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Add a new observing session
Open AstroPipeline, choose Scan SSD or Scan NAS and review planned updates. Confirm only the actual setup and the Flat set for each physical observing night. After approval the existing worker processes accepted exposures, updates eligible project masters, checks results and prepares the overview. Merely attaching a drive or opening HTML does not start processing.
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Review setup and Flats
Confirm the camera/readout, acquisition mode/filter, original Bayer sampling and the physical optical setup. Assign the Flat set belonging to that night/setup. Reconstructed or delayed Flats need an explicit statement of what changed and a diagnostic review; their suitability cannot be established from a folder name alone. Darks and Bias remain selected by the authoritative compatibility plan.
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Frame checks and weighted stacking
Raw measurements and reasons remain visible in the frame review. Strong outliers are reviewed or excluded according to the recorded policy; original files are retained. Noise-weighted stacking is compared with an equal-weight control. The weighted result is used only when the saved quality gates show a benefit. A higher single-star SNR is not a universal image-quality score.
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Field Guide and star information
Catalogue landmarks require verified image coordinates, not a minimum number of observing nights. The Field Guide marks catalogue reference centres, not measured object boundaries. A clearly labelled session fallback is different from a verified overlay on the selected master. Missing catalogue data or failed geometry checks are shown locally and can be retried on an approved update.
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Fly-in videos
The app prepares a video for the selected object master. Changed image pixels require a new matching video; an old clip is not silently shown as current. Encoding runs locally and uses a bounded workspace. The depth effect is illustrative; qualified Gaia distances guide only matched stars and do not measure the nebula’s 3-D shape.
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Light curves and their limits
Photometry uses individual exposures and its own validated calibration and coordinate contracts. Display enhancement and video pixels are not photometric measurements. Missing inputs, saturation, uncertain geometry and insufficient temporal coverage can limit a result. A brightness dip or a small conditional p-value is not a confirmed exoplanet transit.
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NAS, SSD and offline work
The SSD is the active processing workspace. The NAS stores verified archive copies and published results. Away from home, NAS access requires the private connection and mounted authenticated shares; SSD processing can continue when its required inputs are local. A report being visible does not by itself prove that its raw files have been backed up.
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Selected master and image proposals
A saved finishing proposal is not automatically your selected main image. Compare it with the current selection and explicitly accept it when appropriate. Input membership and integration time describe the selected product. Accepted images and their rollback remain protected; different RGB/DNB families are not silently interchanged.
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Understand completion and activity
Activity names the real stage and reports a count or ETA only when known. Low CPU during a network copy is not evidence of a stalled job. Available results lists each module separately: ready, partial, pending or unavailable. A missing optional module must not be reported as a fully completed scientific analysis.
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NGC 1275
Selected master: RGB · 5 h 00 min · 100 Lights · 1 recorded observing sessions. Results: field_guide unavailable, video available, quality available, histograms available, photometry unavailable.
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NGC 1275 · RGB Session 1 · 2026-11-06
RGB (180 s): 100 accepted Lights · 5 h 00 min
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M 81
Selected master: RGB · 1 h 36 min · 32 Lights · 1 recorded observing sessions. Results: field_guide unavailable, video available, quality available, histograms available, photometry unavailable.
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M 81 · RGB Session 1 · 2026-11-06
RGB (180 s): 32 accepted Lights · 1 h 36 min
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M 45
Selected master: RGB · 1 h 32 min · 184 Lights · 1 recorded observing sessions. Results: field_guide unavailable, video available, quality available, histograms available, photometry unavailable.
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M 45 · RGB Session 1 · 2026-11-07
RGB (30 s): 184 accepted Lights · 1 h 32 min
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IC 63 - Ghost of Cassiopeia
Selected master: DNB · 3 h 45 min · 45 Lights · 1 recorded observing sessions. Results: field_guide available, video available, quality available, histograms available, photometry available.
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IC 63 - Ghost of Cassiopeia · DNB Session 1 · 2026-10-02
DNB (300 s): 45 accepted Lights · 3 h 45 min
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NGC 7000 - North America Nebula
Selected master: DNB · 5 h 30 min · 66 Lights · RGB · 2 h 30 min · 30 Lights · 4 recorded observing sessions. Results: field_guide available, video available, quality available, histograms available, photometry available.
