Star Size Filter for Guide Star Selection

[ACP-1596] Star Size Filter for Guide Star Selection
Type	Enhancement
Priority	High
Severity	Major
Component	AcquireSupport library
Fixed In Version	[8.2] 8.2
Versions Affected	[8.1b] 8.1b
Severity	Closed
Resolution	Complete

Reported By	Bob Denny
Resources	Bob Denny
Start Date	11/4/2018

Description

See this Comm Center thread by Dean Salman and Albert Barr. Albert's Lodestar camera has a couple of flaws that are "hot stars" with an area of 30-ish square pixels. If there isn't a very bright "real" bright guide star, ACP's selection will grab onto this and use it. It acts like a hot pixel.



Add a "minimum star area" filter to the SetupGuider logic. See the attached screen shot of what I did to his AcquireSupport. Make this a parameter in AcquireSupport and leave it at zero by default. Or maybe call it Hot Spot Rejection? or ???



Guiding Guider

Comments

1/22/2019 11:36:11 PM

Bob Denny


 
  SVN Comment
 
 
  Author
  rbdenny
 
 
  Repository
  svn+ssh://rbdenny@a2_svn_dc3/home/rbdenny/svn/astro/acp
 
 
  SVN Revision
  1189
 
 
  Affected files
  /trunk/AcquireSupport.wsc (Modified)
/trunk/Script Components Master/AcquireSupport.wsc (Modified)

 
 
  Check-in comment
  Another problem same area, forgot to declare Console before trying to Set Console. 
GEM:1596

1/22/2019 10:39:19 AM

Bob Denny


 
  SVN Comment
 
 
  Author
  rbdenny
 
 
  Repository
  svn+ssh://rbdenny@a2_svn_dc3/home/rbdenny/svn/astro/acp
 
 
  SVN Revision
  1188
 
 
  Affected files
  /trunk/AcquireSupport.wsc (Modified)
/trunk/Script Components Master/AcquireSupport.wsc (Modified)

 
 
  Check-in comment
  Oops caught a naked Console.PrintLine() in SetupGuider. Add shortcut Console to Util.Console then make all calls to Console.
GEM:1596

1/22/2019 10:35:01 AM

Bob Denny

REOPENED



Amazing! See this Comm Center thread by Howard Bower. He hit this and it had a naked Console.PrintLine call. Damn it! How did that sit there for so long, and how did I miss it. Probably a last minute addition Grrrrr.

11/4/2018 1:05:08 PM

Bob Denny


 
  SVN Comment
 
 
  Author
  rbdenny
 
 
  Repository
  svn+ssh://rbdenny@a2_svn_dc3/home/rbdenny/svn/astro/acp
 
 
  SVN Revision
  1145
 
 
  Affected files
  /trunk/ACP Help/relnotes.htm (Modified)
/trunk/AcquireSupport.wsc (Modified)
/trunk/Script Components Master/AcquireSupport.wsc (Modified)

 
 
  Check-in comment
  Add a guide star size filter. Default to 45 square pixels based on initial experience, but make it a parameter MIN_GUIDE_STAR_SIZE
GEM:1596