Take Perfect Flats With N.I.N.A. 's Flat Wizard In Dynamic Brightness Mode

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Published 2022-08-14
In this video, I go over the dynamic brightness mode in N.I.N.A. 's Flat Wizard, along with some best practices to get perfect flats, every time!

References:
* How To Build An ASCOM-Compatible Flat Panel For Astrophotography:    • How To Build An ASCOM-Compatible Flat...  
* Flat frames and focus! Does focus matter?? (Cuiv The Lazy Geek):    • Flat frames and focus! Does focus mat...  

Music credits:
* Scott Holmes Music: Soft Inspiration
* Scott Holmes Music: Lasting Memories
* The 126ers: See You On The Other Side

All Comments (6)
  • @stephen2615
    Thanks for this video. It never occurred to me to take an image and then check the histogram value in the main screen as a starting value. My 3 nm filters (especially Ha) gobble up most of the panels available light and this helps me get an idea of what to use.
  • Hi Julien, First thanks a lot for your project ! I tested the flat panel circuit on breadboard today and I have suggestion about it's design. Main difference with your's is that I'm using a different NPN Mosfet : FQP30N06L (this may explain why I did not get espected behaviour ?) and no power regulator. So what I changed are about the mosfet, the resistor is now between xiao port 8 and mosfet gain, source is directly connected to gnd and drain is connected to led minus - I have modified fritzing schema. Let me know what you think of that and if you want to get the fritzing.
  • @kowalskik.1333
    Thanks a lot for that great video!! May I ask why did you make the flats all at the same gain?? Usually HSO is capcured at higher gains than LRGB. So wouldnt you adjust that higher gain also when doing flats? And also I wonder why you dont go <1 sec with the time (as you said its possible with your flat panel)?
  • @DavidMoulton
    Is the rotator on your AT130 stock? It looks different than mine.