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NGC 7000 - North America Nebula · RGB Session 1 · 2026-09-12
RGB (300 s): 29 accepted Lights · 2 h 25 min / RGB (300 s): 1 recorded Lights; no integrated session image
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NGC 7000 - North America Nebula · DNB Session 1 · 2026-09-24
DNB (300 s): 44 accepted Lights · 3 h 40 min
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NGC 7000 - North America Nebula · DNB Session 2 · 2026-09-29
DNB (300 s): 10 accepted Lights · 0 h 50 min
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NGC 7000 - North America Nebula · DNB Session 3 · 2026-10-02
DNB (300 s): 12 accepted Lights · 1 h 00 min
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NGC 281 - Pacman Nebula
Selected master: DNB · 2 h 35 min · 31 Lights · 1 recorded observing sessions. Results: field_guide available, video available, quality available, histograms available, photometry available.
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NGC 281 - Pacman Nebula · DNB Session 1 · 2026-09-29
DNB (300 s): 31 accepted Lights · 2 h 35 min
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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy
Selected master: RGB · 11 h 11 min · 272 Lights · New combined master · review required: 14 h 08 min 30 s · 422 Lights. Not yet used for this image: the quality checks did not establish a reliable improvement. Your previous selection is retained. · 4 recorded observing sessions. Results: field_guide available, video available, quality available, histograms available, photometry partial.
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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy · RGB Session 1 · 2026-10-16
RGB (300 s): 13 accepted Lights · 1 h 05 min / RGB (180 s): 88 accepted Lights · 4 h 24 min
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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy · RGB Session 2 · 2026-10-18
RGB (120 s): 55 accepted Lights · 1 h 50 min / RGB (120 s): 117 accepted Lights · 3 h 54 min
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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy · RGB Session 3 · 2026-11-06
RGB (30 s): 109 accepted Lights · 0 h 54 min 30 s
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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy · RGB Session 4 · 2026-11-07
RGB (180 s): 41 accepted Lights · 2 h 03 min
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M 33
Selected master: RGB · 2 h 09 min · 43 Lights · 1 recorded observing sessions. Results: field_guide unavailable, video available, quality available, histograms available, photometry unavailable.
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M 33 · RGB Session 1 · 2026-11-07
RGB (180 s): 43 accepted Lights · 2 h 09 min
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IC 1848 - Soul Nebula
Selected master: DNB · 6 h 25 min · 77 Lights · 1 recorded observing sessions. Results: field_guide available, video available, quality available, histograms available, photometry unavailable.
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IC 1848 - Soul Nebula · DNB Session 1 · 2026-10-03
DNB (300 s): 77 accepted Lights · 6 h 25 min
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IC 434
Selected master: RGB · 1 h 18 min · 26 Lights · 1 recorded observing sessions. Results: field_guide unavailable, video available, quality available, histograms available, photometry unavailable.
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IC 434 · RGB Session 1 · 2026-11-08
RGB (180 s): 26 accepted Lights · 1 h 18 min
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NGC 6960 - Western Veil Nebula
Selected master: DNB · 2 h 05 min · 25 Lights · 2 recorded observing sessions. Results: field_guide available, video available, quality available, histograms available, photometry available.
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NGC 6960 - Western Veil Nebula · DNB Session 1 · 2026-09-29
DNB (300 s): 20 accepted Lights · 1 h 40 min
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NGC 6960 - Western Veil Nebula · DNB Session 2 · 2026-10-03
DNB (300 s): 5 accepted Lights · 0 h 25 min
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IC 1396A - Elephant's Trunk Nebula
Selected master: DNB · 8 h 10 min · 98 Lights · RGB · 1 h 50 min · 22 Lights · 3 recorded observing sessions. Results: field_guide available, video available, quality available, histograms available, photometry available.
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IC 1396A - Elephant's Trunk Nebula · RGB Session 1 · 2026-09-13
RGB (300 s): 22 accepted Lights · 1 h 50 min
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IC 1396A - Elephant's Trunk Nebula · DNB Session 1 · 2026-09-14
DNB (300 s): 32 accepted Lights · 2 h 40 min
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IC 1396A - Elephant's Trunk Nebula · DNB Session 2 · 2026-09-15
DNB (300 s): 66 accepted Lights · 5 h 30 min
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