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Re: Using Flats


 

what camera are you using?


On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 8:29 PM Kenn <kennh@...> wrote:
Perhaps wrong group to post this to, but I assume most people here image the sky.

When ever I use darks I always, without fail, get ugly dark spots in my calibrated images. I use Darks, Flats, Bias, and Lights in CCD Stack v2.95. When I disable using Darks I do not get the dark spots. Within the Calibration Manager I specify a dark master and check the Subtract from flat option using a Bias Master. In the Flat Field tab I select the correct color flat and the same Bias Master. When I use the Darks I'm able to obtain a 'flatter' calibrated image but get those nasty black spots. I do dither my images and some have said not to use the Darks, but when I don't use the Darks the calibrated image is not as 'flat' as when I use Dark Master.

Any suggestions why the dark spots appear?

See attached as an example.

Kenn



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