Startrail - Skip n images

[penguin242]

It would be great if we could skip n amount images to create the startrail.
As the time between images I take for the timelapse isvery small,the strartrail is to detailed. (see attachment)

[EricClaeys]

If you skipped images, especially if more than one, your lines would go from being mostly solid to being dotted, and might look strange.

You can try it:

cd ~/allsky/images
mkdir test
# copy every other, or every 3rd nighttime image from "20240901" to "test"
generateForDay.sh  --startrails

Look at the startrails file in the "test" directory.

[penguin242]

Done this, and I prefer the skip2. Even the skip10 looks better to me than all my capture (skip0)
All is personal taste of course, but now one doesn't have the option.

skip0

skip1

skip2

skip3

skip10

[EricClaeys]

I'll have to look on my PC because on my phone skip0, 1, 2, and 3 look the same.

What are you trying to accomplish?
I am wondering if there might be a different/better way to accomplish it.

[penguin242]

The current star trails are too bright, it's almost a white circle.

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[EricClaeys]

I just added an Issue to allow stretching startrails and keograms. You should be able to decrease the brightness via a stretch.

[penguin242]

thx!