cannot get its best results.

@setiv2 I agree with that, except with deepsnr. It needs to be run early like step 2. I may have misinterpreted it along the way as well. It's just that I have the same exact noise pattern running blurx first.

I did the test. BlurX doesn't affect DeepSNR at all. I figured it wouldn't since BlurX doesn't mess with the noise (which is what makes it so amazing). You can see the comparison on my site: www.setiastro.com/deepsnr-comparison#deepsnrbxt

@setiv2 thanks for the heads up! I'm going to have to do a few steps back and see why mine is doing the hallucinating.

Do you own blurx? If so you can run that on correcr only see if that fixes those pixels. Other option if it seems really bad 8s remove the stars first prior to running deepsnr

What does pixinsight say? Is it a parsing error when you tried to add the repository? What build of PI do you have?

@@setiv2 its 1.8.9.2 I think i need to update but (yep you guessed it) I cant do that either :-) it says unable to download repository info

@@astrodad-simonb277 what build though? You need at least 1605

@@setiv2 Ahhh 1593 so way out then :-( I will delete current version and download the 1603

@@setiv2 You are a genuis ! All done and have it now - best Simon

Time for an upgrade! PI v1.9 will require AVX2

@@setiv2 Doesn't sound like a good economic decision if pixinsight won't support Apple PCs. I doubt that pixinsight will not have a solution to continue supporting apple. If they don't there will be a lot of ticked off users.

Glad you found my scripts!!

@@setiv2 Not as glad as i am :)

I finally got to install.

I am not very familiar with mac's. Since StarNet and tensorflow libraries are native in PI you should be following the process for "Already Have StarNet". Maybe that will resolve your issue. Otherwise you can reach out to the developer. I never used the EZ suite. Is the repository still up? If he isn't updating those scripts anymore maybe I can take a look at the EZ denoise.

According to the readme text with it, there is a dependency on AVX and it appears that AVX is not supported on the Apple silicon. I tried installing it on my M3 and it would not install. Too bad.

@@jimcollins1922 maybe time for an upgrade! PI v1.9 will require AVX2

@@setiv2 Looks like operator error on my part. I downloaded the wrong version. FYI The apple silicon macs are the latest macs and they don't support AVX but pixinsight uses apples graphic service which I believe is called Metal.

Here are 4 links I think will help you! NED: ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+4559&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1 Then click View in IRSA Finderchart to pull up: irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/applications/finderchart/?__action=table.search&options=%7B%22tbl_group%22%3A%22upload-table-id%22%2C%22pageSize%22%3A100%7D&request=%7B%22selectImage%22%3A%22dss%2Csdss%2C2mass%2Cwise%2Ciras%22%2C%22tbl_id%22%3A%22upload-table-id%22%2C%22searchCatalog%22%3A%22yes%22%2C%22UserTargetWorldPt%22%3A%22188.990195%3B27.95999194%3BEQ_J2000%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22QueryFinderChartWeb%22%2C%22imageSizeAndUnit%22%3A%220.08333333333333333%22%2C%22META_INFO%22%3A%7B%22tbl_id%22%3A%22upload-table-id%22%7D%2C%22pageSize%22%3A100%2C%22startIdx%22%3A0%7D CDS: cdsportal.u-strasbg.fr/?target=NGC%20%204559 SIMBAD: simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=ngc4559&submit=SIMBAD+search

@@setiv2 thank you

On a mac noisex uses your unified memory and gpu, sounds like deepsnr is just using your cpu. I dont have a mac, so for me it uses my cuda acceleration. You may want to reach out to the developer and see if there is a remedy for gpu acceleration or if there is a install step missed.

@@setiv2 I'd like to. But can't find the developers address.

@@walterhock7809 go to their website, they have a contact me page.www.mikitamisiuraphotography.com/contact

I always drizzle, not sure what you mean didnt do good, it beat noisex for almost all rgb images

@@setiv2 I think I have bad eyes then my bad, but for me I still get some weird artifacts after using deepsnr