Feature Request -- Add Filter Name to FITS Header

HEX

Without using the EFW, there is no way to include the filter in the fits header of the images. It should be easy to create a "dummy" EFW that one can pick filters from when using a filter drawer (for example). Would be my #1 missing feature!

Tech@ZWO

HEX It's on the todo list, and should be released very soon.

mountainair

Tech@ZWO Excellent news! Hopefully you're also adding it to the filename as well as the FITS header, so we can manage files by filter. This is one of the biggest limitations I've encountered with ASIAir. I only need a manual filter drawer on this rig because I'm only using a couple filters.

Tech@ZWO

mountainair My apologies, I misunderstood your demand before, we plan to add the filter name to the file name when do not using EFW, but do not have a plan to add it to the fits header yet.

Sorry for the confuse.

mountainair

Thanks for the quick response!

Does ASIAir store the filter to the FITS header when an EFW is used? If so, why wouldn't this same functionality simply be replicated for the manual filter change?

Saving the filter in both the filename and the fits header are important. The filename allows us to manage the files in the filesystem, and the filter in the FITS header is important because that's how stacking software like PixInsight, AstroPixelProcessor, etc. know that a sub was taken with a particular filter (otherwise this filter association must be done manually, and it can be confusing across many filters especially for newcomers to the hobby, who the ASIAir specifically targets).